Davey Tree Expert Company
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| Industry | Green Industry |
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| Founded |
Kent, Ohio, United States 1880 (origins) 1909 (incorporated) |
| Founder | John Davey |
| Headquarters | Kent, Ohio, United States |
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Key people
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Karl J. Warnke (CEO) |
| Services | Arboriculture, Horticulture, Environmental and Consulting Services |
| Revenue |
 US$789,911,000 (2014) |
| Owner | Employee owned |
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Number of employees
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8,000 |
| Website | www |
The Davey Tree Expert Company, also known as Davey Tree, is an American multinational corporation that provides tree, utility, lawn care, and environmental consulting services in the green industry throughout the United States and Canada. It is the largest residential tree care company in North America and was founded in 1880 making it the first national tree care company.John Davey, its founder, is considered the father of the science of tree surgery and arboriculture. The company's core services include tree, utility services, large tree moving, commercial grounds management and consulting services. It has been employee owned since 1979 and is the largest employee-owned company in the state of Ohio and one of the top 20 largest in the United States. Davey is organized in two segments, Residential and Commercial, and Utility.
The Davey Tree headquarters are in Kent, Ohio and the company was incorporated on February 4, 1909. John Davey was the President, and his son, Martin L. Davey, became the general manager and treasurer. The company, along with its subsidiaries, provides a wide range of arboriculture, horticulture, and environmental and consulting services to private companies, public utilities, local, state, and federal agencies, and various industrial, commercial, and residential customers. More than 8,000 people work for the company.
In 1873, John Davey at age 27 traveled from Europe to America and began working at Standing Rock Cemetery in Kent, Ohio. He transformed the cemetery with new plantings of trees, shrubs and flowers.
Davey planted hundreds of trees along the Kent streets and around homes in the community and performed a modest amount of tree work. He became determined to gain acceptance of his methods for the care of trees, and wrote a book.
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