83/100BEaton company profile
- CEO
- Paulo Ruiz Sternadt
- Employees
- 97,303
- Headquarters
- Eaton House, Dublin, DU D04 Y0C2, IE
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Electrical Equipment & Parts
- IPO date
- 1 Jun 1972
- Stock exchange
- NYSE
- ISIN
- IE00B8KQN827
Website:eaton.com
About the company
Eaton Corp. Plc is a power management company, which provides energy-efficient solutions for electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical power. It operates through the following segments: Electrical Americas and Electrical Global; Aerospace, Vehicle, and eMobility. The Electrical Americas and Electrical Global segments engage in sales contracts for electrical components, industrial components, power distribution and assemblies, residential products, single and three phase power quality, wiring devices, circuit protection, utility power distribution, power reliability equipment, and service. The Aerospace segment supplies aerospace fuel, hydraulics, and pneumatic systems for commercial and military use. The Vehicle segment deals with the design, manufacture, marketing, and supply of drivetrain and powertrain systems and critical components that reduce emissions and improve fuel economy, stability, performance and safety of cars, light trucks and commercial vehicles. The eMobility segment designs, manufactures, markets, and supplies electrical and electronic components and systems that improve the power management and performance of both on-road and off-road vehicles. The company was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
Employees
Eaton had about 97,000 employees at the end of fiscal year 2025 (31 December 2025), by its annual report. That is 3.2% more than a year before.
Employees at each fiscal year end, as the company reports them in its annual report (10-K); revenue and net income per employee are the fiscal year's over that count.
Who owns Eaton
Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 85.9% of Eaton's shares on 30 June 2026, 2,766 of them reporting holdings to the SEC; the rest is held by individual investors and other shareholders.
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
Common questions about Eaton
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