Who owns Degree?
Degree 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
- 1990
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Deodorants, shaving & grooming › Deodorant & antiperspirant
- Parent ticker
- LSE: ULVR NYSE: UL AEX: UNA
- Trademark registrant
- Conopco, Inc. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Degree
Degree is the North American name for the antiperspirant sold as Rexona and Sure elsewhere, and it introduced body-heat-activated microcapsule technology that releases fragrance as the wearer moves. It is one of the largest deodorant brands in the United States.
Trademark record for Degree
The USPTO record for the Degree mark lists Conopco, Inc. as the owner of record (serial number 86498230). 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 Degree
Where Degree sits in Unilever
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
- Axe
- Bango
- Brut
- Cif
- Clear
- Close-Up
- Colman's
- Comfort
- Degree
- Dermalogica
- Domestos
- Dove
- Dove Men+Care
- Grüns (80%)
- Hellmann's
- Horlicks
- Hourglass Cosmetics
- Impulse
- Kate Somerville
- Knorr
- Lifebuoy
- Liquid I.V.
- Living Proof
- Lux
- Lynx
- Maizena
- Marmite
- Murad
- Nexxus
- Nutrafol
- OMO
- Paula's Choice
- Pepsodent
- Persil
- Pond's
- Pot Noodle
- Radox
- Rexona
- Royco
- SheaMoisture
- Signal
- Simple
- St. Ives
- Suave (outside the United States and Canada)
- Sunlight
- Sunsilk
- Sure
- Tatcha
- The Vegetarian Butcher
- TRESemmé
- Vaseline
- VO5
- Zendium
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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
- Axe (1983)
- Brut (1964)
- Clear (1974)
- Close-Up (1967)
- Dermalogica (1986)
- Dove (1957)
- Dove Men+Care (2010)
- Hourglass Cosmetics (2004)
- Impulse (1972)
- Kate Somerville (2004)
- Lifebuoy (1894)
- Living Proof (2005)
- Lux (1899)
- Lynx (1985)
- Murad (1989)
- Nexxus (1979)
- Paula's Choice (1995)
- Pepsodent (1915)
Other brands in deodorant & antiperspirant, and who owns them
Unilever has more brands in deodorant & antiperspirant on Brandtree than any other owner: 5 of 14.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Lume | Mammoth Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Native | Procter & Gamble | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Impact | ACI Limited | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh |
| Speed Stick | Colgate-Palmolive | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Exit | Osotspa | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Mitchum | Revlon | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Banho a Banho | Ypê | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Mando | Mammoth Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
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.
🇺🇸 Degree 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, Degree among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Degree?
The parent company of Degree is Unilever, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Degree American or British?
Degree originated in the United States in 1990, but it is owned today by Unilever, which is headquartered in the United Kingdom. So Degree is an American-origin brand under British ownership.
Is Degree still owned by Unilever?
Yes. As of 26 September 2026, Degree is still owned by Unilever. 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] Unilever PLC Annual Report on Form 20-F for 2025 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 12 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: DEGREE, serial 86498230, registration 4847845 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 26 September 2026.
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