Shopping For Wet/Dry Vacs? Comparing Brands? Here Is What To Look For! Crasftsman Ridgid Emerson

Below are some of the more popular Wet/Dry Vac Brands and the Companies that make them.
- Alton Industries manufactures wet/dry and shop vacuums under Dewalt, Stanley, and Porter-Cable branding for Stanley Black & Decker.
- Bissell is a USA-based privately-owned business.
- Emerson Tool owns the Ridgid brand and their line of wet/dry vacs, branded as Workshop Vacs. They also make Craftsman models at this time.
- Flex is owned by Chervon, a privately-owned company based in China. Chervon also owns EGO, Skil, and Skilsaw brands.
- Shop-Vac is now owned by GreatStar Tools, a subsidiary of Hangzhou GreatStar Industrial Co. LTD., which is based in China.
- TTI, the publicly-traded company that also owns Milwaukee Tool, owns the multiple vacuum brands including Dirt Devil, Homelite, Hoover, Oreck, and Vax

Knowing who makes what allows for easier comparisons and a little bit of price shopping between stores.