Who owns Master Lock?
Master Lock is owned by Fortune Brands (the United States, NYSE: FBIN).[1]
Evidence: Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-23, SEC EDGAR, 23 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Deerfield
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Milwaukee
- Founded
- 1921 by Harry Soref
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Home improvement › Tools & hardware
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: FBIN
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Master Lock
Master Lock is a padlock and security products brand in the Security segment of Fortune Brands Innovations. Its own About Us page dates the company to 1921 under founder Harry Soref and shows a 1925 photograph of a train carrying Master Lock padlocks from Milwaukee to New York. Fortune Brands says Master Lock invented the first laminated steel padlock in 1921 and marked its 100-year anniversary in 2021. The range now includes Bluetooth-enabled locks and the commercial cLOTO lockout system, and the Fortune Brands 10-K lists American Lock alongside it.
What Fortune Brands's annual report says about Master Lock
Sentences about Master Lock from Fortune Brands's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Our Security segment's products consist of locks, safety and security devices, connected and mechanical lock out tag out solutions and electronic security products manufactured, sourced and distributed primarily under the Master Lock, American Lock, Yale and August brands and fire resistant safes, security containers and commercial cabinets manufactured, sourced and distributed under the SentrySafe brand.
The Security segment includes locks, safety and security devices, connected and mechanical lock out tag out solutions and electronic security products under the Master Lock, American Lock, Yale and August brands, and fire-resistant safes, security containers and commercial cabinets under the SentrySafe brand.
How often Fortune Brands names Master Lock 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.
Ownership timeline of Master Lock
- Current owner Fortune Brands [1] verified
Where Master Lock sits in Fortune Brands
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Fortune Brands
Fortune Brands controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in home, garden & diy.
Also in home, garden & diy
Other brands in tools & hardware, and who owns them
The 44 brands in tools & hardware on Brandtree belong to 15 owners. The largest is Hillman, with 10; Fortune Brands has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Fas-n-Tite | Hillman | 🇺🇸 United States |
| CLC Work Gear | Hultafors Group | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Bahco | Snap-on | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Hilti | Hilti | 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein |
| Erbauer | Kingfisher | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Fiskars | Fiskars Group | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Husky | The Home Depot | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Blackwoods | Wesfarmers | 🇦🇺 Australia |
About the owner: Fortune Brands
Fortune Brands is a publicly listed company headquartered in Deerfield, United States. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: FBIN.
Deerfield, Illinois home and security products company. It began trading as Fortune Brands Home & Security in October 2011 after a spin-off from Fortune Brands, Inc., separated its Cabinets business in December 2022, and has traded as Fortune Brands Innovations (NYSE: FBIN) since December 15, 2022. Its latest 10-K reports three segments: Water (Moen, ROHL, Riobel, Aqualisa, Emtek and others), Outdoors (Therma-Tru, Larson, Fiberon, Fypon, Solar Innovations) and Security (Master Lock, American Lock, Yale, August, SentrySafe). Yale and August are held only for the U.S. and Canadian residential smart-lock business bought from ASSA ABLOY, so they are not listed here as a separate territorial record. Only brands whose country of origin a fetched company page states are listed below; Moen, Therma-Tru, Larson, Riobel, Perrin & Rowe, Victoria + Albert and SentrySafe were left out because no page opened for this record names their country of origin.
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🇺🇸 Master Lock and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Master Lock is not one of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Master Lock?
The parent company of Master Lock is Fortune Brands, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Master Lock American?
Yes. Master Lock originated in the United States in 1921 and its owner, Fortune Brands, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Master Lock still owned by Fortune Brands?
Yes. As of 11 October 2026, Master Lock is still owned by Fortune Brands. 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] Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-23 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 23 February 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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