Who owns Nurofen?
Nurofen 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
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1983
- Category
- Consumer health › Over-the-counter medicine › Pain relief
- Parent ticker
- LSE: RKT
- Trademark registrant
- Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Health Limited (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Nurofen
Nurofen is an over-the-counter ibuprofen brand launched in Britain in 1983, when ibuprofen first became available without prescription there. Its targeted variants for specific types of pain were the subject of regulatory action in Australia in 2015 over claims that identical products treated different conditions.
Trademark record for Nurofen
The USPTO record for the Nurofen mark lists Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Health Limited as the owner of record (serial number 97872339). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Nurofen
Where Nurofen 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 1980s
- Vanish (1983)
Other brands in pain relief, and who owns them
The 37 brands in pain relief on Brandtree belong to 21 owners. The largest is Haleon, with 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Advil | Haleon | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Air Salonpas | Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Motrin | Kenvue | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Dafalgan | Taisho Pharmaceutical | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Nicotex | Cipla | 🇮🇳 India |
| Mentho Plus | Emami | 🇮🇳 India |
| Bufferin (United States) | Genomma Lab | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| Doril | Hypera | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
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.
🇬🇧 Nurofen and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 552 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 291 of them (53%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Nurofen is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Nurofen?
The parent company of Nurofen is Reckitt, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Nurofen British?
Yes. Nurofen originated in the United Kingdom in 1983 and its owner, Reckitt, is also headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Nurofen still owned by Reckitt?
Yes. As of 27 September 2026, Nurofen 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: NUROFEN, serial 97872339 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 27 September 2026.
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