Who owns BASF Agricultural Solutions?
BASF Agricultural Solutions is owned by BASF (Germany, XETRA: BAS), which has owned the brand since 1 August 2018.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: BASF SE Annual Report 2025, 27 February 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- BASF SE reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇩🇪 Germany, Ludwigshafen
- Origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Founded
- 2018
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Home improvement › Lawn & garden
- Parent ticker
- XETRA: BAS
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About BASF Agricultural Solutions
BASF Agricultural Solutions absorbed around $9 billion of seed and herbicide businesses divested by Bayer in 2018, the largest divestiture ever required in a United States merger settlement. It made BASF a significant seed company almost overnight, having previously had little presence in the field.
Ownership timeline of BASF Agricultural Solutions
Where BASF Agricultural Solutions sits in BASF
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands in lawn & garden, and who owns them
The 29 brands in lawn & garden on Brandtree belong to 17 owners. The largest is Bioceres, with 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bioceres Semillas | Bioceres | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Flymo | Husqvarna Group | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Hayter | Toro | 🇺🇸 United States |
| AMES | Griffon | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Dolphin | Maytronics | 🇮🇱 Israel |
| Miracle-Gro | Scotts Miracle-Gro | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Roundup | Bayer | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Pennington | Central Garden & Pet | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: BASF
BASF is a publicly listed company headquartered in Ludwigshafen, Germany, founded in 1865. Brandtree records 1 brand under its control, and it is listed as XETRA: BAS.
BASF is the largest chemical company in the world, founded in 1865 in Ludwigshafen. It appears in this dataset as the buyer of the seed and herbicide businesses the United States Department of Justice required Bayer to divest before it could acquire Monsanto.
🇩🇪 BASF Agricultural Solutions and other German brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 265 brands that began in Germany. 96 of them (36%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; BASF Agricultural Solutions is not one of them.
- B1 Discount Baumarkt — REWE Group 🇩🇪
- Dyckerhoff — Buzzi 🇮🇹
- Gardena — Husqvarna Group 🇸🇪
- Hansgrohe — Masco 🇺🇸
- Paper+Design — Duni Group 🇸🇪
- Villeroy & Boch — Villeroy & Boch 🇩🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of BASF Agricultural Solutions?
The parent company of BASF Agricultural Solutions is BASF, a publicly listed company headquartered in Germany.
Is BASF Agricultural Solutions German?
Yes. BASF Agricultural Solutions originated in Germany in 2018 and its owner, BASF, is also headquartered in Germany.
Since when has BASF owned BASF Agricultural Solutions?
BASF has owned BASF Agricultural Solutions since 1 August 2018.
Is BASF Agricultural Solutions still owned by BASF?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, BASF Agricultural Solutions is still owned by BASF. 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] BASF SE Annual Report 2025 — BASF SE, Annual report, published 27 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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