John Searcy started Interstate Battery System of America in Dallas in 1952 selling car batteries out of the back of a pickup truck. Today, the company sells batteries for a variety of products, including vehicles, camcorders, alarms and electronics through its Web site and nearly 200,000 dealers in the United States, Canada, the Dominican Republic, [...]

The first Batteries Plus store opened in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in 1988. Batteries Plus now has stores throughout the country selling batteries for everything from cell phones to aircraft with on-site Tech Centers that design, assemble and test battery systems. Customers include individual consumers and commercial clients such as manufacturers, service businesses and government agencies.