Cintas

Cintas Corp is an American corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Cintas Corp is a publicly held company traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol CTAS and is a component of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.

Cintas Corp provides a range of products and services to businesses including uniforms, mats, mops, cleaning, and restroom supplies, first aid and safety products, fire extinguishers and testing, and safety courses. The company is one of the largest in the industry with $7.09 billion in total revenue in 2025

Cintas Corp has a rich history that dates to 1929 when it was founded as the Acme Industrial Laundry Company by Richard (Doc) Farmer and Amelia Farmer. The founders collected old, used rags from factories, laundered them, and sold them back to businesses. In the early 1940s, it became a service company and its name had changed to Acme Wiper and Industrial Laundry, with Doc’s son Hershell, taking over and replacing the rags with shop towels.

When Herschell’s son, Richard “Dick” Farmer, joined the family business in 1957 Acme had just 12 employees. In 1959, the business was handed over to Dick, who expanded into uniform rental and the company became Acme Uniform and Towel Supply in 1964.

In 1968, Dick Farmer also founded the Satellite Corporation and opened the first location in Cleveland. These companies merged in 1970 and in 1972, the company changed its name to Cintas.

Cintas Corp went public in 1983. In 1995 Cintas Corp expanded its uniform services into Canada with the acquisition of Cadet Uniform Service Ltd.

Bob Kohlhepp became CEO in 1996 and Dick Farmer became Chairman of the Cintas Corp Board. In 1997, Cintas Corp entered the First Aid and Safety business and the next year Dick Farmer’s son Scott became president and chief operating officer.

In 2002, Cintas Corp acquired several companies, including uniform rental company Omni Services, and first-aid companies Petragon, American First Aid, and Respond Industries. In 2003, Cintas Corp acquired Kamp Fire Equipment, a distributor of fire safety products and services.

Phillip Holloman became President and COO in 2008 and Bob Kohlhepp became Chairman of the Board. In 2015, Cintas Corp acquired Zee Medical from McKesson Corporation for approximately $130 million.

In 2016, CEO Scott Farmer became chairman of the board. In 2017, Cintas Corp acquired G &K Services, at $2.2 billion their largest acquisition. Cintas Corp has been included on the Fortune 500 list three years in a row, in 2018, 2019 and 2025.

In 2025, Scott Farmer retired as CEO, retaining his position as Executive Chairman and Todd Schneider, former Executive Vice President and COO, was selected to replace him. Cintas Corp oversees a high-value product portfolio which offers uniforms for rental and direct purchase, restroom and chemical supplies, mats, microfiber towels, mops, disinfectant sprays, and hand sanitizer.

Cintas Corp also sells first aid supplies, personal protection equipment (PPE), AEDs, training and compliance courses, eyewash stations, and water coolers to businesses. Cintas Corp also repairs fire extinguishers. Part of Cintas Corp’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic comprised an increase in cleaning products and services, hand sanitizer, and personal-protective equipment and services.

Cintas Corp provides its business services primarily in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. Cintas Corp operates through Uniform Rental and Facility Services and First Aid and Safety Services segments. Today, Cintas Corp is truly one of the most valuable companies in the world with a market capitalization of US$ 41.139 billion recorded in July 2025. In 2025 the total staff compliment for Cintas Corp was more than 40 000.

When the job market is strong, Cintas Corp tends to be strong because the company specialises in providing uniforms to the employees of the companies on its extensive client list. A healthy economy also helps drive business formation and adds new customers to Cintas Corp’s rolls.

According to Cintas Corp Chairman and Chief Executive Officer the COVID-19 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic was a significant disruption to the economy as well as to their business in the fiscal 2025 fourth quarter. The government-required closure of many businesses also had an impact on their fiscal 2025 fourth quarter financial results since their priorities had been to keep employees healthy and safe while remaining committed to serving customers in any way too.

Despite the uncertainty, Cintas Corp management is confident in its ability to manage the short-term volatility and maintain focus on the long-term objectives. Cintas Corp management reiterated its value proposition of getting businesses ready to resume by providing essential, unparalleled image, safety, cleanliness, and compliance, which is now more important as ever before.

Cintas Corp management believes that a new trend of a greater focus on health, readiness, and outsourcing of non-core activities is underway and the company is well-positioned to benefit from that new normal. Cintas Corp did well with its two core business segments lately with organic growth for the key uniform rental and facility services that accelerated from its pace three months ago.

Cost-control efforts were also successful, gross margin was higher versus the year-earlier quarter, with a slight gain in the uniform rental segment’s gross margin. Cintas Corp operating margin similarly rose after adjusting for integration-related expenses. Cintas Corp management was also pleased with the way that Cintas’ balance sheet and cash flow helped the company boost shareholder value, taking special note an increase in its dividends.

Cintas Corp trades its shares on the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ) under the stock symbol CTAS. Cintas Corp forms part of both the NASDAQ-100 and S&P 500 components. An analysis on the market performance for the first quarter of 2025 indicated a total revenue of US$ 7,116,340,000 along with a gross profit of US$ 3,314,651,000 and EBITDA of US$ 1,773,910,000.

Cintas is optimistic that all businesses care about image, safety, cleanliness, or compliance, and businesses continue to outsource to concentrate on their core competency. Cintas Corp vows to remain in a prime position to deliver goods and services to its customers if they remain financially healthy enough to enlist help with things like uniforms and cleaning supplies.

Cintas Corp expects revenue between $7.24 billion and $7.31 billion in the coming year, which would represent top-line growth of around 5% to 6% versus its final figures for fiscal 2019. Cintas Corp expects earnings between $8.30 and $8.45 per share, suggesting an even faster growth rate of 9%.

Despite concerns among economists that the strength of the U.S. economy might be starting to wane, Cintas Corp has not yet seen any signs that the important job market is weakening. Data from this analysis should be weighed against forecasted performance during this pandemic, but for now, prices on shares and in turn dividends remain unaffected, which provides shareholders with assurance that they will have a strong buy-in on NASDAQ.

Industrials

Specialty business services

Cleaning, Safety, and general supplies

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