Who owns Active?
Active is owned by Golrang Industrial Group (Iran).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Golrang Industrial Group — Golrang Industrial Group. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Golrang Industrial Group reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇷 Iran, Tehran
- Origin
- 🇮🇷 Iran
- Founded
- 2008
- Category
- Home care › Laundry › Laundry detergent
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Active
Active was introduced to Iranian consumers in 2008 by Pakhsh Padideh Paydar, the distribution company Golrang set up for it, and the group credits its success to innovation in both formulation and packaging rather than to price. The range is unusually broad for a cleaning brand: powder laundry detergent, liquid laundry detergent, bleach, dishwashing liquid, glass cleaner, toilet cleaner, kitchen cleaner, multi-purpose cleaner, handwashing liquid and fabric softener.
Ownership timeline of Active
- Current owner Golrang Industrial Group [1] reported
Where Active sits in Golrang Industrial Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Golrang Industrial Group
Golrang Industrial Group controls 15 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in home care.
Also in home care
Founded in the 2000s
Other brands in laundry detergent, and who owns them
The 49 brands in laundry detergent on Brandtree belong to 26 owners. The largest is Alicorp, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bolívar | Alicorp | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| Dr. Wool | Jyothy Labs | 🇮🇳 India |
| Ciclón | La Fabril | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| Ariel | Procter & Gamble | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Savon Étoile | SCS | 🇨🇲 Cameroon |
| Magic | Sulfo Rwanda | 🇷🇼 Rwanda |
| LIQ | Aekyung | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Msafi | Bidco Africa | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
About the owner: Golrang Industrial Group
Golrang Industrial Group is a privately held company headquartered in Tehran, Iran, founded in 2003. Brandtree records 15 brands under its control.
Golrang Industrial Group is an Iranian conglomerate run from Golrang Tower on Vali-e Asr Avenue in Tehran, and it is the largest maker of detergents and household hygiene products in the country. It grew out of work Mohammad Karim Fazli began in 1972, when he set up the Pakshoo Chemical-Manufacturing Company to make detergents, cosmetics and hygiene products under the Golrang name registered a year earlier; the group itself was formally established in 2003. It now says it has more than 120 subsidiaries, a hundred active brands and 45,000 employees, makes more than a billion product units a year and exports to 95 countries, with businesses in food, pharmaceuticals, cellulose, packaging, distribution, construction, retail and finance as well as the detergents it started with.
Golrang Industrial Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇮🇷 Active and other Iranian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 15 brands that began in Iran. All of them are controlled from Iran.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Active?
The parent company of Active is Golrang Industrial Group, a privately held company headquartered in Iran.
Is Active Iranian?
Yes. Active originated in Iran in 2008 and its owner, Golrang Industrial Group, is also headquartered in Iran.
Is Active still owned by Golrang Industrial Group?
Yes. As of 23 September 2026, Active is still owned by Golrang Industrial Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Golrang Industrial Group — Golrang Industrial Group — Golrang Industrial Group, Official document; retrieved 23 September 2026.
- [2] Golrang Industrial Group — Active — Golrang Industrial Group, Official document; retrieved 23 September 2026.
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