# CINTAS CORP

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## Overview

Cintas Corporation is a business services and facilities services company that helps more than one million customers—primarily in the United States, as well as Canada and Latin America—manage workplace image, cleanliness, safety and compliance needs. Its offerings include uniform rental and related apparel services, mats, mops, shop towels, restroom supplies, workplace water services, first aid and safety products and training, and fire protection services such as extinguishers, sprinkler systems and alarm testing. The company organizes its operations around Uniform Rental and Facility Services, First Aid and Safety Services, and an All Other segment that includes Fire Protection Services and Uniform Direct Sale. U.S. operations account for more than 90% of revenue, with foreign operations concentrated mainly in Canada.[1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-fe6ef21f37dd48cb80f4466384b04806)[2](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-7190582c5d994a748db0c355dd1df2f3)[3](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-aed2a4ced9894d11948430237c0cfb2a)

Cintas states that its objective is to exceed customers’ expectations in order to maximize the long-term value of the company for shareholders and working partners.[4](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-2bc97273e7474142865cc57278cd425e) For scale, it generated about $10.34 billion in revenue in fiscal 2025 and employed approximately 48,300 people as of May 31, 2025.[5](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T-98bb54b5d93f418d9072ae9cffbfc85b)[6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-e9dffb7ce39942a4b7f272bf99ad000c) Its operating footprint included roughly 478 facilities, 12 distribution centers, 5 manufacturing facilities and about 12,100 local delivery routes, underscoring a large North American service network.[7](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-0b812217d39b4a3d9e0e99cd17f3cde4)[8](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T-ac5bb9d8dd3b4102ac5efc38793cfec1) Founded in 1968, with roots tracing back to 1929, Cintas is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.[9](https://www.cintas.com/company/company-timeline)[10](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T-4ce717405fb740f3bc1b104255a71b6a)
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## Products & services

Cintas’ product portfolio is centered on recurring rental, replenishment and compliance-oriented service programs rather than one-time equipment sales. Its largest offering, Uniform Rental and Facility Services, includes rental and servicing of uniforms and other garments, including flame-resistant clothing, along with mats, mops, shop towels, restroom cleaning services and supplies, and route-based catalog sales.[11](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-a66a6ac1f58d468c9378520d38bc0dee) Cintas also lists workplace water services, eye-wash stations, safety training, fire extinguishers, sprinkler systems and alarm testing among its offerings.[1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-fe6ef21f37dd48cb80f4466384b04806)

Within facility products, Cintas markets a broad floor-care and cleaning lineup. Its mat range includes Custom Logo Mats in sizes from 2' x 3' to 6' x 20', Active Scraper® Mats that it says capture 3x more dirt and debris than a standard scraper mat, Xtraction® Floor Mats with fibers providing 10x the surface area of standard carpet mats, and Cintas Traffic® Mats designed for heavy wheel and foot traffic.[12](https://www.cintas.com/product-detail/custom-logo)[13](https://www.cintas.com/apparel-detail/carhartt-fr-products/mat-test)[14](https://www.cintas.com/apparel-detail/carhartt-fr-products/mat-test-2)[15](https://www.cintas.com/apparel-detail/chef-works-detail/traffic--mat) Cleaning and janitorial products include Heavy Duty Foaming Degreaser, Drain Line Maintainer, Industrial Floor Cleaner/Degreaser, Neutral Floor Cleaner and Spirit II Disinfecting Spray.[16](https://www.cintas.com/facilityservices/cleaning-chemical/foaming-degreaser/)[17](https://www.cintas.com/facilityservices/cleaning-chemical/drain-line-maintainer/)[18](https://www.cintas.com/facilityservices/cleaning-chemical/industrial-floor-cleaner-degreaser)[19](https://www.cintas.com/facilityservices/cleaning-chemical/neutral-floor-cleaner)[20](https://cintas.com/product-detail/spirit-ii-disinfectant-spray) The company’s industrial and janitorial service programs also include commercial towel replenishment and laundering, industrial shop towels marketed for strength, absorbency and reuse, and microfiber mop systems such as the Pulse Mop, which Cintas says can clean up to 850 square feet per refill and up to 20% faster than string mops; its microfiber floor products are described as removing 80% more dust and dirt than traditional mops and 99.9% of microbes.[21](https://www.cintas.com/facilityservices/towelservices)[22](https://cintas.com/product-detail/shop-towels)[23](https://www.cintas.com/facilityservices/mopservices/pulse-mop)[24](https://www.cintas.com/product-detail/microfiber-flat-mops)

