Who owns Pepsodent (United States)?
Pepsodent (United States) is owned by Church & Dwight (the United States, NYSE: CHD).[1]
Evidence: Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-12, SEC EDGAR, 12 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Church & Dwight Co., Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Ewing, New Jersey
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1915
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Oral care › Toothpaste & toothbrushes
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: CHD
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Pepsodent (United States)
Church & Dwight owns Pepsodent in the United States, having acquired the American rights in 2003, while Unilever owns the brand across the rest of the world. It is positioned as a value toothpaste in the United States, well below the price of the market leaders it once competed with directly.
Ownership timeline of Pepsodent (United States)
- Current owner Church & Dwight [1] verified Territorial rights: this record covers one market only. See the brand page for who owns the name elsewhere.
Where Pepsodent (United States) sits in Church & Dwight
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Church & Dwight
Church & Dwight controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
Founded in the 1910s
- Trojan (1916)
Other brands in toothpaste & toothbrushes, and who owns them
The 42 brands in toothpaste & toothbrushes on Brandtree belong to 23 owners. The largest is Colgate-Palmolive, with 5; Church & Dwight has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Colgate | Colgate-Palmolive | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Desensin | Dentaid | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| Close-Up | Unilever | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Parodontax | Haleon | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Bioniq | Dr. Wolff Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| CLINICA | Lion | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Elgydium | Pierre Fabre | 🇫🇷 France |
| Crest | Procter & Gamble | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Church & Dwight
Church & Dwight is a publicly listed company headquartered in Ewing, New Jersey, United States, founded in 1846. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: CHD.
Church & Dwight was founded in 1846 to sell sodium bicarbonate and still leads with Arm & Hammer. Its strategy is buying mid-sized leading brands in categories the largest companies overlook.
Church & Dwight: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Pepsodent (United States) 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; Pepsodent (United States) is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Pepsodent (United States)?
The parent company of Pepsodent (United States) is Church & Dwight, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Pepsodent (United States) American?
Yes. Pepsodent (United States) originated in the United States in 1915 and its owner, Church & Dwight, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Pepsodent (United States) still owned by Church & Dwight?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Pepsodent (United States) is still owned by Church & Dwight. 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] Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-12 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 12 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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