Mars Inc.

Mars, Incorporated
	Corporate logo used since March 2019
Trade name	Mars
Formerly	M&M/Mars Inc.
Company type	Private
Industry	Food; Veterinary services;
Founded	1911; Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
Founder	Franklin Clarence Mars
Headquarters	McLean, Virginia, U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	John Franklyn Mars (Chairman); Poul Weihrauch; (President & CEO);
Products	Confectionery; Gum; Candy; Mints; Beverages; Foodstuffs; Pet food and supplies;
Brands	List of Mars, Incorporated brands
Services	Manufacturing ; Veterinary
Revenue	US$45 billion (2022)
Owner	Mars family
Number of employees	130,000 (2020)
Subsidiaries	Hotel Chocolat; Wrigley Company; VCA Inc.;
Website	www.mars.com

Mars, Incorporated is an American multinational manufacturer of confectionery, pet food, and other food products and a provider of animal care services, with US$45 billion in annual sales in 2022;^[7] that year Forbes ranked the company as the fourth-largest privately held company in the United States.^[8] Headquartered in McLean, Virginia,^[9] the company is entirely owned by the Mars family.^[10] Mars operates in four business segments around the world: Mars Wrigley Confectionery (headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with U.S. headquarters in Hackettstown and Newark, New Jersey),^[11] Petcare (Zaventem, Belgium; Poncitlán, Jalisco, Mexico; Querétaro, Mexico), Food (Rancho Dominguez, California), and MARS Edge (Germantown, Maryland), the company's life sciences division.^[12]^[13]

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