Key facts
- Company.name
- Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. KG
- Company.logo
- Kärcher Logo 2015.svg
- Company.trade_name
- Kärcher
- Company.type
- Private (SE & Co. KG)
- Company.founder
- Alfred Kärcher
- Company.location
- Winnenden, Germany
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.key_people
- Hartmut Jenner (CEO) Christian May (CSO) Markus Limberger (COO) Stefan Patzke (CFO) Marco Cardinale (CTO)
- Company.industry
- Manufacturing
- Company.products
- Cleaning equipment, full cleaning systems
- Company.revenue
- €3.44 billion (2024)
- Company.num_employees
- 17,000 (2024)
- Company.subsid
- Kärcher Futuretech, Kärcher New Venture, Kärcher Industrial Vacuuming, Kärcher Municipal, WOMA, Zoi, interpool, SoniQ Services
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- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1935
- Location
- Winnenden, Germany
- Also known as
- Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG
- Status
- Active
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Company
- Country
- Germany
- Headquarters
- Winnenden
- Industry
- industrial manufacturing
- Employees
- 13500
- Revenue
- 2578000000
- Official website
- www.kaercher.com
- Image
- Kaercher produkte.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kärcher
- inception
- 1945-01-02
- IPv6 routing prefix
- 2003:5a:a044::/48
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Encyclopedic overview
25 sectionsContents
- History
- Beginnings in Stuttgart and the war period
- 1950–1989: Irene Kärcher, internationalisation of the company
- From the 1990s: New business areas, takeover of other companies
- Corporate structure
- Kärcher main company
- Locations / Sites
- Subsidiaries
- Kärcher New Venture
- Kärcher Futuretech
- Kärcher Industrial Vacuuming
- WOMA
- Zoi
- Kärcher Municipal
- Products
- Common noun
- Engagement
- Cultural sponsorship
- Sports sponsorship
- Sustainability
- Community and social commitment
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Awards (selection)
- References
- External links
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Kärcher SE & Co. KG is a German manufacturer of cleaning equipment and systems, headquartered in Winnenden, Baden-Württemberg. Kärcher is considered the global market leader in this segment and, as of 2024, operates in 170 companies across 85 countries.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kärcher” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.