Who owns Lysol?
Lysol is owned by Reckitt (the United Kingdom, LSE: RKT).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Reckitt Benckiser Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2025, 5 March 2026 (archived copy). Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Reckitt Benckiser Group plc reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Slough
- Origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Founded
- 1889
- Category
- Home care › Household cleaning › Bleach & disinfectant
- Parent ticker
- LSE: RKT
- Trademark registrant
- RECKITT BENCKISER LLC (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Lysol
Lysol was created in Germany in 1889 during a cholera epidemic and became a household disinfectant in North America. For much of the twentieth century it was also advertised, disturbingly, as a feminine hygiene product. It is now Reckitt's main disinfectant brand in the United States and Canada.
Trademark record for Lysol
The USPTO record for the Lysol mark lists RECKITT BENCKISER LLC as the owner of record (serial number 71120464). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Lysol
Where Lysol sits in Reckitt
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Reckitt
Reckitt controls 20 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in home care.
Also in home care
Other brands in bleach & disinfectant, and who owns them
The 17 brands in bleach & disinfectant on Brandtree belong to 10 owners. The largest is Grupo AlEn, with 4; Reckitt has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Blancatel | Grupo AlEn | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| Kalipto | Bombril | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Clorox | Clorox | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Ecolab (institutional cleaning and sanitizing) | Ecolab | 🇺🇸 United States |
| WC Net | Bolton Group | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Bacillol | HARTMANN | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Olimpia | La Fabril | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| S.O.S | Tempo Scan | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
About the owner: Reckitt
Reckitt is a publicly listed company headquartered in Slough, United Kingdom, founded in 1999. Brandtree records 20 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: RKT.
Reckitt was formed in 1999 by the merger of Britain's Reckitt & Colman with the Dutch-German Benckiser. It concentrates on hygiene, health and nutrition, and has been shrinking its portfolio since a difficult acquisition of infant formula maker Mead Johnson in 2017.
🇩🇪 Lysol and other German brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 252 brands that began in Germany. 93 of them (37%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Lysol among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Lysol?
The parent company of Lysol is Reckitt, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Lysol German or British?
Lysol originated in Germany in 1889, but it is owned today by Reckitt, which is headquartered in the United Kingdom. So Lysol is a German-origin brand under British ownership.
Is Lysol still owned by Reckitt?
Yes. As of 27 September 2026, Lysol is still owned by Reckitt. 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] Reckitt Benckiser Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2025 — Reckitt Benckiser Group plc, Annual report, published 5 March 2026; retrieved 23 October 2026. The original address no longer opens it, so the link goes to an archived copy (original address).
- [2] USPTO: LYSOL, serial 71120464 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 27 September 2026.
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