Who owns Scotchgard?
Scotchgard 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 › Laundry › Fabric softener & stain removal
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: MMM
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Scotchgard
Scotchgard is a 3M brand of protectors, which its site says repel what you want to keep out and preserve what you want to keep. Its site organises the range under headings such as fabric and carpet, and presents the brand around built-in protection. It is listed on the 3M consumer products page with the company's other home brands.
What 3M's annual report says about Scotchgard
Sentences about Scotchgard from 3M's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
In Michigan, 3M previously settled claims brought by Wolverine World Wide (Wolverine) related to Wolverine's alleged use of 3M Scotchgard in its shoe manufacturing operations. 3M continues to incur liabilities for immaterial amounts pursuant to the settlement agreement.
How often 3M names Scotchgard 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 Scotchgard
Where Scotchgard 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 fabric softener & stain removal, and who owns them
The 20 brands in fabric softener & stain removal on Brandtree belong to 15 owners. The largest is Faultless Brands, with 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Faultless | Faultless Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Miss Mouth's Messy Eater | Church & Dwight | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bounce | Procter & Gamble | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Calgon | Reckitt | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Herbmarie 1848 | Aekyung | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Mon Bijou | Bombril | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Suavitel | Colgate-Palmolive | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Suavissimo | Dinant | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
Every brand in fabric softener & stain removal and its owner →
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.
🇺🇸 Scotchgard 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; Scotchgard 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 Scotchgard?
The parent company of Scotchgard is 3M, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Scotchgard American?
Yes. Scotchgard originated in the United States and its owner, 3M, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Scotchgard still owned by 3M?
Yes. As of 11 October 2026, Scotchgard 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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