3M Organizational Structure & Org Chart
3M's public structure is best understood through Safety and Industrial, Transportation and Electronics, Consumer. The interactive chart is a researched, editable map of those published areas.
3M organizational chart
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3M's reporting structure as of 2026-09. Drag to pan, scroll to zoom — or open it in QueryChart and edit it as your own.
- Industry
- Diversified industrial and consumer products
- Headquarters
- Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
- Founded
- 1902
- CEO
- Bill Brown
- Ownership
- Public
- Structure as of
- 2026-09
- Structure last reviewed
- 2026-09-29
About the company
3M is a diversified industrial and consumer products organization. Its current public materials identify Safety and Industrial, Transportation and Electronics, Consumer as useful ways to understand its activities. Following the earlier Solventum healthcare separation, 3M's continuing operations are reported in three segments: Safety and Industrial, Transportation and Electronics, and Consumer.
This QueryChart tree puts those disclosed areas next to a single, separately marked leadership branch for Bill Brown. The business branches describe a public portfolio, not a confidential employee hierarchy. A line between a category and an offering means the offering belongs in that published category; it does not say that a particular executive personally manages every team shown.
Published businesses and operating areas
Safety and Industrial is one of the visible areas in 3M's published structure. Industrial adhesives, abrasives, safety products and related materials serve workplace and manufacturing needs. The editable chart places Industrial materials and Safety products beneath this branch so a reader can find concrete activities instead of a generic departmental box. This is a simplified grouping of disclosed work, and the sources below should be used for the exact legal entities, segment definitions and current management roles.
Transportation and Electronics is one of the visible areas in 3M's published structure. Materials and systems support automotive, aerospace, electronics and data-center applications. The editable chart places Transportation materials and Electronics materials beneath this branch so a reader can find concrete activities instead of a generic departmental box. This is a simplified grouping of disclosed work, and the sources below should be used for the exact legal entities, segment definitions and current management roles.
Consumer is one of the visible areas in 3M's published structure. The consumer business manages familiar home, office and personal-use brands. The editable chart places Home and office and Consumer wellbeing beneath this branch so a reader can find concrete activities instead of a generic departmental box. This is a simplified grouping of disclosed work, and the sources below should be used for the exact legal entities, segment definitions and current management roles.
Key leadership roles
Bill Brown
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
How this structure supports the business
The Safety and Industrial and Transportation and Electronics branches answer different questions about 3M. Industrial adhesives, abrasives, safety products and related materials serve workplace and manufacturing needs. Materials and systems support automotive, aerospace, electronics and data-center applications. Showing them side by side is more informative than drawing an unsupported chain of managers, particularly when the public materials report a portfolio or service line rather than a complete internal org chart.
Following the earlier Solventum healthcare separation, 3M's continuing operations are reported in three segments: Safety and Industrial, Transportation and Electronics, and Consumer. The consumer business manages familiar home, office and personal-use brands. The diagram makes that distinguishing feature visible while keeping the named leadership layer separate. It is useful as a starting point for an editable company chart; users can replace the public groupings with their own teams, roles and verified reporting relationships.
Advantages and disadvantages
- The Safety and Industrial branch uses a publicly described company-specific grouping.
- A portfolio branch does not prove an individual reporting line.
- The chart distinguishes Transportation and Electronics from Consumer.
- A single-parent tree cannot show every cross-business collaboration or legal-entity link.
Interesting facts
- 3M's public materials identify Safety and Industrial as a major area.
- Transportation and Electronics includes Transportation materials and Electronics materials in this educational map.
- Consumer is shown separately because the consumer business manages familiar home, office and personal-use brands.
- The principal leadership role is identified as Bill Brown (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer).
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Frequently asked questions
How is 3M organized?
This educational chart maps Safety and Industrial, Transportation and Electronics, Consumer, using the company's public materials. It does not attempt to reproduce a full internal employee hierarchy.
Who leads 3M?
Bill Brown is the publicly identified Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in the sources reviewed on 29 September 2026.
Is this an official 3M org chart?
No. It is an independent reconstruction of public business categories and leadership information, with simplified connections for exploration and editing.
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Open this 3M structure in QueryChart and rename roles, add departments, remove areas or change connections for your own organization.
