History
In 1975, after graduating from college, David Meyer joined the Case Corporation as a product specialist for 4WD tractors. In November of the same year, he began working for the Case dealership Meyer-Jones Farm Store in Wahpeton, North Dakota. In 1976, Meyer and his business partner Darrell Larson became minority shareholders in the company. In September 1977 Larson and Meyer opened a second dealership in Lisbon, North Dakota.
Titan Machinery was founded in 1980 when Meyer and Larson bought out the majority shareholders of Meyer-Jones Farm Store. Darrell Larson left Titan at the end of the 1980s. In the early 1990s, the company began its expansion with acquisitions in La Moure, North Dakota, and Lidgerwood, North Dakota. By 2003, Titan had grown to 13 dealerships after a merger with C.I. Farm Power. Peter and Tony Christianson, owners of C.I. Farm Power, joined Titan Machinery's management. In December 2007 Titan Machinery was taken public with 34 dealerships and US$300 million in revenue at the time. [4] [5] [1]
In late 2011 Titan Machinery expanded into Eastern Europe with its purchase of two Case IH dealerships in Bucharest and Timișoara, Romania. [6] In February 2012 the company acquired seven dealerships in Bulgaria [7] and one dealership in Serbia in December 2012. [8]
After receiving approval from CNH Industrial, Titan Machinery opened its first dealership in Vinnitsa, Ukraine on February 18, 2014. [9]
Following declining revenue in its agricultural equipment business, Titan closed 3 stores in South Dakota and Wyoming in March 2015 and reduced its workforce by 14% through layoffs, store closings and open positions not being filled. [10]
On April 30, 2018, Titan Machinery announced its acquisition of Agram Landtechnikvertrieb GmbH and its 5 Case IH dealerships in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg and Saxony in Germany. [11]
In August 2023 the company announced its strategic acquisition of J.J. O’Connor & Sons Pty. Ltd. (“O’Connors”), the largest Case IH dealership group in Australia, for US$63 million. O'Connors has 15 dealership locations in the southeastern states Victoria, New South Wales, and South Australia. [12]
In January 2024 Titan Machinery acquired the assets of Scott Supply Co., a Case IH and New Holland dealership in Mitchell, South Dakota. [13]
In October 2023 Titan informed its shareholders, that the long-time CEO David Meyer would take on the role of executive chairman and be succeeded as CEO by Bryan Knutson. The change came into effect February 1, 2024. [14]
On November 6, 2025, it was announced that Titan Machinery would cease operations at all branches in Germany, effective January 1, 2026, and leave the German market. The Burkau site and the sales areas of Saxony and southern Brandenburg were taken over by Agrartechnik Vertrieb Sachsen GmbH. The Mecklenburg-Vorpommern sales territory was taken over by the Wüstenberg Group from Schleswig-Holstein without employees or branches. [15]
