Who owns Softlan?
Softlan is owned by Golrang Industrial Group (Iran).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Golrang Industrial Group — Golrang Industrial Group. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Golrang Industrial Group reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇷 Iran, Tehran
- Origin
- 🇮🇷 Iran
- Founded
- 2002
- Category
- Home care › Laundry › Fabric softener & stain removal
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Softlan
Softlan is the brand Pakshoo has sold most of its fabric care under since 2002, and the company says it became the leader of the Iranian fabric softener market within a short time of launching. The range runs past softener into machine laundry detergents and hand-wash laundry powder, which together account for a large part of fabric care sold in Iran. It is made by Pakshoo and distributed through the group's own network.
Ownership timeline of Softlan
- Current owner Golrang Industrial Group [1] reported
Where Softlan sits in Golrang Industrial Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Golrang Industrial Group
Golrang Industrial Group controls 15 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in home care.
Also in home care
Founded in the 2000s
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 |
| Scotchgard | 3M | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Herbmarie 1848 | Aekyung | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Mon Bijou | Bombril | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Suavitel | Colgate-Palmolive | 🇺🇸 United States |
Every brand in fabric softener & stain removal and its owner →
About the owner: Golrang Industrial Group
Golrang Industrial Group is a privately held company headquartered in Tehran, Iran, founded in 2003. Brandtree records 15 brands under its control.
Golrang Industrial Group is an Iranian conglomerate run from Golrang Tower on Vali-e Asr Avenue in Tehran, and it is the largest maker of detergents and household hygiene products in the country. It grew out of work Mohammad Karim Fazli began in 1972, when he set up the Pakshoo Chemical-Manufacturing Company to make detergents, cosmetics and hygiene products under the Golrang name registered a year earlier; the group itself was formally established in 2003. It now says it has more than 120 subsidiaries, a hundred active brands and 45,000 employees, makes more than a billion product units a year and exports to 95 countries, with businesses in food, pharmaceuticals, cellulose, packaging, distribution, construction, retail and finance as well as the detergents it started with.
Golrang Industrial Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇮🇷 Softlan and other Iranian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 15 brands that began in Iran. All of them are controlled from Iran.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Softlan?
The parent company of Softlan is Golrang Industrial Group, a privately held company headquartered in Iran.
Is Softlan Iranian?
Yes. Softlan originated in Iran in 2002 and its owner, Golrang Industrial Group, is also headquartered in Iran.
Is Softlan still owned by Golrang Industrial Group?
Yes. As of 23 September 2026, Softlan is still owned by Golrang Industrial Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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] Golrang Industrial Group — Golrang Industrial Group — Golrang Industrial Group, Official document; retrieved 23 September 2026.
- [2] Golrang Industrial Group — Softlan — Golrang Industrial Group, Official document; retrieved 23 September 2026.
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