Overview
TrueUp
Trajectory Score
60
/100
Business
GPS technology
Founded
37 years ago
October 1989
Employees
23,000
TrueUp
Rank
#62
Valuation
$46 billion
TrueUp
Rank
#141
Company type
Public$GRMN
Garmin is a GPS technology company with 316 job openings. It is currently valued at $46 billion as a public company. 23,000 people work at Garmin. The company was founded in 1989.
Company grid
Employee happiness →
Growth →
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🐢
😊
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Jobs
Open jobs
316
TrueUp
Rank
#125
Top Job Categories
Jobs
1.
Engineering (Software)
108
(34%)
2.
Engineering (Hardware)
22
(7%)
3.
Vertical Specific
12
(4%)
4.
Data & Analytics
10
(3%)
5.
Finance
9
(3%)
Top Job Locations
Jobs
1.
🇺🇸 United States
314
(99%)
2.
🇺🇸 Kansas City
231
(73%)
3.
🇺🇸 Phoenix
19
(6%)
4.
🇺🇸 Raleigh-Durham
13
(4%)
5.
🇺🇸 Tucson
5
(2%)
Top Tech/Tools Mentioned
Jobs
1.
C++
45
(14%)
2.
Java
40
(13%)
3.
Python
40
(13%)
4.
C#
33
(10%)
5.
SQL
23
(7%)
Financials
Revenue
$7.5billion
trailing 12mo
TrueUp
Rank
#91
Garmin's revenue would rank #159 among country GDPs
#158
Barbados$7.5 B
#159
Garmin$7.5 B
#160
Isle of Man$7.4 B
Revenue growth (vs. same quarter last year)
14.2%
TrueUp
Rank
#254
MULTIPLES
Valuation per employee
$2.0 million
Revenue per employee
$0.3 million
Culture
Employee sentiment
Would recommend company
70%
1,000+ reviews
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
Better than 60% of tech co's
Approve of CEO
Clifton Pemble
76%
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
People
Employees
23,000
Source: Public data
Garmin Org Chart

Rankings and awards

Forbes Top 250 Living Innovators #74
Min Kao
2026

Glassdoor Best Places to Work #46
2026

Wall Street Journal Best-Managed Companies #246
2025

TIME World's Best Companies #853
2025

Glassdoor Best Places to Work #98
2025

TIME Best Inventions
Garmin HRM-Fit
2024
Layoffs
No known layoffs
Policies
Open jobs that are remote
N/A
H1B sponsorships (2025)
61
TrueUp
Rank
#162
Top posts
History
IPO date
Dec 8, 2000
26 years ago