Who owns Glade?
Glade is owned by SC Johnson (the United States).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: SC Johnson — our products and brands, S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Racine, Wisconsin
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1956
- Category
- Home care › Air care & pest control › Air freshener
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Glade
Glade is SC Johnson's air care brand, launched in 1956 as one of the first consumer aerosol air fresheners, and now spanning plug-in diffusers, candles, gels and automatic sprays. It is one of the largest air care brands worldwide and competes principally with Reckitt's Air Wick.
Ownership timeline of Glade
- Current owner SC Johnson [1] reported
Where Glade sits in SC Johnson
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by SC Johnson
SC Johnson controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in home care.
Also in home care
Other brands in air freshener, and who owns them
The 11 brands in air freshener on Brandtree belong to 9 owners. The largest is S.T. Corporation, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Sawaday | Kobayashi Pharmaceutical | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Dashutan Charcoal | S.T. Corporation | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Little Trees | Car-Freshner | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Kaori | Dinant | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
| Febreze | Procter & Gamble | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Air Wick | Reckitt | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Spring | Square Toiletries | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh |
| QAIS | Sunstar | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
About the owner: SC Johnson
SC Johnson is a family-owned company headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin, United States, founded in 1886. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control.
SC Johnson has been owned and run by five generations of the Johnson family since 1886, when it began selling parquet flooring and then the wax to care for it. It publishes no financial statements.
🇺🇸 Glade 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; Glade is not one of them.
- 3-IN-ONE — WD-40 Company 🇺🇸
- Air Wick — Reckitt 🇬🇧
- Ajax — Colgate-Palmolive 🇺🇸
- All-Clad — Groupe SEB 🇫🇷
- Amazon Basics — Amazon 🇺🇸
- American Girl — Mattel 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Glade?
The parent company of Glade is SC Johnson, a family-owned company headquartered in the United States.
Is Glade American?
Yes. Glade originated in the United States in 1956 and its owner, SC Johnson, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Glade still owned by SC Johnson?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Glade is still owned by SC Johnson. 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] SC Johnson — our products and brands — S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc., Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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