No, Leviton and Legrand are not the same company; they are separate, competing multinational electrical manufacturers with different ownership and headquarters. Leviton is an American company founded in 1906 in Brooklyn, New York, and remains a privately held family-owned company headquartered in Melville, New York. It is one of the largest manufacturers of wiring devices, lighting controls, and smart home products in North America, known for its Decora switches and outlets sold at Home Depot and Lowes. Legrand is a French multinational company founded in 1865 in Limoges, France, and is publicly traded on the Euronext Paris stock exchange. Legrand is a global leader in electrical and digital building infrastructure and owns many brands including Pass and Seymour in the US, Wattstopper, and Vantage. Both companies compete directly in areas like switches, outlets, lighting controls, and smart home devices, and both sell products through electrical distributors and big box retailers. While they offer similar product categories, they have distinct designs, patents, and product lines, and they are independent competitors, not subsidiaries of each other. So Leviton is American family owned and Legrand is French publicly traded.
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