In safety products and services, Cintas provides AED programs built around branded devices including the ZOLL AED 3, Powerheart® G5 AED and LIFELINE® VIEW AED. The ZOLL AED 3 is described with real-time CPR feedback, RapidShock™ analysis, child mode and optional Wi‑Fi connectivity; the Powerheart G5 includes CPR coaching prompts, RescueCoach® guidance, self-testing and dual-language capability; and the LIFELINE VIEW emphasizes video-based CPR instructions.[25](https://www.cintas.com/firstaidsafety/automatic-external-defibrillator/zoll-aed-3)[26](https://www.cintas.com/product-detail/powerheart-g5-aed)[27](https://www.cintas.com/firstaidsafety/automatic-external-defibrillator/reviver-view-aed/) Its eyewash offering includes self-contained and plumbed stations; the self-contained unit is described as activating in less than one second, delivering more than 0.4 gallons per minute and providing more than 15 minutes of continuous flushing.[28](https://www.cintas.com/product-detail/the-safety-director-self-contained-emergency-eyewash-station/)[29](https://www.cintas.com/firstaidsafety/eyewash-stations/plumbed-eyewash-stations) WaterBreak® bottleless water cooler service is marketed around a closed, sealed tank system and filtered water delivery.[30](https://www.cintas.com/firstaidsafety/office-bottleless-water-cooler-service-dispenser/the-waterbreak-premium) Fire Protection Services add inspection, testing, maintenance and monitoring for fire extinguishers, sprinkler systems and alarm panels.[31](https://www.cintas.com/fire-protection-services/fire-extinguishers)[32](https://www.cintas.com/fire-protection-services/fire-sprinkler-systems)[33](https://www.cintas.com/fire-protection-services/fire-alarm-monitoring) In FY2025, Uniform Rental and Facility Services represented about 77.1% of revenue, First Aid and Safety Services 11.8%, and All Other, which includes Fire Protection Services and Uniform Direct Sale, 11.1%.[5](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T-98bb54b5d93f418d9072ae9cffbfc85b)
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## Geographic presence

Cintas’s operations and sales are concentrated in North America. The company serves customers primarily in the United States, with additional operations in Canada and Latin America, and it identifies its foreign operations as primarily Canadian.[1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-fe6ef21f37dd48cb80f4466384b04806)[3](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-aed2a4ced9894d11948430237c0cfb2a) U.S. operations have accounted for more than 90% of consolidated revenue in each of the last three fiscal years disclosed, while foreign-denominated revenue and operating income have each represented less than 10% of consolidated totals.[3](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-aed2a4ced9894d11948430237c0cfb2a)[34](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-adbd1a7c5362462592fd7d62a02b02c0)

The company’s principal executive office is in Cincinnati, Ohio, at 6800 Cintas Boulevard.[35](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-d558258b2a144719aa7447bc68a77438) Its physical footprint includes 490 facilities across 341 cities, consisting of 210 rental processing plants, 142 rental branches, 67 first aid and safety facilities, 54 other facilities, 12 distribution centers, and 5 manufacturing facilities.[35](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-d558258b2a144719aa7447bc68a77438)
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## Business segments

Cintas reports two official reportable operating segments: Uniform Rental and Facility Services, and First Aid and Safety Services. Uniform Rental and Facility Services covers the rental and servicing of uniforms and other garments, including flame-resistant clothing, as well as mats, mops, shop towels, other ancillary items, restroom cleaning services and supplies, and catalog sales to route customers. First Aid and Safety Services consists of first aid and safety products and services. The remainder of the business is reported in All Other, which includes the Fire Protection Services and Uniform Direct Sale operating segments rather than being disclosed as separate reportable segments.[36](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-7a55718bfc4a4fc09dc1002506633bd0)

In fiscal 2024, Uniform Rental and Facility Services generated about 77.8% of total revenue ($7.47 billion of $9.60 billion), making it by far the company’s largest segment. First Aid and Safety Services contributed about 11.1% of revenue ($1.07 billion), while All Other contributed about 11.1% ($1.06 billion). Cintas presents Fire Protection Services within All Other, so it does not separately disclose a standalone revenue share for that business in its segment reporting.[37](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T-62ebb6ab4cbf4f17b4b0427ee6b75773)[36](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-7a55718bfc4a4fc09dc1002506633bd0)
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## Company history

Cintas traces its roots to 1929, when Doc and Amelia Farmer collected, laundered and resold shop towels for industrial customers along the Ohio River. The modern company was founded in 1968 by Richard T. Farmer, who left the family industrial laundry business to develop uniform programs; in the early 1970s, Cintas acquired that family laundry operation and used it as a base for broader expansion. Cintas later went public in 1983.[38](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-03c6e63cf8fa40a3a5132fc6538f18e7)[39](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-d199be1515314bf0960fe8a6dd8942b4)[40](https://www.cintas.com/investors/faqs)

Leadership later passed to the next generation of the Farmer family, with Scott D. Farmer becoming chief executive officer in 2003 and chairman in 2016.[41](https://www.cintas.com/investors/board-of-directors/scott-d-farmer/) Cintas also expanded through acquisitions, including ZEE Medical in 2015, which strengthened its first aid and safety business, and G&K Services in March 2017 for about $2.1 billion, a major step in consolidating its uniform and facility services operations.[42](https://www.cintas.com/_landing_pages/zeemedical/)[43](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-f2d34bbc8201492ab9fc525c2a836d49) In 2021, Todd M. Schneider succeeded Scott D. Farmer as chief executive officer and president, while Scott Farmer remained executive chairman.[44](https://cintas.com/newsroom/details/news/2021/04/01/scott-d.-farmer-to-retire-as-cintas-corporation-ceo-on-may-31-todd-m.-schneider-elected-new-ceo--president-effective-june-1)
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