Who owns Mucinex?
Mucinex is owned by Reckitt (the United Kingdom, LSE: RKT), which has owned the brand since 30 January 2008.[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
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Slough
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 2002
- Category
- Consumer health › Over-the-counter medicine › Cold
- Parent ticker
- LSE: RKT
- Trademark registrant
- RB HEALTH (US) LLC (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Mucinex
Mucinex is an American guaifenesin cough and cold brand whose extended-release tablets were among the first over-the-counter expectorants approved in that form. Its advertising uses animated mucus characters. Reckitt acquired it with Adams Respiratory Therapeutics in 2008 for $2.3 billion.
Trademark record for Mucinex
The USPTO record for the Mucinex mark lists RB HEALTH (US) LLC as the owner of record (serial number 76297961). 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.[2]
Ownership timeline of Mucinex
Where Mucinex 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, 7 of them in consumer health.
Also in consumer health
Founded in the 2000s
- Cillit Bang (2004)
Other brands in cold, and who owns them
The 33 brands in cold on Brandtree belong to 20 owners. The largest is Krka, with 5; Reckitt has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Herbion | Krka | 🇸🇮 Slovenia |
| Breathe Right | Prestige Consumer Healthcare | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Dimestil | Birzeit Pharmaceutical | 🇵🇸 Palestine |
| HealthCareAisle | Dr. Reddy's | 🇮🇳 India |
| Tukol | Genomma Lab | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| Benadryl | Kenvue | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Allergosan | Sopharma | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria |
| Claritin | Bayer | 🇩🇪 Germany |
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.
🇺🇸 Mucinex and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,550 brands that began in the United States. 479 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Mucinex among them.
- Advil — Haleon 🇬🇧
- Alka-Seltzer — Bayer 🇩🇪
- Band-Aid — Kenvue 🇺🇸
- Breathe Right — Prestige Consumer Healthcare 🇺🇸
- Bufferin (United States) — Genomma Lab 🇲🇽
- Doan's — Dr. Reddy's 🇮🇳
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Mucinex?
The parent company of Mucinex is Reckitt, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Mucinex American or British?
Mucinex originated in the United States in 2002, but it is owned today by Reckitt, which is headquartered in the United Kingdom. So Mucinex is an American-origin brand under British ownership.
Since when has Reckitt owned Mucinex?
Reckitt has owned Mucinex since 30 January 2008.
Is Mucinex still owned by Reckitt?
Yes. As of 27 September 2026, Mucinex 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: MUCINEX, serial 76297961 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 27 September 2026.
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