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Davey Tree Expert Company
The Davey Tree Expert Company, also known as Davey Tree, is a North American employee-owned corporation. The company's main services are research-driven tree services, grounds maintenance and environmental consulting services for residential, utility, and commercial and environmental partners in the United States and Canada. Davey has employees throughout the United States and Canada.
Davey is the oldest tree care company in North America, with origins dating back to 1880. John Davey, its founder, is considered the father of the science of tree surgery and the modern-day industry of arboriculture. It has been employee owned since 1979 and is the 9th largest such company in the U.S. Forbes named it as one of America's best employers in 2015, and U.S. News & World Report named it Best for Tree Care services in 2023.
Company headquarters are in Kent, Ohio. It provides services to homeowners, small and large businesses, public utilities, and local, state, and federal agencies through its arboriculture, horticulture, and environmental and consulting services.
In 1873 at age 27, John Davey traveled from his native England to the United States, first to Castle Garden, New York, and later to Warren, Ohio, where he worked as a janitor. He moved to Kent, Ohio, in 1881 to take a job at Standing Rock Cemetery. The cemetery let him experiment with the property's trees, shrubs and flowers. He planted hundreds of trees along the Kent streets and around homes in the community and performed some tree work. He wanted people to care about trees, so he wrote a book on the topic. Davey’s book was published in 1901 as "The Tree Doctor".
John Davey was the company’s president, and his son, Martin L. Davey, became the general manager and treasurer eight years later when The Davey Tree Expert Company was incorporated in 1909. By 1915, Davey Tree was growing and expanding: during the period from 1915 to 1920, the company expanded more than fivefold. Today, its sales are more than $1.6 billion.
The Davey Tree Expert Company has been employee-owned since 1979 and is the 9th largest employee-owned company in the U.S., according to data from the National Center for Employee Ownership. (The 2024 Employee Ownership 100 list includes the nation's largest companies that are at least 50 percent owned by an employee stock ownership plan or other broad-based employee ownership plan.) The list also names Davey as the largest employee-owned company in Ohio.
John Davey established the Davey Institute of Tree Surgery in 1908. A training facility was staffed by experts and also provided employees with the skills and tools needed to advance tree science. Today, the company still provides basic tree science as the educational foundation for its employees. According to the company, scientists and technical advisers guide field service teams in diagnosing and prescribing products, application procedure, and pest and disease cultural practices.
Davey is building a new research and training facility, known as the Davey Science, Employee Education and Development (SEED) Campus, at its home headquarters in Kent, Ohio. The campus covers approximately 190 acres (77 ha) and will be used for a variety of research and training programs. Some areas it plans to research are water management and pollinator habitat as well as ways to test how to build more sustainable landscapes as the world faces climate change.
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Davey Tree Expert Company
The Davey Tree Expert Company, also known as Davey Tree, is a North American employee-owned corporation. The company's main services are research-driven tree services, grounds maintenance and environmental consulting services for residential, utility, and commercial and environmental partners in the United States and Canada. Davey has employees throughout the United States and Canada.
Davey is the oldest tree care company in North America, with origins dating back to 1880. John Davey, its founder, is considered the father of the science of tree surgery and the modern-day industry of arboriculture. It has been employee owned since 1979 and is the 9th largest such company in the U.S. Forbes named it as one of America's best employers in 2015, and U.S. News & World Report named it Best for Tree Care services in 2023.
Company headquarters are in Kent, Ohio. It provides services to homeowners, small and large businesses, public utilities, and local, state, and federal agencies through its arboriculture, horticulture, and environmental and consulting services.
In 1873 at age 27, John Davey traveled from his native England to the United States, first to Castle Garden, New York, and later to Warren, Ohio, where he worked as a janitor. He moved to Kent, Ohio, in 1881 to take a job at Standing Rock Cemetery. The cemetery let him experiment with the property's trees, shrubs and flowers. He planted hundreds of trees along the Kent streets and around homes in the community and performed some tree work. He wanted people to care about trees, so he wrote a book on the topic. Davey’s book was published in 1901 as "The Tree Doctor".
John Davey was the company’s president, and his son, Martin L. Davey, became the general manager and treasurer eight years later when The Davey Tree Expert Company was incorporated in 1909. By 1915, Davey Tree was growing and expanding: during the period from 1915 to 1920, the company expanded more than fivefold. Today, its sales are more than $1.6 billion.
The Davey Tree Expert Company has been employee-owned since 1979 and is the 9th largest employee-owned company in the U.S., according to data from the National Center for Employee Ownership. (The 2024 Employee Ownership 100 list includes the nation's largest companies that are at least 50 percent owned by an employee stock ownership plan or other broad-based employee ownership plan.) The list also names Davey as the largest employee-owned company in Ohio.
John Davey established the Davey Institute of Tree Surgery in 1908. A training facility was staffed by experts and also provided employees with the skills and tools needed to advance tree science. Today, the company still provides basic tree science as the educational foundation for its employees. According to the company, scientists and technical advisers guide field service teams in diagnosing and prescribing products, application procedure, and pest and disease cultural practices.
Davey is building a new research and training facility, known as the Davey Science, Employee Education and Development (SEED) Campus, at its home headquarters in Kent, Ohio. The campus covers approximately 190 acres (77 ha) and will be used for a variety of research and training programs. Some areas it plans to research are water management and pollinator habitat as well as ways to test how to build more sustainable landscapes as the world faces climate change.