Who owns Scotch?
Scotch is owned by 3M (the United States, NYSE: MMM).[1]
Evidence: 3M Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-03, SEC EDGAR, 3 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- 3M Company verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, St. Paul
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Home care › Household goods & storage › Adhesives & repair
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: MMM
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Scotch
Scotch is a 3M consumer brand whose own site organises its range into glues and adhesives, masking tapes, packaging tapes and supplies, painter's tapes, surface protection, tape dispensers and tapes, including Scotch Kids tape for craft projects. It is one of the home and office brands listed on the 3M consumer products page.
How often 3M names Scotch 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 Scotch
Where Scotch sits in 3M
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by 3M
3M controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in home care.
Also in home care
Other brands in adhesives & repair, and who owns them
The 18 brands in adhesives & repair on Brandtree belong to 9 owners. The largest is H.B. Fuller, with 3; 3M has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| EternaBond | H.B. Fuller | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Loctite | Henkel | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Fevicol | Pidilite | 🇮🇳 India |
| Bison | Bolton Group | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| 3-IN-ONE | WD-40 Company | 🇺🇸 United States |
| tesa | Beiersdorf | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Penguin | Sunstar | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Swiss Army Knife | Victorinox | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
About the owner: 3M
3M is a publicly listed company headquartered in St. Paul, United States. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: MMM.
Diversified industrial and consumer products company headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Its consumer pages describe brands for the home and office, from tapes and adhesives to cleaning, air filtration and first aid products, sold alongside its safety, industrial and electronics businesses. Its former health care business is now Solventum, so brands from that division are not listed here.
🇺🇸 Scotch and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Scotch is not one of them.
- 3-IN-ONE — WD-40 Company 🇺🇸
- Air Wick — Reckitt 🇬🇧
- Ajax — Colgate-Palmolive 🇺🇸
- All-Clad — Groupe SEB 🇫🇷
- Amazon Basics — Amazon 🇺🇸
- American Girl — Mattel 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Scotch?
The parent company of Scotch is 3M, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Scotch American?
Yes. Scotch originated in the United States and its owner, 3M, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Scotch still owned by 3M?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Scotch is still owned by 3M. 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] 3M Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-03 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 3 February 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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