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Zebra Technologies

ACTIVE
Hardware vendorIndustrial manufacturerRobotics company
ZebraData Specialties Incorporated

American technology company making smart data-capture hardware and software: barcode scanners, mobile computers, printers, RFID and machine vision.

Founded1969United States
HQLincolnshireUnited States
01 · About

Zebra Technologies

Founded 1969 · Lincolnshire, United States

Zebra Technologies Corporation is an American technology company headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois, founded in 1969 (originally as Data Specialties Incorporated; renamed Zebra Technologies in 1986). It designs hardware, software and services for smart data capture and frontline automation: barcode scanners, mobile computers, thermal and RFID printers, RFID readers, machine vision systems and locationing technologies. The company is listed on NASDAQ under the ticker ZBRA and is a component of the S&P 500. It expanded into robotics and AI through acquisitions including Fetch Robotics (autonomous mobile robots, 2021), Matrox Imaging (2022) and Reflexis Systems (2020). It employs about 10,700 people and serves industries such as retail, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation and logistics.

  • Ed Kaplan

    Co-founder

  • Gerhard Cless

    Co-founder

02 · What they do

Domain of activity

4 areas · 3 technologies · 5 industries
What they do4Areas
  • Computer Vision
  • Mobile robots
  • Data analytics
  • Process automation
How they do it3Technologies
  • Computer vision
  • Robotics
  • Edge AI
Who for5Industries
  • Retail
  • Healthcare
  • Logistics & warehousing
  • Industrial manufacturing
  • Transport & mobility
03 · Geography

Global presence

HQ Lincolnshire · 1 regions
Global
04 · Metrics

Scale & funding

founded 1969
1969founded
~10,700 (2025)employees
maturedevelopment stage
Publiclisted
activestatus
07 · Classification

Profile & metadata

4 classification · 7 external links

Classification

  • Statusactive
  • Development stagemature
  • Listed onYesZBRA
  • Organization typeHardware vendor+ Industrial manufacturer, + Robotics company