Who owns Air Wick?
Air Wick is owned by Reckitt (the United Kingdom, LSE: RKT).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Reckitt Benckiser Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2025, 5 March 2026 (archived copy). Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Reckitt Benckiser Group plc reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Slough
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1943
- Category
- Home care › Air care & pest control › Air freshener
- Parent ticker
- LSE: RKT
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Air Wick
Air Wick is an air freshener brand created in the United States in 1943, originally a wick standing in a bottle of deodorising liquid, hence the name. The range now covers plug-in diffusers, aerosols and automatic sprays, and it is one of the largest air care brands in Europe and North America.
Ownership timeline of Air Wick
Where Air Wick sits in Reckitt
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Reckitt
Reckitt controls 20 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in home care.
Also in home care
Other brands in air freshener, and who owns them
The 11 brands in air freshener on Brandtree belong to 9 owners. The largest is S.T. Corporation, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Sawaday | Kobayashi Pharmaceutical | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Dashutan Charcoal | S.T. Corporation | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Little Trees | Car-Freshner | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Kaori | Dinant | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
| Febreze | Procter & Gamble | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Glade | SC Johnson | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Spring | Square Toiletries | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh |
| QAIS | Sunstar | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
About the owner: Reckitt
Reckitt is a publicly listed company headquartered in Slough, United Kingdom, founded in 1999. Brandtree records 20 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: RKT.
Reckitt was formed in 1999 by the merger of Britain's Reckitt & Colman with the Dutch-German Benckiser. It concentrates on hygiene, health and nutrition, and has been shrinking its portfolio since a difficult acquisition of infant formula maker Mead Johnson in 2017.
🇺🇸 Air Wick and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Air Wick among them.
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- American Girl — Mattel 🇺🇸
- Arm & Hammer — Church & Dwight 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Air Wick?
The parent company of Air Wick is Reckitt, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Air Wick American or British?
Air Wick originated in the United States in 1943, but it is owned today by Reckitt, which is headquartered in the United Kingdom. So Air Wick is an American-origin brand under British ownership.
Is Air Wick still owned by Reckitt?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Air Wick is still owned by Reckitt. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & 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] Reckitt Benckiser Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2025 — Reckitt Benckiser Group plc, Annual report, published 5 March 2026; retrieved 23 October 2026. The original address no longer opens it, so the link goes to an archived copy (original address).
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