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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PACIFICORP | United States | federal | 2019 | $3,532,330 | federal grant | |
| BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | Colorado | state | 2019 | $244,614 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | Colorado | state | 2019 | $210,376 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | Colorado | state | 2019 | $104,062 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | Colorado | state | 2019 | $80,861 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | Colorado | state | 2019 | $63,080 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | Colorado | state | 2019 | $63,024 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | Colorado | state | 2019 | $62,388 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | Colorado | state | 2019 | $38,332 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | Colorado | state | 2019 | $36,108 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | Colorado | state | 2019 | $30,818 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | Colorado | state | 2019 | $22,599 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | Colorado | state | 2019 | $20,763 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | Colorado | state | 2019 | $19,799 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | Colorado | state | 2019 | $18,441 | tax credit/rebate | |
| McLane Foodservice, Inc. | Colorado | state | 2019 | $11,198 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | Colorado | state | 2019 | $9,850 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | Colorado | state | 2019 | $6,367 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | Colorado | state | 2019 | $4,211 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | Colorado | state | 2019 | $3,092 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) | Indiana | state | 2019 | $16,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Forest River, Inc. | Indiana | state | 2019 | $6,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Forest River, Inc. | Indiana | state | 2019 | $1,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) | Indiana | state | 2019 | $500,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| PACIFICORP | United States | federal | 2018 | $3,532,330 | federal grant | |
| Forest River Manufacturing, LLC | Indiana | state | 2018 | $1,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| CMH Manufacturing West, Inc. | Indiana | state | 2018 | $1,820,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Forest River Manufacturing, LLC | Indiana | state | 2018 | $150,000 | training reimbursement | |
| MEDICAL PROTECTIVE COMPANY | Indiana | local | 2018 | $1,052,170 | property tax abatement | |
| MEDICAL PROTECTIVE COMPANY THE | Indiana | local | 2018 | $67,630 | property tax abatement | |
| Nebraska Furniture Mart | Nebraska | local | 2018 | $392,825 | tax increment financing | |
| Environment One | New York | local | 2018 | $1,463 | grant | |
| DURACELL INC. | Tennessee | local | 2018 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| DURACELL INC. | Tennessee | local | 2018 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| JOHNS MANVILLE | Tennessee | local | 2018 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| SHAW INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC | Tennessee | local | 2018 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| SHAW INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC | Tennessee | local | 2018 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| SHAW INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC. | Tennessee | local | 2018 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| SHAW INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC. | Tennessee | local | 2018 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| SHAW INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC. | Tennessee | local | 2018 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| McLane Foodservice, Inc. | Colorado | state | 2018 | $456,840 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2018 | $181,727 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2018 | $166,862 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2018 | $155,950 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2018 | $142,627 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2018 | $85,073 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2018 | $81,476 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway | Colorado | state | 2018 | $68,191 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2018 | $60,895 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2018 | $43,323 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2018 | $43,156 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2018 | $32,233 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2018 | $30,684 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2018 | $23,504 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2018 | $13,991 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2018 | $10,952 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2018 | $8,250 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2018 | $3,639 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2018 | $1,762 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2018 | $1,304 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Government Employees Insurance Company | Florida | state | 2018 | $2,500,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| McLane Company, Inc. | Florida | state | 2018 | $375,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Shaw Industries | Tennessee | state | 2017 | $1,500,000 | grant | |
| Shaw Industries, Inc. | Pennsylvania | state | 2017 | $12,319 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $1,687 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $1,712 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $2,450 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $7,282 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $9,352 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $13,299 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $14,357 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $17,293 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $18,562 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $37,003 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $39,620 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $41,482 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $49,345 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $65,035 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $68,699 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $71,065 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $75,273 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $76,431 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $79,268 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $80,532 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $82,998 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $91,101 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $101,104 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $113,819 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $164,567 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $183,888 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $252,320 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $264,932 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $309,852 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BNSF Railway Company | Colorado | state | 2017 | $328,684 | tax credit/rebate | |
| MEDICAL PROTECTIVE COMPANY THE | Indiana | local | 2017 | $68,720 | property tax abatement | |
| MEDICAL PROTECTIVE COMPANY | Indiana | local | 2017 | $1,574,905 | property tax abatement | |
| Forest River Manufacturing, LLC | Indiana | state | 2017 | $2,500,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| FlightSafety International Inc. | Louisiana | local | 2017 | $1,719,005 | property tax abatement | |
| JOHNS MANVILLE | Maine | state | 2017 | $6,060 | property tax abatement | |
| McLane Food Service | Kansas | local | 2017 | $47,022 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Saranac Power Partners/North Country Gas Pipeline | New York | local | 2017 | $386,048 | tax credit/rebate |
