Who owns Schick?
Schick is owned by Edgewell (the United States, NYSE: EPC).[1]
Evidence: Edgewell Personal Care Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-11-18, SEC EDGAR, 18 November 2025. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Edgewell Personal Care Company verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Shelton, Connecticut
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1926
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Deodorants, shaving & grooming › Shaving & razors
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: EPC
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Schick
Schick was founded in 1926 by a retired army officer who patented a razor with a magazine of blades, and it is the main competitor to Gillette in wet shaving. The same business is sold as Wilkinson Sword in Europe, where that name has been used for razors since 1898.
What Edgewell's annual report says about Schick
Sentences about Schick from Edgewell's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
In 2003, we completed the acquisition of the Schick-Wilkinson Sword business ("SWS") from Pfizer, Inc., the second largest manufacturer and marketer of men's and women's wet shave products in the world at that time.
We manufacture and distribute Schick and Wilkinson Sword razor systems, composed of razor handles and refillable blades, and disposable shave products for men and women.
How often Edgewell names Schick 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 Schick
Where Schick sits in Edgewell
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Edgewell
Edgewell controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
- Banana Boat (1979)
- Billie (2017)
- Cremo (2005)
- Hawaiian Tropic (1969)
- Hydro (2010)
- Playtex (1947)
- Wet Ones (1978)
Other brands in shaving & razors, and who owns them
Edgewell has more brands in shaving & razors on Brandtree than any other owner: 3 of 15.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| PACE | Dorco | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Lion Shaving | Lion Match Company | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Gillette | Procter & Gamble | 🇺🇸 United States |
| BIC Razors | BIC | 🇫🇷 France |
| Astaberry | Cipla | 🇮🇳 India |
| Flamingo | Mammoth Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Philips | Philips | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Veet | Reckitt | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
About the owner: Edgewell
Edgewell is a publicly listed company headquartered in Shelton, Connecticut, United States, founded in 2015. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: EPC.
Edgewell Personal Care was created in 2015 when Energizer Holdings split its battery business from its personal care brands, keeping Schick razors, Playtex and Banana Boat. It is the second-largest wet shaving company in the world behind Gillette.
🇺🇸 Schick 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; Schick is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Schick?
The parent company of Schick is Edgewell, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Schick American?
Yes. Schick originated in the United States in 1926 and its owner, Edgewell, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Schick still owned by Edgewell?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Schick is still owned by Edgewell. 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] Edgewell Personal Care Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-11-18 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 18 November 2025; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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