Private company
Gemmy Industries
Logo: gemmy.com3
Animatronic singing prop
Big Mouth Billy Bass is an animatronic singing prop, representing a largemouth bass, invented by Gemmy Industries on December 16, 1998; sold beginning January 1, 1999; and popular in the early 2000s.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersCoppell1
- Websitewww.gemmy.com
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Big Mouth Billy Bass is an animatronic singing prop, representing a largemouth bass, invented by Gemmy Industries on December 16, 1998; sold beginning January 1, 1999; and popular in the early 2000s.2
Timeline
- 1984Founded Founded1
Funding
Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.
- PPP loans $1.7M
Figures by year
| Year | PPP loans | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.7M |
PPP loans
Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA4. Matched to this company by name and state.
- Apr 10, 2020$1.7M PPP loan (first draw) from JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association4To GEMMY INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, Coppell TX; $1.7M forgiven Jul 6, 2021
Links
- Websitewww.gemmy.com1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/GemmyIndustries1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/gemmy_industries1
- YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCYNOZA3Zo-4cl--E2TQGXag1
- WikipediaGemmy Industries
- WikidataQ5530742
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataGemmy Industries on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaGemmy Industries on Wikipedia
- 3Company websiteGemmy Industries logo
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