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At BISSELL, we care about finding ways to make your home a cleaner place.
It started simple, in a small crockery shop in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, all the way back in 1876. Since then we've focused on one thing - floorcare. It's in our DNA to engineer innovative, award-winning and easy-to-use cleaning solutions for messes and spills of all shapes and sizes, so you can enjoy life to the fullest.
We've redefined the concept of clean with a family of innovative floor care products such as vacuum cleaners, carpet sweepers, carpet cleaners and washers, and wet/dry vacuums. Along with a full line of time-tested cleaning chemicals. Each product is designed to improve the ways you take care of your home, especially the biggest home of all – Earth. Using our innovative spirit, we're always searching for new ways to make our products safer for the environment. After all, when BISSELL says clean, we mean clean.
Our history
Practicing good business since 1876
A simple start: Spilled sawdust
Like a lot of well-intentioned people who plan on having a relaxing Saturday, we didn’t really mean to start cleaning—it just happened. In 1876, Melville R. Bissell and his wife, Anna, were running a small crockery shop in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Sick of constantly cleaning sawdust off the shop's carpet, Melville invented and patented a one-of-a-kind sweeper. It didn't take long for friends and customers at the shop to ask about buying the sweeper, and when they did, a new business was born.
A woman’s world: America’s first female CEO
When Melville passed away in 1889, there was no question who would take the reigns at BISSELL®. Anna stepped in, making her the first female CEO in America. Anna aggressively defended the company’s patents while also marketing sweepers across North America and Europe.
It didn't take long for BISSELL® to get its first famous fan, Queen Victoria, who insisted her palace be “Bisselled” every week. We like to think the palace attendants were also fans, loving the free time they had thanks to how easy the BISSELL sweeper made cleaning up royal messes.
Say goodbye to chores... Sort of
Once we knew we could handle a palace, we decided to try our hand at something else. In 1956, we rolled out the manual carpet shampooer, making the chore of scrubbing carpets on your hands and knees virtually disappear (you owe us one, Cinderella). One year later, our products started winning awards.
In 1957, the Shampoo Master won the Bachner Award for Achievement for practical application of molded and formed plastics. By the end of the 60s we were a jack of all surfaces, changing the way people clean. We were the first to offer a Vac/Floor Scrubber, Dry Powder Rug Shampoo and Applicator, and the Gemini Sweeper, which as its name suggests, was the first two-brush sweeper.
Clean goes deeper
In 1979, we made magic by introducing the first BISSELL carpet deep cleaning machine, making it easy to get rid of dirty carpet. Then, in the late 1980s, while the New Kids on the Block were busy singing “Hangin’ Tough,” we did the opposite, keeping with the theme of making things easy.
We introduced the BISSELL SC, our first deep cleaner that wasn’t attached to a water source. This machine made deep cleaning carpets more effective and convenient than it was before. Of course, we didn’t stop there. In the years to come, we rolled out things like the BISSELL Big Green Clean Machine® and the PowerGroom®, marking the first BISSELL-branded upright vacuum.
Things get a bit hairy
In a good way! Early in the 2000s, we really noticed the love we at BISSELL® had for pets when we realised 72% of us were pet owners!
Even though there are so many things we love about our pet, we know keeping our homes tidy isn't always at the top of their minds.
Home to a deeper clean
Today, BISSELL® continues to be family-owned, and passionate about helping you effectively and easily clean your home, so you enjoy life and come home to a deeper clean.
At the end of the day, it doesn't matter if your messes are from baby food or red wine, mud or chocolate, human hair or a pet accident, we're here to help you embrace all life's messes, erase them quickly, and get back to the most meaningful part of your home - living in it!
The experts in home cleaning
For more than 145 years and over five generations, our family-owned corporation has developed and created the world's best cleaning tools.
We have a deep commitment to understanding the lives and cleaning needs of our consumers. That fundamental belief leads us to researching their home environments and cleaning habits. This gives BISSELL the foundation to develop inventive home cleaning solutions, and provide true innovations that are inspired by real life.
BISSELL associates are dedicated to providing superior service, because our professionals are passionate to be the best for you.
Committed to clean
Being committed to clean is important, because cleaning goes much deeper than the dirt you can see.
From bacteria and dust mites, to pet dander and pollen, every home faces problems. That’s why BISSELL’s Healthy Home line of products offers a range of innovative solutions.
We also have the features today’s families want, like our SmartSeal Allergen System, our range of Senstive Choice products for homes and families with allergies or asthma; and Multi-Allergen formulas for allergen removal.
Today, a truly clean home is also a healthier home with help of products by BISSELL.