Who owns Rubbermaid?
Rubbermaid is owned by Newell Brands (the United States, NASDAQ: NWL).[1]
Evidence: Newell Brands Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-13, SEC EDGAR, 13 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Newell Brands Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Atlanta, Georgia
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1920
- Category
- Home care › Household goods & storage › Food storage
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: NWL
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Rubbermaid
Rubbermaid was founded in 1920 making rubber balloons and moved into housewares in 1934 with a rubber dustpan, going on to define plastic food storage and household organisation in North America. It merged with Newell in 1999 in a deal that gave the combined company its name.
What Newell Brands's annual report says about Rubbermaid
Sentences about Rubbermaid from Newell Brands's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Commercial cleaning and maintenance solutions products are primarily sold under the Rubbermaid, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Mapa and Spontex brands.
Food storage products are sold primarily under the FoodSaver, Rubbermaid and Sistema brands.
How often Newell Brands names Rubbermaid 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. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Rubbermaid
- Current owner Newell Brands [1] verified
Where Rubbermaid sits in Newell Brands
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Newell Brands
Newell Brands controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in home care.
Also in home care
- Coleman (1900)
- Contigo (2004)
- Crock-Pot (1971)
- Paper Mate (1949)
- Sharpie (1964)
- Yankee Candle (1969)
Other brands in food storage, and who owns them
The 16 brands in food storage on Brandtree belong to 8 owners. The largest is Melitta, with 3; Newell Brands has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Cuki | Melitta | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Hefty | Reynolds Consumer Products | 🇺🇸 United States |
| YETI | YETI | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Glad | Clorox | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Snapware | Corelle Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Ziploc | SC Johnson | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Tupperware | Tupperware Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Domopak | Melitta | 🇩🇪 Germany |
About the owner: Newell Brands
Newell Brands is a publicly listed company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, founded in 1903. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: NWL.
Newell Brands makes housewares, writing instruments, outdoor gear and baby products. Its 2016 purchase of Jarden roughly doubled its size and led to years of divestitures.
Newell Brands: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Rubbermaid 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; Rubbermaid is not one of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Rubbermaid?
The parent company of Rubbermaid is Newell Brands, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Rubbermaid American?
Yes. Rubbermaid originated in the United States in 1920 and its owner, Newell Brands, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Rubbermaid still owned by Newell Brands?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Rubbermaid is still owned by Newell Brands. 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] Newell Brands Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-13 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 13 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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