Subsidy Tracker Parent Company Summary
Parent Company Name:
Berkshire Hathaway
Ownership Structure:
publicly traded (ticker symbol BRK.B)
Headquartered in:
Nebraska
Major Industry:
diversified
Specific Industry:
diversified
| Subsidy Summary | Subsidy Value | Number of Awards |
|---|---|---|
| State/Local | $1,554,813,236 | 591 |
| Federal (grants and allocated tax credits) | $190,410,940 | 18 |
| TOTAL | $1,745,224,176 | 609 |
| Loan / Bailout Summary | Total Face Value | Number of Awards |
| State/Local loans, bond financing and venture capital | $21,000,000 | 1 |
| Federal loans, loan guarantees and bailout assistance (not including repayments) | $24,903,363 | 12 |
| TOTAL | $45,903,363 | 13 |
Time Period for State and Local Awards:
Earliest year of data: 1992. Availability of data for earlier years varies greatly from program to program. The majority of the listings for this parent company are for the period since 2011.
Time Period for Federal Awards:
FY2000 to the present
Notes:
The dollar total above adjusts for the fact that there is an overlap between the amount in the Megadeal entry and that of one or more of the other entries. Dollar totals do not include awards for which no subsidy value is disclosed.
Associated Names:
21st Mortgage Corporation; ACCRA MFG; ACME BRICK; ALLOYWORKS; APPLIED UNDERWRITERS; BENJAMIN MOORE; BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY; BNSF; BUFFALO NEWS; BUFFALO NEWS A DIVISION OF OBH; CALEDONIAN ALLOYS; CAMPBELL HAUSFELD / SCOTT FETZER; CANNON MUSKEGON; CENTRAL STATES OF OMAHA COS; CERRO FLOW PROD; CMH MFG; COMPASS AEROSPACE NORTHWEST INC; COMPLEMENTARY COATINGS; CPI ENGINEERING SVC; CTB; DALE MCLOUTH PCC STRUCTURALS; DESIGNED METAL CONNECTIONS INC; DURACELL; ECOWATER; EMPIRE DISTRIBUTORS OF NORTH CAROLINA; [...]
Links:
For a summary of this company's regulatory violations see its Violation Tracker summary page here.
For more details on misconduct by this company, see its entry in the Project On Government Oversight's Federal Contractor Misconduct Database.
For a summary of this company's federal contracts, see its page on Fedspending.
| Top 5 States for state/local awards | Total Subsidy $ | Number of Awards |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | $802,720,000 | 2 |
| New York | $392,407,745 | 169 |
| Ohio | $76,184,403 | 19 |
| Louisiana | $72,734,038 | 13 |
| Indiana | $72,260,546 | 40 |
| All other | $138,506,504 | 348 |
Individual Subsidy Records:
Click on the company name for more information on each subsidy award.
