Who owns Skin Guard?
Skin Guard is owned by Movit (Uganda).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Movit Products Limited — About Us. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Movit Products Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇬 Uganda, Kampala
- Origin
- 🇺🇬 Uganda
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Bath, soap & hand care › Hand soap & sanitiser
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Skin Guard
Skin Guard is Movit's antibacterial hygiene brand. It covers liquid hand washes in Original, Fresh, Active, Sun Fresh and Strawberry, antibacterial bathing bar soaps in the same four scents, a hand sanitiser spray and a petroleum jelly. It is the part of the Movit range sold on germ protection rather than on nourishing hair or skin.
Ownership timeline of Skin Guard
Where Skin Guard sits in Movit
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Movit
Movit controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
Other brands in hand soap & sanitiser, and who owns them
The 14 brands in hand soap & sanitiser on Brandtree belong to 14 owners. The largest is Ego Pharmaceuticals, with 1.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Savlon | ACI Limited | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh |
| Softsoap | Colgate-Palmolive | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Wet Ones | Edgewell | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Aqium | Ego Pharmaceuticals | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Dermofarm | Farmec | 🇷🇴 Romania |
| Avé | Golrang Industrial Group | 🇮🇷 Iran |
| Sterillium | HARTMANN | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Savlon | ITC | 🇮🇳 India |
About the owner: Movit
Movit is a privately held company headquartered in Kampala, Uganda, founded in 1997. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control.
Movit Products Limited was established in 1997 by Simpson Birungi, who is still its founder and executive chairman, and makes personal care products in Kampala. It says its distribution network reaches all 146 districts of Uganda and that it sells in eight other African markets: Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Zambia and Malawi. The range covers hair care, skin care, baby care, oral care and men's grooming, and the company describes what it is doing as making affordable, high-quality products that celebrate African beauty. Six brands carry it: Movit itself, Radiant, Tropical Essence, Pine, Skin Guard and Baby Junior.
🇺🇬 Skin Guard and other Ugandan brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 14 brands that began in Uganda. 2 of them (14%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Skin Guard is not one of them.
- Bell Lager — EABL 🇰🇪
- JESA Bonga — Jesa Farm Dairy 🇺🇬
- Uganda Airlines — Uganda Airlines 🇺🇬
- JESA Butter — Jesa Farm Dairy 🇺🇬
- JESA JUS — Jesa Farm Dairy 🇺🇬
- JESA Milk — Jesa Farm Dairy 🇺🇬
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Skin Guard?
The parent company of Skin Guard is Movit, a privately held company headquartered in Uganda.
Is Skin Guard Ugandan?
Yes. Skin Guard originated in Uganda and its owner, Movit, is also headquartered in Uganda.
Is Skin Guard still owned by Movit?
Yes. As of 25 September 2026, Skin Guard is still owned by Movit. 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] Movit Products Limited — About Us — Movit Products Limited, Official document; retrieved 25 September 2026.
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