Acme United Corp: goodwill carrying amount

At a glance

Acme United reported goodwill carrying amount of $9.91 million at 2025-12-31, unchanged from a year earlier. From 2014 to 2025 it grew at a compound 19.7% a year, from $1.38 million to $9.91 million. Across the last five reported years it ranged from $4.80 million (2021-12-31) to $9.91 million (2024-12-31). That was 5.8% of total assets ($171.0 million) at the same date.

Computed from the values in the table below, in USD; each links to the filing it came from.

What this measure means

Recognized goodwill remaining after accumulated impairment. It arises from business combinations and does not measure the current value of the company’s brand.

Exact concept: us-gaap:Goodwill. Each value is a balance at the reporting date, not a flow earned over a year. Different units remain separate; no currency conversion or interpolation is applied.

Coverage of this history

Selected reporting periods run from 2014-12-31 to 2025-12-31. The SEC response was captured on 2026-09-19.

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Entity

ACME UNITED CORP / CIK 0000002098

Captured

2026-09-19 14:42 UTC

SEC response SHA-256

06951158c151bcf8f37297593ceee4916d4d357dcfc6e8b24f66d74ba2a6b0e3

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import json
from urllib.request import urlopen

with urlopen("https://canlicapital.com/company-data/0000002098.json") as response:
    record = json.load(response)
print(record["fetched_at"])
print(record["policy"])
for concept in record["concepts"]:
    print(concept["tag"], next(iter(concept["observations"])))