Are Maytag and Kenmore the same company?

No, Maytag and Kenmore are not the same company, they are different brands with different ownership, though they have close manufacturing relationship as Maytag's parent Whirlpool made many Kenmore appliances. Maytag is American appliance brand founded in 1893 in Newton, Iowa, now owned by Whirlpool Corporation since 2006, headquartered in Benton Harbor, Michigan, with manufacturing in Clyde, Ohio and other US plants, known for washers and dryers with commercial-grade parts lasting 10 to 12 years. Kenmore is private label brand founded by Sears in 1913, owned by Transformco, parent of Sears, with no factories, contracting manufacturing to various companies. Whirlpool Corporation made many Kenmore washers and dryers in its Ohio plants, so some Kenmore models were essentially Whirlpool washers with Kenmore badge, sharing same parts like pumps and motors, which is why parts are interchangeable. For example, Kenmore 110 series washers were made by Whirlpool and identical to Whirlpool direct-drive washers. However, Maytag and Kenmore are not same company, with different ownership, Maytag owned by Whirlpool and Kenmore owned by Transformco, and Maytag has its own brand identity and US manufacturing, while Kenmore is Sears brand. So they are not same company, but Whirlpool, which owns Maytag, was major supplier for Kenmore, creating close relationship and parts commonality.