Who owns Andrex?
Andrex is owned by Kimberly-Clark (the United States, NASDAQ: KMB).[1]
Evidence: Kimberly-Clark Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-12, SEC EDGAR, 12 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Kimberly-Clark Corporation verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Irving, Texas
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1942
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Tissue & paper hygiene › Facial tissue & toilet paper
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: KMB
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Andrex
Andrex is the leading toilet tissue brand in the United Kingdom, launched in 1942 and named after St Andrew's Mill in Walthamstow. Its labrador puppy has advertised it since 1972 and is among the most recognised advertising animals in Britain. It is sold as Scottex or Cottonelle in other markets.
How often Kimberly-Clark names Andrex in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Andrex
- Current owner Kimberly-Clark [1] verified
Where Andrex sits in Kimberly-Clark
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Kimberly-Clark
Kimberly-Clark controls 13 brands on Brandtree, 13 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
Other brands in facial tissue & toilet paper, and who owns them
The 34 brands in facial tissue & toilet paper on Brandtree belong to 14 owners. The largest is Sofidel, with 7; Kimberly-Clark has 6.
About the owner: Kimberly-Clark
Kimberly-Clark is a publicly listed company headquartered in Irving, Texas, United States, founded in 1872. Brandtree records 13 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: KMB.
Kimberly-Clark started as a Wisconsin paper mill in 1872 and invented much of the modern disposable hygiene category, from cellucotton wadding to facial tissue. It agreed to acquire Kenvue in 2025 in what would be one of the largest consumer-health deals on record.
Kimberly-Clark: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇬🇧 Andrex and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 552 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 291 of them (53%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Andrex among them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Andrex?
The parent company of Andrex is Kimberly-Clark, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Andrex British or American?
Andrex originated in the United Kingdom in 1942, but it is owned today by Kimberly-Clark, which is headquartered in the United States. So Andrex is a British-origin brand under American ownership.
Is Andrex still owned by Kimberly-Clark?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Andrex is still owned by Kimberly-Clark. 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] Kimberly-Clark Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-12 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 12 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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