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Who owns Brut?

Brut is owned by Unilever (the United Kingdom, LSE: ULVR).[1]

Evidence: Unilever PLC Annual Report on Form 20-F for 2025, SEC EDGAR, 12 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .

Key facts

Current owner
Unilever PLC verified
Owner HQ
🇬🇧 United Kingdom, London
Origin
🇺🇸 United States
Founded
1964
Category
Personal care & beauty › Cosmetics & fragrance › Fragrance
Parent ticker
LSE: ULVR NYSE: UL AEX: UNA
Last verified
· 1 sources

About Brut

Brut is a men's fragrance launched in 1964 in a green glass bottle with a rope-and-medallion motif, and it was among the first mass-market colognes marketed to men who did not consider themselves fragrance wearers. Unilever sells it in several markets.

Ownership timeline of Brut

Owners of Brut over 1964 to 2026 Unilever start not recorded–present Unilever (start not recorded) 197019801990200020102020
  1. Current owner Unilever [1] verified

Where Brut sits in Unilever

Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

Where Brut sits in Unilever Tree of 53 brands under Unilever. Unilever Brut Axe Bango Cif Clear Close-Up and 47 more

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Other brands owned by Unilever

Unilever controls 53 brands on Brandtree, 34 of them in personal care & beauty.

Also in personal care & beauty

Founded in the 1960s

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Other brands in fragrance, and who owns them

The 20 brands in fragrance on Brandtree belong to 10 owners. The largest is Puig, with 5; Unilever has 2.

BrandOwnerOwner based in
Byredo Puig 🇪🇸 Spain
AERIN Estée Lauder 🇺🇸 United States
O Boticário Grupo Boticário 🇧🇷 Brazil
Eskulin Kino Indonesia 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Creed L'Oréal 🇫🇷 France
Jafra Betterware (BeFra) 🇲🇽 Mexico
Chanel No. 5 Chanel 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Twelve Plus Osotspa 🇹🇭 Thailand

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About the owner: Unilever

Unilever is a publicly listed company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, founded in 1929. Brandtree records 53 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: ULVR, NYSE: UL and AEX: UNA.

Unilever is a British consumer goods company formed in 1929 by the merger of Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie and British soap maker Lever Brothers. It reports through four business groups: Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care and Foods. Its ice cream business was demerged as The Magnum Ice Cream Company in December 2025.

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🇺🇸 Brut 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, Brut among them.

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Frequently asked questions

Who is the parent company of Brut?

The parent company of Brut is Unilever, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.

Is Brut American or British?

Brut originated in the United States in 1964, but it is owned today by Unilever, which is headquartered in the United Kingdom. So Brut is an American-origin brand under British ownership.

Is Brut still owned by Unilever?

Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Brut is still owned by Unilever. 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. [1] Unilever PLC Annual Report on Form 20-F for 2025 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 12 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.

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