Titan Machinery
Titan Machinery is one of the largest dealers of agricultural and construction equipment and claims to be the largest dealer for the CNH Industrial brands (Case IH, Case CE, New Holland Agriculture, New Holland Construction) in the world. It is based in West Fargo, North Dakota and has locations throughout the Midwestern United States, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Romania and Ukraine. The company is publicly traded on NASDAQ using the symbol TITN. As of 2023, the company reported a total revenue of US$2.209 billion.

History
In 1975, after graduating from college, David Meyer joined the Case Corporation as a product specialist for 4WD tractors. In November of the same year, he began working for the Case dealership Meyer-Jones Farm Store in Wahpeton, North Dakota. In 1976, Meyer and his business partner Darrell Larson became minority shareholders in the company. In September 1977 Larson and Meyer opened a second dealership in Lisbon, North Dakota.

Titan Machinery was founded in 1980 when Meyer and Larson bought out the majority shareholders of Meyer-Jones Farm Store. Darrell Larson left Titan at the end of the 1980s. In the early 1990s, the company began its expansion with acquisitions in La Moure, North Dakota, and Lidgerwood, North Dakota. By 2003, Titan had grown to 13 dealerships after a merger with C.I. Farm Power. Peter and Tony Christianson, owners of C.I. Farm Power, joined Titan Machinery's management. In December 2007 Titan Machinery was taken public with 34 dealerships and US$300 million in revenue at the time.

In late 2011 Titan Machinery expanded into Eastern Europe with its purchase of two Case IH dealerships in Bucharest and Timișoara, Romania. In February 2012 the company acquired seven dealerships in Bulgaria and one dealership in Serbia in December 2012.

After receiving approval from CNH Industrial, Titan Machinery opened its first dealership in Vinnitsa, Ukraine on February 18, 2014.

Following declining revenue in its agricultural equipment business, Titan closed 3 stores in South Dakota and Wyoming in March 2015 and reduced its workforce by 14% through layoffs, store closings and open positions not being filled.

On April 30, 2018, Titan Machinery announced its acquisition of Agram Landtechnikvertrieb GmbH and its 5 Case IH dealerships in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg and Saxony in Germany.

In August 2023 the company announced its strategic acquisition of J.J. O’Connor & Sons Pty. Ltd. (“O’Connors”), the largest Case IH dealership group in Australia, for US$63 million. O'Connors has 15 dealership locations in the southeastern states Victoria, New South Wales, and South Australia.

In January 2024 Titan Machinery acquired the assets of Scott Supply Co., a Case IH and New Holland dealership in Mitchell, South Dakota.

In October 2023 Titan informed its shareholders, that the long-time CEO David Meyer would take on the role of executive chairman and be succeeded as CEO by Bryan Knutson. The change came into effect February 1, 2024.

Dealership locations 
As of January 31, 2024, Titan Machinery operated a total of 151 dealerships worldwide. 94 of these dealerships were in the United States, 15 dealerships in Australia, 41 locations in Europe and a European headquarters at the Vienna airport.

References

External links
Titan Machinery USA
Titan Machinery Europe

Companies listed on the Nasdaq
Companies based in Fargo–Moorhead
Agriculture companies of the United States
American companies established in 1980
Retail companies established in 1980