Who owns HIT?
HIT, a home-care brand, is owned by Godrej Consumer (India, NSE: GODREJCP).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Godrej Consumer Products Annual Report 2024-25, Godrej Consumer Products Limited, 8 May 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Godrej Consumer Products Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇳 India, Mumbai
- Origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- Founded
- 1988
- Category
- Home care › Air care & pest control › Insecticide & repellent
- Parent ticker
- NSE: GODREJCP
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About HIT
HIT is a household insecticide spray for cockroaches and mosquitoes, sold across India and in several African markets. Its two colour-coded variants, one for crawling insects and one for flying, are a simple device that made the product easy to buy without reading the label.
Ownership timeline of HIT
- Current owner Godrej Consumer [1] reported
Where HIT sits in Godrej Consumer
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Godrej Consumer brand portfolio (4) →
Other brands owned by Godrej Consumer
Godrej Consumer controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in home care.
Also in home care
- Good Knight (1984)
Other brands in insecticide & repellent, and who owns them
The 26 brands in insecticide & repellent on Brandtree belong to 13 owners. The largest is Earth, with 6; Godrej Consumer has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Black Cap | Earth | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Kometoban | S.T. Corporation | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| BOP | Goddard Enterprises | 🇧🇧 Barbados |
| Prozap | Neogen | 🇺🇸 United States |
| OFF! | SC Johnson | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Ortho | Scotts Miracle-Gro | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cutter | Spectrum Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| ACI Aerosol | ACI Limited | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh |
About the owner: Godrej Consumer
Godrej Consumer is a publicly listed company headquartered in Mumbai, India, founded in 2001. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as NSE: GODREJCP.
Godrej Consumer Products was carved out of a Mumbai group founded in 1897 that began by making locks and later produced the ballot boxes used in India's first general election. The consumer business is now among the largest household insecticide and hair colour companies in the world, with operations across Africa, Latin America and Indonesia.
Godrej Consumer: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇮🇳 HIT and other Indian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 279 brands that began in India. 9 of them (3%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; HIT is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of HIT?
The parent company of HIT is Godrej Consumer, a publicly listed company headquartered in India.
Is HIT Indian?
Yes. HIT originated in India in 1988 and its owner, Godrej Consumer, is also headquartered in India.
Is HIT still owned by Godrej Consumer?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, HIT is still owned by Godrej Consumer. 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] Godrej Consumer Products Annual Report 2024-25 — Godrej Consumer Products Limited, Annual report, published 8 May 2025; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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