Note 1 - Nature of Operations

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

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Nature of Operations [Text Block]

1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS 

Hickok Incorporated and its wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries ("Company") develop and manufacture products used by companies in the transportation and emissions testing industries. Among the products are indicators and gauges sold to companies in aircraft and locomotive markets. On a much larger scale, the Company manufactures diagnostic equipment used by technicians to test the various electronic systems in automobiles and trucks, and emissions testing equipment specified by various states for testing vehicle emissions. The Company serves the automotive, locomotive and general aviation markets predominately in North America. Sales in the Company's principal product classes, as a percent of consolidated sales, are as follows:

Product Classes	2013			2012			2011
Automotive Test Equipment		74.4	%		66.1	%	75.3	%
Indicating Instruments		25.6			33.9		24.7
Total		100.0	%		100.0	%	100.0	%

Current operating properties consist of a manufacturing plant in Greenwood, Mississippi, and a corporate headquarters, marketing and product development facility in Cleveland, Ohio.