Who owns Dawn?
Dawn is owned by Procter & Gamble (the United States, NYSE: PG).[1]
Evidence: The Procter & Gamble Company Form 10-K for fiscal 2026, note 15 - subsequent events, SEC EDGAR. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- The Procter & Gamble Company verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1973
- Category
- Home care › Household cleaning › Dishwashing
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: PG
- Trademark registrant
- The Procter and Gamble Company (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Dawn
Dawn is Procter & Gamble's dishwashing liquid in North America, launched in 1973 and sold on grease cutting. It has been donated for decades to wildlife rescue groups cleaning birds after oil spills, an association the brand has used in its advertising. The same product line is sold as Fairy in Europe.
How often Procter & Gamble names Dawn 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.
Trademark record for Dawn
The USPTO record for the Dawn mark lists The Procter and Gamble Company as the owner of record (serial number 99094993). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Dawn
- Current owner Procter & Gamble [1] verified
Where Dawn sits in Procter & Gamble
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble controls 38 brands on Brandtree, 11 of them in home care.
Also in home care
- Ariel (1967)
- Bounce (1972)
- Cascade (1953)
- Downy (1960)
- Fairy (1898)
- Febreze (1996)
- Gain (1969)
- Mr. Clean (1958)
- Swiffer (1999)
- Tide (1946)
Founded in the 1970s
- Herbal Essences (1971)
- Luvs (1976)
Other brands in dishwashing, and who owns them
The 27 brands in dishwashing on Brandtree belong to 20 owners. The largest is Ypê, with 3; Procter & Gamble has 3.
About the owner: Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble is a publicly listed company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, founded in 1837. Brandtree records 38 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: PG.
Procter & Gamble was founded in Cincinnati in 1837 by a candle maker and a soap maker who had married sisters. It deliberately narrowed to around 65 brands in the mid-2010s, selling roughly a hundred others, and now reports through fabric and home care, baby and feminine care, beauty, health care and grooming.
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🇺🇸 Dawn and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,550 brands that began in the United States. 479 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Dawn is not one of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Dawn?
The parent company of Dawn is Procter & Gamble, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Dawn American?
Yes. Dawn originated in the United States in 1973 and its owner, Procter & Gamble, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Dawn still owned by Procter & Gamble?
Yes. As of 25 September 2026, Dawn is still owned by Procter & Gamble. 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] The Procter & Gamble Company Form 10-K for fiscal 2026, note 15 - subsequent events — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: DAWN, serial 99094993, registration 7844516 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 25 September 2026.
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