Horton Industries, Inc. history

1971 - The Horton Group is founded in Orland Park, IL. Horton began as a small, eight-person family-owned insurance agency specializing in auto and home insurance for individuals.

In June 1976, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) set new safety standards for mobile home construction.

1982 - Horton experiences rapid internal growth and evolved into a strong, diversified full-service agency, offering products including business insurance and employee benefits programs.

In 1987, Georgia Trend ran a lengthy profile of the town where Horton Homes is located--Eatonton, Georgia.

Horton suggested that these ready-to-ship houses could provide an answer to the world's housing problems: in 1990, for instance, the State of Israel bought 450 homes from Horton for the use of settlers populating the West Bank of the Jordan River.

Horton's sales experienced a dip in 1991, but ultimately the recession of that period worked to the company's favor, since it meant that more people than ever were looking for inexpensive housing.

In 1992, Tom Eblen of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution reported that Horton had built a 9,000-square-foot home with ten-foot ceilings, hardwood floors, and an enormous swimming pool.

Of the 43,369 floors produced in the state in 1994, more than a quarter, or 11,765, were manufactured by Horton.

Horton Group International Limited (HGIL) was originally formed as a UK-based holding company in 1995 by the founding Horton International partners in the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Australia and Spain.

Horton Homes were made of the same quality of material as ordinary houses, but they cost just $26 a square foot in 1996--less than half the cost of a regular site-built home, which averaged $58 a square foot.

Horton decided that his own product should meet even higher standards, and in 1997 the Atlanta Business Chronicle reported that some Horton Homes could sustain winds of 135 m.p.h.

2001 - Horton opens a representative office in Beijing, China.

2008 - Horton opens new office in Lisle, Illinois via an acquisition, establishing an expanded medical professional practice group.

2012 - Cassady, Neeser, and Brasseur joins The Horton Group, adding new offices to South Bend & Elkhart, IN.

2019 - Horton expands it's footprint to Minnesota.

2020 - Horton Acquires Waypoint Insurance in Edina, Minnesota.

2021 - Horton opens a new office in Indianapolis, IN.