Who owns Clifford the Big Red Dog?
Clifford the Big Red Dog is owned by Scholastic (the United States, NASDAQ: SCHL).[1]
Evidence: Scholastic Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-07-24, SEC EDGAR, 24 July 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Scholastic Corporation verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, New York, New York
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1963
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Publishing › Book publishers
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: SCHL
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Clifford the Big Red Dog
Clifford has been published since 1963 and is Scholastic's own long-standing character rather than a licensed one, which is why the company controls its television and film adaptations directly. Its author drew the first book after an art director suggested a story about a child and an oversized animal, and the character has been continuously in print for over sixty years.
How often Scholastic names Clifford the Big Red Dog in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Clifford the Big Red Dog
- Current owner Scholastic [1] verified
Where Clifford the Big Red Dog sits in Scholastic
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Scholastic
Scholastic controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
- Goosebumps (1992)
- Scholastic (1920)
Other brands in book publishers, and who owns them
The 34 brands in book publishers on Brandtree belong to 9 owners. The largest is Lagardère, with 13; Scholastic has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bragelonne | Lagardère | 🇫🇷 France |
| Bokfabriken | Storytel | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Macmillan Education | Springer Nature | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Dummies | Wiley | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Penguin Books | Bertelsmann | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Kids Can Press | Corus | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Kadokawa Bunko | Kadokawa | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| HarperCollins | News Corp | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Scholastic
Scholastic is a publicly listed company headquartered in New York, New York, United States, founded in 1920. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: SCHL.
Scholastic is the largest publisher and distributor of children's books in the world, and reaches much of its audience through book fairs and classroom clubs rather than bookshops. That direct route into schools is what made it the American publisher of Harry Potter.
🇺🇸 Clifford the Big Red Dog 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; Clifford the Big Red Dog is not one of them.
- 20th Century Studios — Disney 🇺🇸
- AMC — AMC Networks 🇺🇸
- AMC Theatres — AMC Theatres 🇺🇸
- AMF — Lucky Strike Entertainment 🇺🇸
- Adventure Island — United Parks 🇺🇸
- Antenna TV — Nexstar 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Clifford the Big Red Dog?
The parent company of Clifford the Big Red Dog is Scholastic, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Clifford the Big Red Dog American?
Yes. Clifford the Big Red Dog originated in the United States in 1963 and its owner, Scholastic, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Clifford the Big Red Dog still owned by Scholastic?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Clifford the Big Red Dog is still owned by Scholastic. 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] Scholastic Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-07-24 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 24 July 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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