Louis Imperato served as Chairman of the company from its start until his death in November 2007. The company headquarters is located in Rice Lake, Wisconsin and a second manufacturing facility is location in Bayonne, New Jersey. Henry Repeating Arms employs 550 people and operates two manufacturing facilities totaling 250,000 square feet. Anthony Imperato secured the trademark to the Henry name in 1996. There is no affiliation or lineage to Benjamin Tyler Henry or to the New Haven Arms Company, who sold the original Henry rifle from 1862 to 1864. Henry Repeating Arms takes its name from Benjamin Tyler Henry, the inventor who patented the first repeating rifle in 1860, known as the Henry rifle. The original corporate motto was 'Made in America and Priced Right'. 22 and the first shipments were made in March 1997. The first model produced was the Henry H001 Lever Action.

Henry Repeating Arms was started by Bryce Henry, Louis Imperato and his son Anthony Imperato in Brooklyn, New York in 1996.