Who owns OFF!?
OFF! is owned by SC Johnson (the United States).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: SC Johnson — our products and brands, S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Racine, Wisconsin
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1957
- Category
- Home care › Air care & pest control › Insecticide & repellent
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About OFF!
OFF! insect repellent was the first consumer product to use DEET, in 1957, a compound the United States Army had developed for soldiers in jungle conditions. It remains the largest personal insect repellent brand in North America and is central to SC Johnson's public health work on mosquito-borne disease.
Ownership timeline of OFF!
- Current owner SC Johnson [1] reported
Where OFF! sits in SC Johnson
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by SC Johnson
SC Johnson controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in home care.
Also in home care
Other brands in insecticide & repellent, and who owns them
The 26 brands in insecticide & repellent on Brandtree belong to 13 owners. The largest is Earth, with 6; SC Johnson has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Black Cap | Earth | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Kometoban | S.T. Corporation | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| BOP | Goddard Enterprises | 🇧🇧 Barbados |
| Good Knight | Godrej Consumer | 🇮🇳 India |
| Prozap | Neogen | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Ortho | Scotts Miracle-Gro | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cutter | Spectrum Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| ACI Aerosol | ACI Limited | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh |
About the owner: SC Johnson
SC Johnson is a family-owned company headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin, United States, founded in 1886. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control.
SC Johnson has been owned and run by five generations of the Johnson family since 1886, when it began selling parquet flooring and then the wax to care for it. It publishes no financial statements.
🇺🇸 OFF! 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; OFF! 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 OFF!?
The parent company of OFF! is SC Johnson, a family-owned company headquartered in the United States.
Is OFF! American?
Yes. OFF! originated in the United States in 1957 and its owner, SC Johnson, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is OFF! still owned by SC Johnson?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, OFF! is still owned by SC Johnson. 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] SC Johnson — our products and brands — S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc., Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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