Who owns Kingsford?
Kingsford is owned by Clorox (the United States, NYSE: CLX), which has owned the brand since 1973.[1][2]
Evidence: The Clorox Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-08-07, SEC EDGAR, 7 August 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- The Clorox Company verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Oakland, California
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1920
- Category
- Home care › Household goods & storage › Food storage
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: CLX
- Trademark registrant
- THE KINGSFORD PRODUCTS COMPANY LLC (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About Kingsford
Kingsford charcoal briquettes originated in a Ford Motor Company scheme of the 1920s to make something saleable from the wood scrap left over from making Model T bodies, with Henry Ford's associate E. G. Kingsford siting the plant. Clorox acquired the brand in 1973 and it leads American charcoal sales.
What Clorox's annual report says about Kingsford
Sentences about Kingsford from Clorox's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Products within this segment include bags and wraps under the Glad brand; cat litter primarily under the Fresh Step and Scoop Away brands; and grilling products under the Kingsford brand.
How often Clorox names Kingsford 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 less often than it was three years earlier.
Trademark record for Kingsford
The USPTO record for the Kingsford mark lists THE KINGSFORD PRODUCTS COMPANY LLC as the owner of record (serial number 73185692). 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.[3]
Ownership timeline of Kingsford
Where Kingsford sits in Clorox
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Clorox ownership tree →
See the full Clorox brand portfolio (12) →
Other brands owned by Clorox
Clorox controls 12 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in home care.
Also in home care
- Brita (1966)
- Clorox (1913)
- Formula 409 (1957)
- Glad (1963)
- Liquid-Plumr (1960)
- Pine-Sol (1929)
- Tilex (1978)
Other brands in food storage, and who owns them
The 16 brands in food storage on Brandtree belong to 8 owners. The largest is Melitta, with 3; Clorox has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Cuki | Melitta | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Hefty | Reynolds Consumer Products | 🇺🇸 United States |
| YETI | YETI | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Coleman | Newell Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Snapware | Corelle Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Ziploc | SC Johnson | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Tupperware | Tupperware Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Domopak | Melitta | 🇩🇪 Germany |
About the owner: Clorox
Clorox is a publicly listed company headquartered in Oakland, California, United States, founded in 1913. Brandtree records 12 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: CLX.
Clorox began in 1913 producing liquid bleach in Oakland, California. Procter & Gamble bought it in 1957 but was forced to divest it in 1969 after an antitrust ruling, and it has been independent since.
🇺🇸 Kingsford 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; Kingsford 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 Kingsford?
The parent company of Kingsford is Clorox, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Kingsford American?
Yes. Kingsford originated in the United States in 1920 and its owner, Clorox, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has Clorox owned Kingsford?
Clorox has owned Kingsford since 1973.
Is Kingsford still owned by Clorox?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Kingsford is still owned by Clorox. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (3) & 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 Clorox Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-08-07 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 7 August 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] The Clorox Company: Timeline — The Clorox Company, Official document; retrieved 3 October 2026.
- [3] USPTO: KINGSFORD, serial 73185692 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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