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Rain Bird
Privately held; makes sprinklers, controllers, drip emitters; ~$356M revenue; founded 1933
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Residential Irrigation
35%Commercial & Golf Irrigation
30%Agricultural & Drip Irrigation
20%International
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Did you know2025
In 2025, Rain Bird acquired Rachio Inc. — the leading independent consumer smart irrigation controller brand, sold at Home Depot and Lowe's, with an app-driven cloud platform that was directly eroding Rain Bird's position in the residential controller market. Rather than trying to out-engineer the startup, Rain Bird bought it. Rain Bird now owns: Rachio (leading app-connected consumer controller), OtO (solar-powered no-install hose-end sprinkler, TIME Best Invention 2022, acquired 2024), and its own pro-grade controller lines — the most complete consumer-to-professional smart irrigation stack of any company. No other irrigation hardware company has simultaneously consolidated the DIY smart sprinkler, the renter-accessible no-install device, and the professional-grade controller under one roof.
Lawn & Landscape ↗Origin2008
Rain Bird was founded in 1933 when Azusa, California citrus farmer Orton Englehart invented the horizontal-action impact sprinkler. His 1935 U.S. Patent 1,997,901 on the rotating impact design was purchased that year by Clement LaFetra, who moved the operation into his family's barn. The LaFetra family owned and operated Rain Bird for 87 consecutive years across three generations — Clem, his widow Betty (who became CEO in 1963 and globalized the company), and son Tony (who ran it until his death in February 2021). The first non-family President & CEO, Mike Donoghue, was appointed in 2022. The founding 1935 impact sprinkler has been designated a Historic Landmark of Agricultural Engineering by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers — the company's original product is officially recognized alongside notable agricultural technology achievements.
BusinessWire (Rain Bird 2008 press release) ↗Capacity2022
Rain Bird products irrigate over 50 million acres globally across 130+ countries — making a private, family-founded company from Azusa, California a meaningful piece of global agricultural and landscape water infrastructure. Estimated annual revenue of $810–890 million (private, unaudited) places Rain Bird as the largest private company in the irrigation equipment sector, larger than the publicly-traded Lindsay Corporation (~$676M in FY2025). The company manufactures across five countries (US, Mexico, France, China, and a Tijuana facility) and distributes through 4,000+ products covering residential, commercial, golf, and agricultural markets. The scale of water management infrastructure operated through Rain Bird equipment is not widely appreciated because the company has no investor relations obligations.
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