Who owns CertainTeed?
CertainTeed is owned by Saint-Gobain (France, Euronext Paris: SGO).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Compagnie de Saint-Gobain — Document d'Enregistrement Universel 2025 (Universal Registration Document), Compagnie de Saint-Gobain / Autorité des marchés financiers (info-financiere.gouv.fr), 11 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Compagnie de Saint-Gobain reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France, Courbevoie
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1904 by George Brown
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Home improvement › Building materials
- Parent ticker
- Euronext Paris: SGO
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About CertainTeed
CertainTeed is Saint-Gobain's North American building-products subsidiary, founded in 1904 when George Brown began manufacturing asphalt roof shingles under the motto "Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed." It now sells integrated roofing systems that combine waterproofing membranes with impact-resistant ClimateFlex shingles and matching accessories, alongside siding and insulation products, and offers pre-assembled "One Precision Assemblies" wall panels with windows and doors already built in to shorten construction schedules.
Ownership timeline of CertainTeed
- Current owner Saint-Gobain [1] reported
Where CertainTeed sits in Saint-Gobain
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Saint-Gobain
Saint-Gobain controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in home, garden & diy.
Also in home, garden & diy
Other brands in building materials, and who owns them
The 104 brands in building materials on Brandtree belong to 33 owners. The largest is James Hardie, with 8; Saint-Gobain has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Bay | Fletcher Building | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| Artevia | Holcim | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| AZEK Exteriors | James Hardie | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
| Blenture | Votorantim Cimentos | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Adbri | CRH | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
| Byggmakker | Kesko | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Cacique Max | Loma Negra | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Alutions | Tecnoglass | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
About the owner: Saint-Gobain
Saint-Gobain is a publicly listed company headquartered in Courbevoie, France, founded in 1665. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as Euronext Paris: SGO.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain is a French industrial group founded in 1665 by Louis XIV as a royal glassworks manufactory and today one of the world's largest makers of light and sustainable construction materials, organised around interior and exterior building solutions and construction chemistry. Its headquarters, Tour Saint-Gobain, is in Courbevoie in the La Défense business district near Paris, and its shares trade on Euronext Paris.
Saint-Gobain: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 CertainTeed and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,570 brands that began in the United States. 501 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, CertainTeed among them.
- 3 Day Blinds — Hunter Douglas 🇳🇱
- 7-Eleven — Seven & i 🇯🇵
- AMES — Griffon 🇺🇸
- AZEK Exteriors — James Hardie 🇮🇪
- Alamo Cement — Buzzi 🇮🇹
- American Olean — Mohawk 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of CertainTeed?
The parent company of CertainTeed is Saint-Gobain, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Is CertainTeed American or French?
CertainTeed originated in the United States in 1904, but it is owned today by Saint-Gobain, which is headquartered in France. So CertainTeed is an American-origin brand under French ownership.
Is CertainTeed still owned by Saint-Gobain?
Yes. As of 23 September 2026, CertainTeed is still owned by Saint-Gobain. 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] Compagnie de Saint-Gobain — Document d'Enregistrement Universel 2025 (Universal Registration Document) — Compagnie de Saint-Gobain / Autorité des marchés financiers (info-financiere.gouv.fr), Annual report, published 11 March 2026; retrieved 23 September 2026.
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