Steven Willand Inc. began in 1966 as a family owned retail Lawn & Garden dealer selling and servicing the Lawn & Garden needs in the Fairfield, NJ area. In the early 1970’s, SWI moved into wholesale distribution with lines such as Bunton, Ariens, BOB-CAT, and other Commercial Lawn & Garden products.

Steven Willand Inc. was founded in 1961 by Steven Willand Jr. in Fairfield , New Jersey as an outdoor power equipment dealer. By 1971 the company had grown into a wholesale commercial power equipment distributor serving dealers in New York , New Jersey and Pennsylvania.