No! Snap-on is not owned by Harbor Freight. Snap-on was founded about 101 years ago (1920) by Joseph Johnson and Bill Seidemann in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The company is headquartered in Kenosha, Wisconsin, with Nicholas T. Pinchuk as CEO & Chairman and J. Pagliari as CFO. Snap-on is one of the major key players in the manufacturing of professional industrial tools and Automotive equipment. Snap-on Incorporated is a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with the symbol “SNA”.