Davey Tree Expert Company

Davey Tree Expert Company

Type	Private
Industry	Tree care
Founded	Kent, Ohio, USA (1909)
Founder(s)	John Davey
Headquarters	Kent, Ohio, USA
Key people	Karl J. Warnke (CEO)
Revenue	US$506,138,000 (2007)
Owner(s)	Employee owned
Employees	7,000
Website	http://www.davey.com

Davey tree trimming operation Superior Township, Michigan

Corporate headquarters in Kent, Ohio.

The Davey Tree Expert Company is a privately held company that provides tree and lawn care services throughout the United States and Canada. It is the largest residential tree care company in North America.^[1] It was incorporated in 1909 in Kent, Ohio by John Davey, who is considered the father of the science of tree surgery.^[2][3][4] The company's core services include tree, shrub and lawn care, 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.^[5] More than 7,000 people work for Davey in 45 U.S. states and six Canadian provinces.

Further reading

• Pfleger, Robert E. (1977). Green Leaves: A History of The Davey Tree Expert Company. Chester, Connecticut, USA: Pequot Press. ISBN 9780871060815. 
• International Directory of Company Histories. The Davey Tree Expert Company. 11. St. James Press. 1995. http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/The-Davey-Tree-Expert-Company-Company-History.html. Retrieved 15 June 2010. 

References

1. ^ "Lawn & Landscape Top 100". http://www.lawnandlandscape.com/files/pdf/LLTop100_2008.pdf. 
2. ^ "Davey: Father of Tree Surgery". Heartland Science. The Ohio Academy of Science. 2005. http://www.heartlandscience.org/envir/pdf/trees.pdf. Retrieved 15 June 2010. 
3. ^ Grismer, Karl H. (1932). History of Kent (2001 Revision ed.). Kent, Ohio: Record Publishing (1932), Kent Historical Society (2001). p. 233. 
4. ^ International Society of Arboriculture ISA website
5. ^ "The Employee Ownership 100". NCEO website. The National Center for Employee Ownership. 2008. http://www.nceo.org/library/eo100.html. Retrieved 2008-09-02. 

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