| Company | Location | Subsidy Source |
Year |
Subsidy Value | Loan/Bailout Value | Type of Subsidy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc. | North Carolina | state | 2010 | $11,145 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SHAW INDUSTRIES | South Carolina | state | 2010 | $91,439 | training reimbursement | |
| BNSF Railway Company | United States | federal | 2010 | $70,000 | federal grant | |
| NV ENERGY, INC. | United States | federal | 2010 | $137,877,906 | federal grant | |
| NV ENERGY, INC. | United States | federal | 2010 | $1,000,000 | federal grant | |
| Pacific Canyon Windfarm, LLC | United States | federal | 2010 | $5,338,964 | federal grant | |
| SHAW INDUSTRIES, INC. | United States | federal | 2010 | $1,800,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Ctb, Inc. | United States | federal | 2010 | $344,451 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| ACCRA MANUFACTURING INC | Washington | state | 2010 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| COMPASS AEROSPACE NORTHWEST INC | Washington | state | 2010 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| DESIGNED METAL CONNECTIONS INC | Washington | state | 2010 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| GCM NORTH AMERICAN AEROSPACE LLC | Washington | state | 2010 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| PRIMUS INTL INC | Washington | state | 2010 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| S P S TECHNOLOGIES INC | Washington | state | 2010 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| UNIVERSITY SWAGING CORPORATION | Washington | state | 2010 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| Environment One Corporation | New York | state | 2010 | $34,277 | enterprise zone | |
| GEICO Casualty Company | New York | state | 2010 | $34,520 | enterprise zone | |
| GEICO General Insurance Company | New York | state | 2010 | $6,627,289 | enterprise zone | |
| GEICO Indemnity Company | New York | state | 2010 | $5,486,071 | enterprise zone | |
| Government Employees Insurance Company | New York | state | 2010 | $3,460,361 | enterprise zone | |
| McLane Foodservice, Inc. | New York | state | 2010 | $4,136 | enterprise zone | |
| The Buffalo News, A Division of OBH, Inc. | New York | state | 2010 | $954,670 | enterprise zone | |
| Precision Castparts Corp | West Virginia | state | 2010 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| McLane/Suneast Inc. | California | state | 2009 | undisclosed | training reimbursement | |
| McLane Midwest | Illinois | state | 2009 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc. | Kentucky | state | 2009 | $5,165 | training reimbursement | |
| Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc. | Kentucky | state | 2009 | $81,000 | training reimbursement | |
| UTLX Manufacturing, Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $753,279 | property tax abatement | |
| Saranac Power Partners/North Country Gas Pipeline | New York | local | 2009 | $2,621,904 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| GEICO Building -300 CrossPoint Pkwy | New York | local | 2009 | $365,772 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Special Metals | New York | local | 2009 | $128,706 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Environment One | New York | local | 2009 | $19,487 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| McLane Company | New York | local | 2009 | $13,317 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| McLane Northeast | New York | local | 2009 | $13,317 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Graver Technologies Inc. | New York | local | 2009 | $11,060 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| McLane Company | New York | local | 2009 | $8,290 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| McLane Northeast | New York | local | 2009 | $8,290 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Special Metals, Inc. | New York | local | 2009 | $1,785 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Precision Castparts Corp. | Oregon | state | 2009 | $6,705 | tax credit/rebate | |
| PacifiCorp | Oregon | state | 2009 | $118,325 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Richline Group, Inc. | Rhode Island | state | 2009 | $216,375 | tax credit/rebate | |
| S P S TECHNOLOGIES INC | Washington | state | 2009 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| PRIMUS INTL INC | Washington | state | 2009 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| ACCRA MANUFACTURING INC | Washington | state | 2009 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| COMPASS AEROSPACE NORTHWEST INC | Washington | state | 2009 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| UNIVERSITY SWAGING CORPORATION | Washington | state | 2009 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| GCM NORTH AMERICAN AEROSPACE LLC | Washington | state | 2009 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| JOHNS MANVILLE | Maine | state | 2009 | $10,352 | property tax abatement | |
