DANAHER CORP /DE/
Danaher Corporation is an American healthcare company headquartered in Washington, D.C.. It develops products used for advances in biotechnology, life sciences, and diagnostics. The company operates three divisions: biotechnology (28% of 2024 revenues), which develops products for the development of therapeutics; life sciences (31% of 2024 revenues), which develops products to identify causes of disease, new therapies, and to test and manufacture new drugs, vaccines and gene editing technologies; and diagnostics (41% of 2024 revenues), which develops instruments, consumables, and software and services to diagnose diseases. Danaher was founded in 1984 by brothers Steven Rales and Mitchell Rales; it was named after Danaher Creek in Western Montana, where the brothers came up with the idea for the company while fishing.
Basic company information
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- Ticker / security symbols
- DHR [1]
- Listing exchanges
- NYSE [1]
- SEC industry
- Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, and Control [1]
- Business sectors
- conglomerate [2]
- Company / filing name
- DANAHER CORP /DE/ [1]
- Headquarters location
- Washington, D.C. [2]
- Business address
- 2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. N.W., SUITE 800W, WASHINGTON, DC, 20037-1701 [1]
- Founded
- 1981 [2]
- Legal form
- Delaware corporation [2]
- Incorporation jurisdiction
- Delaware, United States [1]
- Founders
- Mitchell Rales; Steven Rales [2]
- Official website
- www.danaher.com ↗ [2]
- Annual revenue
- USD 31,471,000,000 · reported year 2022 [2]
- Fiscal year end
- December 31 (SEC record) [1]
- ISIN (reported securities)
- US2358511028 [2]
- CIK
- 0000313616 [1]
- SIC code
- 3823 [1]
- Country in background record
- United States [2]
Company positioning and business
Danaher Corporation is an American healthcare company headquartered in Washington, D.C.. It develops products used for advances in biotechnology, life sciences, and diagnostics. The company operates three divisions: biotechnology (28% of 2024 revenues), which develops products for the development of therapeutics; life sciences (31% of 2024 revenues), which develops products to identify causes of disease, new therapies, and to test and manufacture new drugs, vaccines and gene editing technologies; and diagnostics (41% of 2024 revenues), which develops instruments, consumables, and software and services to diagnose diseases. Danaher was founded in 1984 by brothers Steven Rales and Mitchell Rales; it was named after Danaher Creek in Western Montana, where the brothers came up with the idea for the company while fishing. [3]
The company is ranked 180th on the Fortune 500 and 241st on the Forbes Global 2000. [3]
Background text: Wikipedia contributors, Danaher Corporation. Selected introductory paragraphs, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Official filing data is cited separately.
Understanding company scale
Annual revenue: USD 31,471,000,000 · reported year 2022. [2]
Financial year, securities and disclosures
The SEC submissions record gives DANAHER CORP /DE/ a fiscal year end of 1231 (MMDD). Individual filings below identify their own reporting period; the filing date is the publication event, not the financial year end. [1]
Listed securities: DHR (NYSE). Multiple symbols may represent different share classes or securities of the same registrant. [4]
History and key events
Financial results and regulatory disclosures
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Related entities and concepts
Frequently asked questions
When was DANAHER CORP /DE/ founded?
Founded: 1981. The linked source provides the background record. [2]
Where is the headquarters of DANAHER CORP /DE/?
Headquarters location: Washington, D.C.. The linked source provides the background record. [2]
Which business sectors are recorded for DANAHER CORP /DE/?
Business sectors: conglomerate. The linked source provides the background record. [2]
DANAHER CORP /DE/ relationship map
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Sources and review dates
- SEC — DANAHER CORP /DE/ filing identity and securities ↗
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- Wikipedia contributors — Danaher Corporation (CC BY-SA 4.0) ↗
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Reviewed 23 October 2026. Financial periods and historical event dates are shown separately. Figures reflect their stated source dates; this page is not a live quote or investment recommendation.