Overview
Revenue
$1 to $2 billion (USD) per year
Competitors
Harbor Freight Tools, Acme Tools, The Home Depot
Headquarters
Burnsville, Minnesota
Category
Follow Your Path
Northern Tool + Equipment is truly a multi-channel retailer offering a wide selection of products — from consumer goods to industrial and construction equipment — to do-it-yourselfers, contractors and professional shops via catalog, internet (northerntool.com), mobile and retail locations. Our headquarters are in Burnsville, MN, along with warehouses in Savage, MN/Faribault, MN/Fort Mill, SC/Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK. We manufacture North Star, Powerhorse, and several other brands at our facilities in Faribault, MN and Ningbo, China. As of November 8, 2012, Northern Tool + Equipment agreed to acquire The Sportsman’s Guide and The Golf Warehouse from Redcats USA, a division of French company PPR, for $215 million. This deal transformed Northern Tool + Equipment into a company nearing $1.5 billion in sales. The Sportsman’s Guide is a South St. Paul, Minn.-based supplier of top-quality outdoor goods sold via catalogs as well as SportsmansGuide.com, BoatingSavings.com and WorkWearSavings.com. The Golf Warehouse is a Wichita, Kan.-based online golf equipment retailer. Both companies will continue to operate as stand-alone brands to take advantage of their considerable brand equity. Northern Tool & Equipment Company Inc. supplies consumer goods and industrial equipments. The Company offers abrasives, air compressors, air tools, alternative energy solutions, auto repair solutions, and auto accessories. Northern Tool & Equipment serves customers throughout the United States. Headquartered in Burnsville, Minnesota, Northern Tool + Equipment is a family-owned, billion-dollar, multi-channel retailer with 100 store locations in 19 states, three distribution centers, and a dedicated engineering and manufacturing facility.Stocked with more than 40,000 products, the company offers an assortment of heavy-duty tools as well as construction and industrial equipment (such as air compressors, power generators, and pressure washers). Its primary customers include building contractors, automotive shops, and the do-it-yourself crowd.The company also markets gadgets and gifts through its Kotula's division; camping, hunting and outdoor gear through The Sportsman's Guide; and a wide line of golf equipment at The Golf Warehouse (tgw.com). Northern Tool rings up revenues via websites , catalogs, and retail stores. Donald Kotula founded Northern Tool as a mail-order shop in 1981.
