Company type | Public |
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TSX: DOO Nasdaq: DOOO | |
Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 2003 |
Headquarters | Valcourt, Quebec , Canada |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Revenue | CA$10.367 billion (FY24) |
CA$1.157 billion (FY24) | |
CA$0.745 billion (FY24) | |
Total assets | CA$$6.775 billion (FY24) |
Total equity | CA$0.813 billion (FY24) |
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Website | brp |
Footnotes / references Financials as of fiscal year ended January 31, 2024. References:[1] |
BRP Inc. (an abbreviation of Bombardier Recreational Products) is a Canadian manufacturer of snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, side by sides, motorcycles, and personal watercraft.[2] It was founded in 2003, when the Recreational Products Division of Bombardier Inc. was spun off and sold to a group of investors consisting of Bain Capital, the Bombardier-Beaudoin family and the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. Bombardier Inc., was founded in 1942 as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée (Bombardier Snowmobile Limited) by Joseph-Armand Bombardier at Valcourt in the Eastern Townships, Quebec.
As of October 6, 2009[update], BRP had about 5,500 employees;[3] its revenues in 2007 were above US$2.5 billion. BRP has manufacturing facilities in Canada, the United States (Wisconsin, Illinois, North Carolina, Arkansas, Michigan and Minnesota), Mexico, Finland, and Austria. The company's products are sold in more than 100 countries, some of which have their own direct-sales network.[4]
BRP's products include the Ski-Doo and Lynx snowmobiles, Can-Am ATVs and Can-Am motorcycles, Sea-Doo personal watercraft, and Rotax engines. The Ski-Doo was ranked 17th place on CBC Television's The Greatest Canadian Invention in 2007.