| Weaver Manufacturing | Kansas | state | 2009 | $32,941 | training reimbursement | |
| Unarco Industries, Inc. | Virginia | state | 2009 | $42,825 | training reimbursement | |
| McLane | Mississippi | state | 2009 | $7,786 | training reimbursement | |
| Cerro Wire and Cable | Utah | state | 2009 | $8,635 | training reimbursement | |
| Cerro Flow Products Inc | Utah | state | 2009 | $2,819 | training reimbursement | |
| Homemakers Plaza, Inc. | Iowa | state | 2009 | $32,120 | training reimbursement | |
| L.A. Darling Company - Darling Store Fixtures Division | Arkansas | state | 2009 | $15,921 | training reimbursement | |
| L.A. Darling Company | Arkansas | state | 2009 | $17,920 | training reimbursement | |
| Johns Manville | Alabama | state | 2009 | $12,116 | cost reimbursement | |
| Johns Manville | Alabama | state | 2009 | $25,000 | cost reimbursement | |
| NetJets, Inc. (Executive Jet) | Ohio | local | 2009 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| TITANIUM METALS CORP | Ohio | state | 2009 | $37,500 | grant | |
| Johns Manville | Ohio | state | 2009 | $522,294 | tax credit/rebate | |
| FLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL INC | Oklahoma | state | 2009 | $35,455 | tax credit/rebate | |
| HELICOMB INTERNATIONAL,INC | Oklahoma | state | 2009 | $15,125 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SPECIAL METALS,INC | Oklahoma | state | 2009 | $28,661 | tax credit/rebate | |
| UNARCO INDUSTRIES,INC | Oklahoma | state | 2009 | $87,852 | tax credit/rebate | |
| MEDICAL PROTECTIVE COMPANY THE | Indiana | local | 2009 | $1,382,180 | property tax abatement | |
| SHAW INDUSTRIES | South Carolina | state | 2009 | $53,796 | training reimbursement | |
| Union Tank Car Company | United States | federal | 2009 | $1,729,788 | federal grant | |
| 21st Mortgage Corporation | United States | federal | 2009 | $280,405 | federal grant | |
| Environment One Corporation | New York | state | 2009 | $73,822 | enterprise zone | |
| GEICO Casualty Company | New York | state | 2009 | $44,235 | enterprise zone | |
| GEICO General Insurance Company | New York | state | 2009 | $8,362,574 | enterprise zone | |
| GEICO Indemnity Company | New York | state | 2009 | $886,286 | enterprise zone | |
| Government Employees Insurance Company | New York | state | 2009 | $1,823,217 | enterprise zone | |
| McLane Foodservice, Inc. | New York | state | 2009 | $5,145 | enterprise zone | |
| Special Metals Corporation | New York | state | 2009 | $19,719 | enterprise zone | |
| The Buffalo News, A Division of OBH, Inc. | New York | state | 2009 | $421,301 | enterprise zone | |
| DESIGNED METAL CONNECTIONS | California | state | 2008 | $15,791 | training reimbursement | |
| JOHNS MANVILLE | California | state | 2008 | $52,988 | training reimbursement | |
| McLane Midwest | Illinois | state | 2008 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc. | Kentucky | state | 2008 | $4,810 | training reimbursement | |
| Cerro Flow Products, Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $303,151 | property tax abatement | |
| UTLX Manufacturing, Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $275,462 | property tax abatement | |
| Alloyworks, LLC | North Carolina | state | 2008 | $29,547 | tax credit/rebate | |
| CMH Manufacturing, Inc. | North Carolina | state | 2008 | $4,873 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway | Nebraska | state | 2008 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| McLane Eastern, Inc. | New Hampshire | state | 2008 | $8,580 | training reimbursement | |
| McLane Eastern, Inc. | New Hampshire | state | 2008 | $8,040 | training reimbursement | |
| PCC Structurals, Inc | Oregon | state | 2008 | $108,388 | tax credit/rebate | |
| PCC Structurals, Inc. | Oregon | state | 2008 | $61,563 | tax credit/rebate | |
| PacifiCorp | Oregon | state | 2008 | $96,287 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Johns Mansville Corporation #4 | Texas | state | 2008 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| Union Tank Car Company | Texas | state | 2008 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| FlightSafety International | Texas | state | 2008 | $720,000 | grant | |
| S P S TECHNOLOGIES INC | Washington | state | 2008 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| PRIMUS INTL INC | Washington | state | 2008 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| ACCRA MANUFACTURING INC | Washington | state | 2008 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| COMPASS AEROSPACE NORTHWEST INC | Washington | state | 2008 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| UNIVERSITY SWAGING CORPORATION | Washington | state | 2008 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| GCM NORTH AMERICAN AEROSPACE LLC | Washington | state | 2008 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| McLane Foodservice, Inc. | Wisconsin | state | 2008 | $260,500 | tax credit/rebate |
