Who owns Placo?
Placo is owned by Saint-Gobain (France, Euronext Paris: SGO).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Compagnie de Saint-Gobain — Document d'Enregistrement Universel 2025 (Universal Registration Document), Compagnie de Saint-Gobain / Autorité des marchés financiers (info-financiere.gouv.fr), 11 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Compagnie de Saint-Gobain reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France, Courbevoie
- Origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Home improvement › Building materials
- Parent ticker
- Euronext Paris: SGO
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Placo
Placo® is Saint-Gobain's plasterboard and interior drywall-systems brand, sold through wholly or near-wholly owned national subsidiaries — Saint-Gobain Placo Ibérica in Spain is 99.83% owned, per the group's 2025 Universal Registration Document. Its range includes the Placo Infinaé board line, sold in 50% and 100% recycled-gypsum-content versions, and is combined with Isover insulation and Adfors glass-fibre reinforcement in Saint-Gobain's lightweight interior fit-out systems for hospitals and other demanding projects.
Ownership timeline of Placo
- Current owner Saint-Gobain [1] reported
Where Placo sits in Saint-Gobain
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Saint-Gobain
Saint-Gobain controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in home, garden & diy.
Also in home, garden & diy
- CertainTeed (1904)
- Isover
- Weber
Other brands in building materials, and who owns them
The 104 brands in building materials on Brandtree belong to 33 owners. The largest is James Hardie, with 8; Saint-Gobain has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Bay | Fletcher Building | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| Artevia | Holcim | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| AZEK Exteriors | James Hardie | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
| Blenture | Votorantim Cimentos | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Adbri | CRH | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
| Byggmakker | Kesko | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Cacique Max | Loma Negra | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Alutions | Tecnoglass | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
About the owner: Saint-Gobain
Saint-Gobain is a publicly listed company headquartered in Courbevoie, France, founded in 1665. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as Euronext Paris: SGO.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain is a French industrial group founded in 1665 by Louis XIV as a royal glassworks manufactory and today one of the world's largest makers of light and sustainable construction materials, organised around interior and exterior building solutions and construction chemistry. Its headquarters, Tour Saint-Gobain, is in Courbevoie in the La Défense business district near Paris, and its shares trade on Euronext Paris.
Saint-Gobain: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇫🇷 Placo and other French brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 327 brands that began in France. 102 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Placo is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Placo?
The parent company of Placo is Saint-Gobain, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Is Placo French?
Yes. Placo originated in France and its owner, Saint-Gobain, is also headquartered in France.
Is Placo still owned by Saint-Gobain?
Yes. As of 23 September 2026, Placo is still owned by Saint-Gobain. 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] Compagnie de Saint-Gobain — Document d'Enregistrement Universel 2025 (Universal Registration Document) — Compagnie de Saint-Gobain / Autorité des marchés financiers (info-financiere.gouv.fr), Annual report, published 11 March 2026; retrieved 23 September 2026.
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