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Who Makes Anker Chargers?

The company behind the brand, what Anker says publicly about its suppliers, and why nobody outside Anker can honestly tell you which factory built your charger.

By Chen Jun Liang · 14 October 2026 · 9 min read

People ask who makes Anker chargers for two different reasons. Some want to know whether the brand is Chinese or American. Others, usually importers and new brand owners, want to know whether they could buy from the same factory. The first question has a clear answer. The second doesn't, and we'll explain why.

We're a GaN charger factory in Dongguan, so we know how brands and factories work together in this industry. What we don't have is inside information about Anker, and we're not going to pretend otherwise. Every fact about Anker below comes from Anker's own pages or a published news source, and we say which.

The short answer

Anker chargers are made for Anker Innovations, a Chinese consumer technology company founded in 2011. Anker designs the products, sets the specifications and sells them under its own name. It doesn't publish a list of the factories that assemble each charger, so the honest answer to "who makes Anker chargers" at factory level is: only Anker knows, and it doesn't say.

What Anker does publish is a Supplier Code of Conduct, dated April 2025. It sets rules for Anker's suppliers on labour, health and safety, environmental protection, responsible sourcing of minerals and business ethics, and requires suppliers to pass those rules down to their own supply chains. That tells you Anker works with a supply base, as almost every electronics brand does. It doesn't tell you who those suppliers are.

Anker Innovations: the company

Here's what's on the public record:

FactDetailSource
Founded2011, by Steven Yang, a former Google engineerSlashGear, Aug 2026
First productsReplacement laptop batteries, sold on AmazonSlashGear
Where it startedShenzhen, GuangdongSlashGear; Forbes, 2018
Headquarters nowChangsha, HunanSlashGear
Stock listingShenzhen Stock Exchange, 2020; later Hong KongSlashGear
Largest shareholderSteven Yang, about 43%SlashGear
Market positionNo. 1 worldwide in mobile charging, by retail value 2020 to 2025Anker, citing Euromonitor
GaN chargersAmong the first brands to use GaN, from 2018SlashGear

Anker has also grown well beyond chargers. It now groups its products under one Anker brand with five categories: Anker Charging (power banks, wall chargers, cables, wireless chargers, hubs and docks), Anker SOLIX (home and portable energy), Anker eufy (smart home), Anker soundcore (audio and video) and Anker eufyMake (creative tools).

A 2018 Forbes profile, reprinted on Anker's Chinese site, describes the company's early story: offices in Seattle, Tokyo, Dubai and Jakarta, and a goal of reducing the drawer full of chargers most people own by making one charger work for many devices. That goal is close to where the industry ended up with USB-C.

So the brand is Chinese, the company is publicly listed, and its biggest single market, according to SlashGear's figures, is the United States.

Which factories make Anker chargers?

Search for this and you'll find articles naming factories, describing Anker's "own plant" or splitting production between in-house and contract lines. We couldn't find any of that in Anker's own publications, and we haven't included any of it here.

There are good reasons why the details aren't public. Large brands treat their supplier list as commercially sensitive. Factories that make chargers for big brands normally sign confidentiality agreements and won't name their customers. We work the same way: we make chargers for more than 200 brands, and we don't publish their names.

That has one practical consequence for buyers. If a supplier tells you it is "Anker's factory" or makes "the same charger as Anker", you have no way to check the claim, and a factory that really was under contract with a major brand would usually not be allowed to say it. Treat it as a sales line and judge the supplier on what you can verify.

Charger assembly line in Dongguan, the kind of factory people mean when they ask who makes Anker chargers
Our assembly line in Dongguan. Factories like this make chargers for brands under their names, usually under confidentiality agreements.

How charger brands work with factories

Without claiming anything about Anker specifically, here's how the work is usually divided when a brand sells chargers made in China, whether the brand owns the factory or contracts it.

Usually the brandUsually the factory
Product range and specificationsCircuit design and engineering (or building to the brand's design)
Industrial design, colours and packagingComponent sourcing, PCB assembly, housing
Certifications in its own name, by marketTest samples and technical files for the labs
Quality standards and acceptance limitsIn-line testing, aging tests and outgoing inspection
Marketing, sales channels, warrantyDelivery to schedule

Two models are common. With OEM, the factory makes one of its existing chargers with the brand's logo, colours and packaging. With ODM, the factory develops a new charger to the brand's brief. Large brands with their own engineering teams often go further and design the charger themselves, using the factory only for production. We explain the difference in OEM vs ODM chargers.

Either way, a charger is built from parts made by specialist suppliers: GaN power chips, USB Power Delivery controllers, transformers, capacitors and plastic housings. The brand's job is to choose those parts, set the quality bar and keep it consistent across millions of units. That consistency, more than any single component, is what separates a trusted brand from an unknown one.

