Who owns Sherwin-Williams?
Sherwin-Williams is owned by The Sherwin-Williams Company (the United States, NYSE: SHW).[1]
Evidence: The Sherwin-Williams Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-19, SEC EDGAR, 19 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- The Sherwin-Williams Company verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Cleveland, Ohio
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Cleveland, Ohio
- Founded
- 1866
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Home improvement › Paint & coatings
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: SHW
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams paint brand is sold almost entirely through the company's own stores, which serve professional decorators as much as households. Its Cover the Earth logo, a paint can pouring over a globe, has been in use since 1905. Controlling its own distribution lets the company set prices and hold trade relationships directly.
Ownership timeline of Sherwin-Williams
- Current owner Sherwin-Williams [1] verified
Where Sherwin-Williams sits in Sherwin-Williams
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Sherwin-Williams
Sherwin-Williams controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in home, garden & diy.
Also in home, garden & diy
- Krylon (1947)
- Minwax (1904)
- Thompson's WaterSeal (1929)
- Valspar (1806)
Other brands in paint & coatings, and who owns them
The 38 brands in paint & coatings on Brandtree belong to 13 owners. The largest is RPM, with 6; Sherwin-Williams has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Rust-Oleum | RPM | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Dulux | AkzoNobel | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Behr | Masco | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Dulux (Australia and New Zealand) | Nippon Paint | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| MAGNAT | Śnieżka | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| Asian Paints | Asian Paints | 🇮🇳 India |
| Craftsman | Stanley Black & Decker | 🇺🇸 United States |
| PebbleTec | CRH | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
About the owner: Sherwin-Williams
Sherwin-Williams is a publicly listed company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, founded in 1866. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: SHW.
Sherwin-Williams was founded in Cleveland in 1866 and sold the first ready-mixed paint in a can, at a time when painters ground and mixed their own pigments. It is the largest coatings company in the world and sells principally through thousands of its own shops rather than through hardware retailers.
Sherwin-Williams: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Sherwin-Williams 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; Sherwin-Williams is not one of them.
- 3 Day Blinds — Hunter Douglas 🇳🇱
- 7-Eleven — Seven & i 🇯🇵
- AMES — Griffon 🇺🇸
- AZEK Exteriors — James Hardie 🇮🇪
- Alamo Cement — Buzzi 🇮🇹
- American Olean — Mohawk 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Sherwin-Williams?
The parent company of Sherwin-Williams is The Sherwin-Williams Company, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Sherwin-Williams American?
Yes. Sherwin-Williams originated in the United States in 1866 and its owner, The Sherwin-Williams Company, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Sherwin-Williams still owned by The Sherwin-Williams Company?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Sherwin-Williams is still owned by The Sherwin-Williams Company. 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] The Sherwin-Williams Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-19 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 19 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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