Briggs & Stratton

Briggs & Stratton Corporation is an American manufacturer of gasoline engines with headquarters in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.

Briggs & Stratton Corporation
Company typePortfolio company
IndustryManufacturing
Founded1908 (1908)
FounderStephen Foster Briggs
Harold M. Stratton
HeadquartersWauwatosa, Wisconsin, U.S.
Key people
Joseph T. Liotine (CEO)
ProductsGasoline engines
Revenue US$1.786 billion (2017)
US$86 million (2017)
Net income
US$57 million (2017)
Total assets US$1.451 billion (2017)
Total equity US$559 million (2017)
OwnerKPS Capital Partners
Number of employees
5,200 (2019)
Websitewww.briggsandstratton.com

Engine production averages 10 million units per year as of April 2015. The company reports that it has 13 large facilities in the U.S. and eight more in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Mexico, and the Netherlands. The company's products are sold in over 100 countries across the globe.

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