Klein Tools
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- Headquarters
- Lincolnshire, IL
- Manufacturing
- United States (multiple plants) · Overseas (countries not disclosed)
- Categories
- hand-tools-and-workshop
Klein Tools has made electricians’ hand tools in the United States since 1857, and its American Manufacturing page is candid in both directions. It says the vast majority of what it sells is made in the USA, that it makes fourteen times more product here than in any other country, and — the sentence that earns the first mark — that when a product says Made in the USA, it is in fact made in the USA.
It is equally open about the exceptions, and that makes it a split line: like most global companies, Klein sources some products abroad, generally new additions or tools it cannot yet make itself, and those imported tools are sold under the Klein name alongside the ones made here. The page does not say which they are. So the brand’s mark is the floor, and the tools Klein itself labels Made in the USA — the pliers, screwdrivers, fish tapes and the rest listed at kleintools.com/madeinusa — are carried below as per-product overrides, each quoting the line from its own catalog page.
The practical instruction is the one Klein’s own label implies: look for “Made in USA” in the feature list on the specific tool, rather than assuming the whole range qualifies.
The record
The vast majority of Klein's products are made in the USA
“The vast majority of the products we sell are made in the USA.”
kleintools.comRetrieved
When a Klein product is labelled Made in the USA, it is made in the USA
“When our products say 'Made in the USA,' they are, in fact, made in the USA.”
kleintools.comRetrieved
Klein sells goods under its own name that it sources abroad
“Like most global companies, we do source some products abroad, but Klein Tools makes 14 times more products here in the United States than we do in any other country. For any of our outsourced products, we invest our time and money into the design and quality of those products so that when you buy a Klein tool you'll know what all the professionals know… when you pick up a Klein, it'll never let you down.”
kleintools.comRetrieved
Klein's headquarters (sales, marketing, product development, and administration) is located in Lincolnshire, IL
“Lincolnshire, IL • USA — Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Product Development, IT, and Administrative”
kleintools.comRetrieved
Federal inspection records place Klein hand-tool plants at street addresses in Illinois and Texas
“Klein Tools, Inc. 2300 East Devon Avenue Elk Grove Village, IL 60007”
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Domain record
kleintools.com was registered on .It dates the domain, not the business: a maker that moved to a new address reads young here, and an old domain says nothing about who holds it now.
RDAP registry record · checked 19 Sep 2026
Products
Where to buyKlein Tools D213-9NE Lineman's Pliers, New England Nose, 9-Inch
Made in USAThis item carries a different mark from Klein Tools as a whole, so it has its own record.
The D213-9NE's own catalog page lists it as made in the USA
“Made in USA”
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