Bowflex treadmills are made by Nautilus, Inc., of Vancouver, Washington. Bowflex manufactured its first home gyms in 1986. It was so successful that it was able to purchase the Nautilus Corporation, the company that popularized advanced exercise equipment for commercial use in the 1970s. The combined company changed its name to Nautilus in 2002. Today, it is one of the leaders in exercise equipment, with its company stock traded on NASDAQ. Bowflex and Nautilus now make their commercial gym experience available to consumers in the Bowflex line of treadmills.