Who owns Savlon?
Savlon, a personal-care brand from the United Kingdom, is owned by ITC (India, NSE: ITC), which has owned the brand since 1 August 2015.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: ITC Limited Report and Accounts 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- ITC Limited reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇳 India, Kolkata
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1970
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Bath, soap & hand care › Hand soap & sanitiser
- Parent ticker
- NSE: ITC
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Savlon
Savlon is an antiseptic liquid and handwash brand that ITC acquired the Indian rights to in 2015 from Johnson & Johnson. Its sales rose sharply during the coronavirus pandemic, and it is now among the largest hygiene brands in the country.
Ownership timeline of Savlon
Where Savlon sits in ITC
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by ITC
ITC controls 17 brands on Brandtree.
Other brands in hand soap & sanitiser, and who owns them
The 14 brands in hand soap & sanitiser on Brandtree belong to 14 owners. The largest is Ego Pharmaceuticals, with 1.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Savlon | ACI Limited | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh |
| Softsoap | Colgate-Palmolive | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Wet Ones | Edgewell | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Aqium | Ego Pharmaceuticals | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Dermofarm | Farmec | 🇷🇴 Romania |
| Avé | Golrang Industrial Group | 🇮🇷 Iran |
| Sterillium | HARTMANN | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Jolly | La Fabril | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
About the owner: ITC
ITC is a publicly listed company headquartered in Kolkata, India, founded in 1910. Brandtree records 17 brands under its control, and it is listed as NSE: ITC.
ITC was founded in 1910 as the Imperial Tobacco Company of India and spent the last three decades building a packaged foods business that now rivals its original trade. It is one of the largest companies in India by market value, and its foods division was assembled almost entirely from brands it created rather than bought.
🇬🇧 Savlon and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 552 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 291 of them (53%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Savlon among them.
- Andrex — Kimberly-Clark 🇺🇸
- Batiste — Church & Dwight 🇺🇸
- Charlotte Tilbury — Puig 🇪🇸
- Childs Farm — PZ Cussons 🇬🇧
- Creed — L'Oréal 🇫🇷
- Cushelle — Essity 🇸🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Savlon?
The parent company of Savlon is ITC, a publicly listed company headquartered in India.
Is Savlon British or Indian?
Savlon originated in the United Kingdom in 1970, but it is owned today by ITC, which is headquartered in India. So Savlon is a British-origin brand under Indian ownership.
Since when has ITC owned Savlon?
ITC has owned Savlon since 1 August 2015.
Is Savlon still owned by ITC?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Savlon is still owned by ITC. 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] ITC Limited Report and Accounts 2026 — ITC Limited, Annual report; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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