top Lawn mower manufacturers

There is no brand or manufacturer immune to problems and complaints but most customer and technical reviews on lawn mowers give high ratings to some big names: Honda (gas mowers), Black & Decker (electric mowers), Fiskars (manual reel mowers), Husqvarna (gas mowers), Craftsman (gas mowers), Toro (gas and electric mowers).

But the list of top mower companies is long. Here are some more: Alko, Allen, Alpina, Atco-Qualcast, Billygoat, Bosch, Brill, Countax, Echo, Efco, Etesia, Flymo, Hayter, Iseki, Lawn-Boy, Kawasaki, Kubota, Lawn-King, Lawnflite, Major, Makita, Masport, Mountefield, MTD, Partner, Ransome & Jacobsen, Robin, Rover, Ryan, Ryobi, Shindaiwa, Snapper, Stiga, Stihl, Tanaka, Victa, Viking, Warrior, Westwood, Wiedenmann...

Electric and gas mower manufacturers

Black & Decker
Black & Decker is a leader on electric mowers, which are sold at Amazon, Home Depot, Lowe's, Wal-Mart...
Briggs & Stratton
Briggs & Stratton is a relatively newcomer to the gas mower market. They have acquired the brands Simplicity and Snapper and sell their mowers at Sears and Amazon…
Craftsman
Craftsman sells and markets gas mowers (Husqvarna mowers…) but also some corded electric and also an cordless electric model. Craftsman mowers are sold at Sears.
Honda
Honda is a leader on gas mowers. They have some of the most well-rated mowers in the market, which are sold at Home Depot and several local dealers.
Husqvarna
Husqvarna is a top manufacturer or gas mowers. They have a large net of retailers and their mowers are sold at Amazon, Sears and Lowe's.
Toro
Toro makes electric and gas mowers (Lawn Boy and Toro brands). They are sold through local dealers and at Home Depot.

Hybrid Electric Solar mowers

Linamar-Solaris with their models (Epic, Solaris, Utopia...) is a pioneer in the hybrid electric-solar mower market.

The Swedish manufacturer Husqvarna has an expensive ($4,000...) model of a robotic mower (a hybrid solar-electric mower).

Manual reel Mower manufacturers

Fiskars Reel Mower and Scotts Reel Mower(from John Deere) are two of the most well rated manual mowers. But there are other major brands: Brill Reel Mower (from a German manufacturer with lots of dealers worldwide), and Sunlawn/Easun (Sunlawn was a Colorado's manufacturer taken over by Easun, an Asian manufacturer)...

Propane mower Manufacturers

The list of propane mower manufacturers is relatively large: Bad Boy, Dixie Chopper, EnviroGard. Ferris Industries, Husqvarna, Lehr, Scag Power Equipment, Zipper...