Who owns Pantene?
Pantene is owned by Procter & Gamble (the United States, NYSE: PG).[1]
Evidence: The Procter & Gamble Company Form 10-K for fiscal 2026, note 15 - subsequent events, SEC EDGAR. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- The Procter & Gamble Company verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Founded
- 1945
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Hair care › Shampoo & conditioner
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: PG
- Trademark registrant
- PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, THE (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Pantene
Pantene was created in Switzerland in 1945 and named for panthenol, the provitamin at the centre of its formulation. Procter & Gamble acquired it in 1985 and relaunched it in 1992 around the promise of hair that is healthy and shiny, turning a pharmacy brand into a global mass-market one.
What Procter & Gamble's annual report says about Pantene
Sentences about Pantene from Procter & Gamble's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
We are a global market leader in the retail hair care market with about 20% global market share primarily behind our Head & Shoulders and Pantene brands.
How often Procter & Gamble names Pantene 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.
Trademark record for Pantene
The USPTO record for the Pantene mark lists PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, THE as the owner of record (serial number 73012966). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Pantene
- Current owner Procter & Gamble [1] verified
Where Pantene sits in Procter & Gamble
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble controls 38 brands on Brandtree, 23 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
- Always (1983)
- Bounty (1965)
- Braun (1921)
- Charmin (1928)
- Crest (1955)
- Gillette (1901)
- Head & Shoulders (1961)
- Herbal Essences (1971)
- Ivory (1879)
- Luvs (1976)
- Native (2015)
- Olay (1952)
- Old Spice (1937)
- Oral-B (1950)
- Pampers (1961)
- Puffs (1960)
- Safeguard (1963)
- Secret (1956)
Founded in the 1940s
- Tide (1946)
Other brands in shampoo & conditioner, and who owns them
The 56 brands in shampoo & conditioner on Brandtree belong to 31 owners. The largest is Unilever, with 7; Procter & Gamble has 3.
About the owner: Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble is a publicly listed company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, founded in 1837. Brandtree records 38 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: PG.
Procter & Gamble was founded in Cincinnati in 1837 by a candle maker and a soap maker who had married sisters. It deliberately narrowed to around 65 brands in the mid-2010s, selling roughly a hundred others, and now reports through fabric and home care, baby and feminine care, beauty, health care and grooming.
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🇨🇭 Pantene and other Swiss brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 128 brands that began in Switzerland. 35 of them (27%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Pantene among them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Pantene?
The parent company of Pantene is Procter & Gamble, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Pantene Swiss or American?
Pantene originated in Switzerland in 1945, but it is owned today by Procter & Gamble, which is headquartered in the United States. So Pantene is a Swiss-origin brand under American ownership.
Is Pantene still owned by Procter & Gamble?
Yes. As of 8 October 2026, Pantene is still owned by Procter & Gamble. 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] The Procter & Gamble Company Form 10-K for fiscal 2026, note 15 - subsequent events — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: PANTENE, serial 73012966, registration 1005694 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 25 September 2026.
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