Private company

Miracle-Ear

Logo: Ashley Rice, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Hearing aid and hearing care company

Miracle-Ear, Inc. is a hearing aid and hearing care company consisting of a network of franchised and corporately owned retail locations.2 It was founded by Kenneth H. Dahlberg.1 It is part of Amplifon.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1948Founded1

Miracle-Ear, Inc. is a hearing aid and hearing care company consisting of a network of franchised and corporately owned retail locations.2

Corporate structure

Miracle-Ear is part of a group headed by Amplifon. 6 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Amplifon Milano, Italy
    • Miracle-Ear Minneapolis
    • GAES Subsidiary · Astigarraga, Spain
    • Amplifon Belgium Subsidiary · Dilbeek, Belgium
    • Bay Audiology Subsidiary
    • National Hearing Care Subsidiary

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by Kenneth H. Dahlberg in 1948.1

Leadership

Who has led Miracle-Ear, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1948Founded 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.

Money received by year$3.9M 2020–2021
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2021: $3.9M in all. PPP loans $3.9M.$0$500K$1M$1.5M$2M2020 · PPP loans: $2.0M20202021 · PPP loans: $2.0M2021
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2021$2.0M$2.0M
2020$2.0M$2.0M

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.

  1. Jun 3, 2020$2.0M PPP loan (first draw) from Midwest Regional Bank4To MIRACLE EAR INC., Minneapolis MN; $2.0M forgiven Feb 17, 2021
  2. Feb 5, 2021$2.0M PPP loan (second draw) from HSBC Bank USA, National Association4To MIRACLE-EAR INC, Minneapolis MN; $2.0M forgiven Nov 1, 2021

Sources

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