What you can check on any charger

Whether it's an Anker charger or any other, you don't need the factory's name to judge it. Look at:

  • The rating label. Model number, input and output ratings, the brand or importer's name and address.
  • Country of origin. Printed on the product or packaging. This answers "where was it made" for the unit in your hand.
  • Market marks. CE or UKCA for the UK and Europe; FCC information and a UL or ETL mark for the US.
  • Plug and pins. In the UK, a correct BS 1363 plug with sleeved pins; poor pins are a common sign of a fake.
  • Where you bought it. Counterfeit chargers of big brands do circulate, so buy from the brand's own store or an authorised retailer.

For importers checking a bulk order, our charger quality inspection guide covers the full process.

If you're building your own charger brand

Most importers who ask who makes Anker chargers really want to know how to get a charger of that standard under their own name. You won't get it by finding Anker's supplier. You get it by finding a factory that can prove, model by model, what it makes. Ask for:

  • Certificates and test reports for the exact model, issued for your market. See certifications for Europe and for the USA.
  • A written QC process: what's tested on every unit, and the AQL for the outgoing inspection.
  • A fixed bill of materials, with a promise not to change critical parts without telling you.
  • Production samples, not just showroom samples, and the right to inspect before shipment.
  • A real factory you can visit or video-call, not only a trading office.

At our factory, every charger goes through a hi-pot test and an aging test. Any unit that fails is repaired and retested on the spot. Outgoing inspection uses AQL 0 for critical defects, 0.65 for major and 1.5 for minor, and you get the report with the order. Our chargers carry a 24-month warranty. Branded orders start at 500 pieces; see OEM and ODM and private label chargers for how it works.

Engineering test bench for GaN chargers at a Dongguan charger factory
Our engineering test bench. Ask any factory to show you how each model is tested, and what the reports say.

It's also worth remembering how Anker itself started. According to SlashGear, the first products were replacement laptop batteries sold on Amazon, and the company expanded into retail chains such as Costco, Walmart and Best Buy only later. The factory gives a brand its product. Reviews, service and years of consistent quality give it a name, and no supplier can sell you those.

If you're still deciding whether to start a brand at all, our guides on starting a charger brand and factory vs trading company are a good next step.

Worker on the GaN charger assembly line, from our factory video Inside our charger factory in Dongguan

FAQ: who makes Anker chargers

Who makes Anker chargers?
Anker chargers are designed and sold by Anker Innovations, a Chinese technology company founded in 2011 by Steven Yang, a former Google engineer. Anker doesn't publish which factories assemble each charger. It does publish a Supplier Code of Conduct that sets rules for its suppliers and their supply chains.
Is Anker a Chinese company?
Yes. Anker was founded in Shenzhen and, according to SlashGear's August 2026 profile, is now headquartered in Changsha, Hunan. It listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 2020. It has offices in the US, Canada, Europe, the Middle East and other parts of Asia.
Where are Anker chargers made?
The country of origin is printed on each product and its packaging, so the label is the most reliable answer for the charger in your hand. Anker doesn't publish a public list of its assembly plants, and we don't think anyone outside the company can say which factory makes a given model.
Who owns Anker?
Founder and chairman Steven Yang is the largest shareholder, with about 43% according to SlashGear, and Anker Innovations president Dongping Zhao holds about 11%. The company is publicly listed, so the remaining shares are held by other investors.
Is Anker the biggest charger brand?
Anker says Anker Charging ranks No. 1 worldwide in mobile charging by retail value sales from 2020 through 2025, citing Euromonitor International research completed in April 2026.
When did Anker start making GaN chargers?
According to SlashGear, Anker was among the first brands to use gallium nitride (GaN) in its chargers, starting in 2018.
Does Rongjun make chargers for Anker?
We don't claim any link to Anker, and we don't name the brands we make chargers for. We're an independent GaN charger factory in Dongguan making chargers for more than 200 brands under their own names.
Can I buy chargers from the factory that makes Anker's?
Not in any way you could verify. Factories that supply big brands are normally under confidentiality agreements and won't say so, and a supplier that advertises 'the same factory as Anker' is giving you a claim you can't check. Judge a factory on its own documents, products and QC instead.
Are Anker chargers safe?
Anker sells through major retailers that require safety documentation, and its chargers are widely reviewed. As with any charger, check that the model you buy carries the marks for your market, such as CE or UKCA in the UK and Europe, or FCC and UL or ETL in the US.
Is there an Anker alternative charger supplier?
Any factory that can show test reports, a written QC process and production samples can be an alternative charger supplier for your brand. We can't claim to make Anker's chargers, but we make chargers for more than 200 brands.

Building your own charger brand?

Tell us the chargers you want under your name. We'll send the models, documents and samples, and you can judge us on those.

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