Who owns Clearasil?
Clearasil is owned by Reckitt (the United Kingdom, LSE: RKT).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Reckitt Benckiser Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2025, 5 March 2026 (archived copy). Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Reckitt Benckiser Group plc reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Slough
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1950
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Skin care › Facial skin care
- Parent ticker
- LSE: RKT
- Trademark registrant
- RB Health (US) LLC (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Clearasil
Clearasil is an acne treatment brand launched in 1950 and among the first to advertise directly to teenagers, a market segment that barely existed in consumer goods at the time. It is sold across Europe, North America and Asia, and Reckitt acquired it with Boots Healthcare International in 2006.
Trademark record for Clearasil
The USPTO record for the Clearasil mark lists RB Health (US) LLC as the owner of record (serial number 97772698). A trademark is often held by a group company rather than the listed parent, so the registrant's name can differ from the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Clearasil
Where Clearasil sits in Reckitt
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Reckitt
Reckitt controls 20 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
Founded in the 1950s
Other brands in facial skin care, and who owns them
The 76 brands in facial skin care on Brandtree belong to 38 owners. The largest is POLA ORBIS, with 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| DECENCIA | POLA ORBIS | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Clinique | Estée Lauder | 🇺🇸 United States |
| ANYA | Proya | 🇨🇳 China |
| COSRX | Amorepacific | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Clé de Peau Beauté | Shiseido | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Paula's Choice | Unilever | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| ALBION | KOSÉ | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| O HUI | LG H&H | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
About the owner: Reckitt
Reckitt is a publicly listed company headquartered in Slough, United Kingdom, founded in 1999. Brandtree records 20 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: RKT.
Reckitt was formed in 1999 by the merger of Britain's Reckitt & Colman with the Dutch-German Benckiser. It concentrates on hygiene, health and nutrition, and has been shrinking its portfolio since a difficult acquisition of infant formula maker Mead Johnson in 2017.
🇺🇸 Clearasil 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, Clearasil among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Clearasil?
The parent company of Clearasil is Reckitt, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Clearasil American or British?
Clearasil originated in the United States in 1950, but it is owned today by Reckitt, which is headquartered in the United Kingdom. So Clearasil is an American-origin brand under British ownership.
Is Clearasil still owned by Reckitt?
Yes. As of 27 September 2026, Clearasil is still owned by Reckitt. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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] Reckitt Benckiser Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2025 — Reckitt Benckiser Group plc, Annual report, published 5 March 2026; retrieved 23 October 2026. The original address no longer opens it, so the link goes to an archived copy (original address).
- [2] USPTO: CLEARASIL, serial 97772698 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 27 September 2026.
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