Mars, Incorporated is an American global manufacturer of
confectionery, pet food, and other food products with
US$ 33 billion in annual sales in 2015, and is ranked as the 7th largest
privately held company in the United States by
Forbes. Headquartered in
McLean,
unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, US, the company is entirely owned by the
Mars family. Mars operates in six business segments around the World: Chocolate (
Hackettstown, New Jersey), Petcare (
Brussels, Belgium),
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (
Chicago, Illinois), Food (
Rancho Dominguez, California), Drinks (
West Chester, Pennsylvania), and Symbioscience (
Germantown, Maryland), the company's life sciences division.