The Home Depot, Inc.

The Home Depot, Inc. is a publicly traded company founded in 1978 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. As the world's largest home improvement retailer, it is a major corporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol HD. For fiscal year 2024, the company reported revenues of approximately $159.5 billion with around 470,100 employees.

The company operates more than 2,300 large, warehouse-style stores across North America, serving both do-it-yourself (DIY) consumers and professional contractors. Its product offerings include a wide array of building materials, home improvement products, lawn and garden supplies, tools, appliances, and decor. In addition to retail sales, The Home Depot provides services such as home improvement installation and tool and equipment rentals.

The Home Depot is an operating company that, based on its litigation history, defends itself against patent infringement claims. The provided case list shows the company as a defendant in two tracked lawsuits and as a plaintiff in none. This 0:2 plaintiff-to-defendant ratio is typical of a large operating company that is a target for patent assertions, rather than an entity that actively asserts its own patent portfolio through litigation.

The two tracked patent suits against the company include a recent case filed in 2025 by Alpha Modus Corp. in the Western District of Texas. The other tracked case is a much older suit from 2001, filed by Neomedia Technologies, Inc. in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. These cases reflect occasional patent challenges related to the technologies the company uses in its extensive retail operations.