Cintas Corp. CTAS

What this company does

Cintas Corporation provides uniforms, mats, mops, shop towels, restroom supplies, workplace water services, first aid and safety products, automated external defibrillators, eye-wash stations, safety training, fire extinguishers, sprinkler systems and alarm testing to more than one million businesses, primarily in the United States, as well as Canada and Latin America. At May 31, 2026, the company had approximately 12,500 local delivery routes, 484 operational facilities and 12 distribution centers. Cintas employed approximately 48,100 employee-partners in its global workforce as of that date, of which approximately 800 were represented by labor unions. Its reportable operating segments are Uniform Rental and Facility Services and First Aid and Safety Services. The remainder of its business, consisting of the Fire Protection Services operating segment and the Uniform Direct Sale operating segment, is included in All Other. The Uniform Rental and Facility Services segment consists of the rental and servicing of uniforms and other garments, including flame resistant clothing, mats, mops and shop towels and other ancillary items, along with restroom cleaning services and supplies and the sale of catalog items to route customers. The First Aid and Safety Services segment consists of first aid and safety products and services, as well as workplace water services. Cintas was founded in 1968 by Richard T. Farmer when he left his family's industrial laundry business to develop uniform programs using an exclusive new fabric.

Written from the business description in CINTAS CORP's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 29 July 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.