Who owns BIC Razors?
BIC Razors is owned by BIC (France, EPA: BB).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Société BIC S.A. Universal Registration Document 2025, 25 March 2026 (archived copy). Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Société BIC S.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France, Clichy
- Origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- Founded
- 1975
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Deodorants, shaving & grooming › Shaving & razors
- Parent ticker
- EPA: BB
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About BIC Razors
BIC launched the first one-piece disposable razor in 1975, a product Gillette had considered and rejected as too cheap. It forced the whole shaving industry into disposables and remains the third-largest wet shaving brand. Gillette responded with its own disposable, Good News, within a year, but BIC had already established the format and the price point.
Ownership timeline of BIC Razors
Where BIC Razors sits in BIC
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by BIC
BIC controls 3 brands on Brandtree.
Founded in the 1970s
- BIC Lighter (1973)
Other brands in shaving & razors, and who owns them
The 15 brands in shaving & razors on Brandtree belong to 9 owners. The largest is Edgewell, with 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| PACE | Dorco | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Billie | Edgewell | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Lion Shaving | Lion Match Company | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Gillette | Procter & Gamble | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Astaberry | Cipla | 🇮🇳 India |
| Flamingo | Mammoth Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Philips | Philips | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Veet | Reckitt | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
About the owner: BIC
BIC is a publicly listed company headquartered in Clichy, France, founded in 1945. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control, and it is listed as EPA: BB.
BIC was founded in 1945 by Marcel Bich, who bought the patent for the ballpoint pen and made it cheap enough to throw away. The company applied the same logic to lighters and razors, and the founding family still controls it.
🇫🇷 BIC Razors and other French brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 322 brands that began in France. 100 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; BIC Razors is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of BIC Razors?
The parent company of BIC Razors is BIC, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Is BIC Razors French?
Yes. BIC Razors originated in France in 1975 and its owner, BIC, is also headquartered in France.
Is BIC Razors still owned by BIC?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, BIC Razors is still owned by BIC. 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] Société BIC S.A. Universal Registration Document 2025 — Société BIC S.A., Annual report, published 25 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026. The original address no longer opens it, so the link goes to an archived copy (original address).
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