Who owns Savon Étoile?
Savon Étoile is owned by SCS (Cameroon).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: SCS.SA — Société Camerounaise de Savonnerie: entreprise et nos produits, Société Camerounaise de Savonnerie S.A. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Société Camerounaise de Savonnerie S.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇲 Cameroon, Bafoussam
- Origin
- 🇨🇲 Cameroon
- Category
- Home care › Laundry › Laundry detergent
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Savon Étoile
Savon Étoile is the household laundry soap that gives SCS its identity — the company is literally the Cameroonian Soapworks, and Étoile is the mark it has commercialised its soap under since 1989. It is sold in several formats, in the long bars that are cut to size for hand-washing clothes across West and Central Africa, and it is made in the same Bafoussam works as the company's cooking oils, which share the palm feedstock. SCS names it first among the household soaps it describes as recognised for their quality.
Ownership timeline of Savon Étoile
Where Savon Étoile sits in SCS
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by SCS
SCS controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in home care.
Also in home care
Other brands in laundry detergent, and who owns them
The 49 brands in laundry detergent on Brandtree belong to 26 owners. The largest is Alicorp, with 4; SCS has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bolívar | Alicorp | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| Dr. Wool | Jyothy Labs | 🇮🇳 India |
| Ciclón | La Fabril | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| Ariel | Procter & Gamble | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Magic | Sulfo Rwanda | 🇷🇼 Rwanda |
| LIQ | Aekyung | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Msafi | Bidco Africa | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| Roku | Dinant | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
About the owner: SCS
SCS is a privately held company headquartered in Bafoussam, Cameroon, founded in 1989. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control.
The Société Camerounaise de Savonnerie (SCS S.A.) is a Cameroonian soap maker and edible-oil refiner founded in 1989 by Fotso Jean II, and based at Kamkop in Bafoussam, in the country's Western region. It runs two connected businesses out of the same plants — refining palm oil for the table and boiling household soap — and says it operates a modern analysis laboratory so that everything leaving its production units meets international standards as well as Cameroonian food quality and safety rules. It sells its oils and soaps through an online shop as well as the trade, and presents itself as a company involved in local education, community health and environmental programmes.
🇨🇲 Savon Étoile and other Cameroonian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 17 brands that began in Cameroon. All of them are controlled from Cameroon.
- Aquabelle — Boissons du Cameroun 🇨🇲
- Camair-Co — Camair-Co 🇨🇲
- Beaufort Lager — Boissons du Cameroun 🇨🇲
- Beaufort Light — Boissons du Cameroun 🇨🇲
- Booster — Boissons du Cameroun 🇨🇲
- Chill (Cameroun) — Boissons du Cameroun 🇨🇲
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Savon Étoile?
The parent company of Savon Étoile is SCS, a privately held company headquartered in Cameroon.
Is Savon Étoile Cameroonian?
Yes. Savon Étoile originated in Cameroon and its owner, SCS, is also headquartered in Cameroon.
Is Savon Étoile still owned by SCS?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, Savon Étoile is still owned by SCS. 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] SCS.SA — Société Camerounaise de Savonnerie: entreprise et nos produits — Société Camerounaise de Savonnerie S.A., Official document; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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