
KONG Company
VerifiedGolden, COFounded 1976
Maker of the iconic stuffable rubber dog toy, KONG has manufactured its natural rubber pet toys in Golden, Colorado since 1976. Founder Joe Markham was inspired by his German Shepherd Fritz chewing on a VW bus suspension part; the resulting hollow snowman-shaped rubber toy became the world's best-selling dog toy. All KONG rubber products are molded and hand-inspected at the Golden headquarters, making KONG a rare consumer brand that kept its core manufacturing in the USA through decades of globalization.



