Our Culture

Power Beyond the Batteries

There’s something special about working with Interstate Batteries. When a team is as Outrageously Dependable as our batteries, it’s by design.

Our Purpose and Values are what sets us apart in the market, with partners, with team members, and consumers.

A Legacy of Purpose

When John Searcy founded Interstate Batteries in 1952, his vision was for the company to help its team members, distributors and partners provide for their families and give back to their communities. Selling batteries was just a vehicle to accomplish a much broader goal. He wanted to make his company about something more than profits, to work in a way that would please God. John treated people as he would want to be treated and modeled this well to his whole team, including our Chairman Emeritus Norm Miller. When Norm began to run the company in 1978, he held true to these ideals and soon added “to glorify God” in our mission statement.

In 2013, we further defined our purpose and articulated a set of core values with input from all our key stakeholders.