Who owns Spectracide?
Spectracide is owned by Spectrum Brands (the United States, NYSE: SPB).[1]
Evidence: Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-11-18, SEC EDGAR, 18 November 2025. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Middleton, Wisconsin
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1963
- Category
- Home care › Air care & pest control › Insecticide & repellent
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: SPB
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Spectracide
Spectracide makes weed killers, insecticides and lawn treatments sold through hardware and home improvement retailers in the United States. It is one of the largest brands in Spectrum Brands' home and garden division. It is positioned below Ortho and Roundup on price, and sold largely on concentrate formats for use with a sprayer.
What Spectrum Brands's annual report says about Spectracide
Sentences about Spectracide from Spectrum Brands's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Sales volumes for Repellents and Household control product categories decreased due to a delayed season driving slower retail sales and reduced replenishment whereas outdoor controls products such as Spectracide increased volume despite the delayed season due to its strong market position, investment in brand-awareness and positioning with key retail partners.
How often Spectrum Brands names Spectracide 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.
Ownership timeline of Spectracide
- Current owner Spectrum Brands [1] verified
Where Spectracide sits in Spectrum Brands
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Spectrum Brands
Spectrum Brands controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in home care.
Also in home care
- Cutter (1958)
- George Foreman Grill (1994)
Other brands in insecticide & repellent, and who owns them
The 26 brands in insecticide & repellent on Brandtree belong to 13 owners. The largest is Earth, with 6; Spectrum Brands has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Black Cap | Earth | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Kometoban | S.T. Corporation | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| BOP | Goddard Enterprises | 🇧🇧 Barbados |
| Good Knight | Godrej Consumer | 🇮🇳 India |
| Prozap | Neogen | 🇺🇸 United States |
| OFF! | SC Johnson | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Ortho | Scotts Miracle-Gro | 🇺🇸 United States |
| ACI Aerosol | ACI Limited | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh |
About the owner: Spectrum Brands
Spectrum Brands is a publicly listed company headquartered in Middleton, Wisconsin, United States, founded in 1906. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: SPB.
Spectrum Brands is a diversified consumer products company built by acquisition, now focused on home and garden, pet supplies and home appliances after selling its battery and auto care businesses to Energizer in 2019 and its hardware business to Assa Abloy in 2023.
Spectrum Brands: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Spectracide 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; Spectracide 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 Spectracide?
The parent company of Spectracide is Spectrum Brands, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Spectracide American?
Yes. Spectracide originated in the United States in 1963 and its owner, Spectrum Brands, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Spectracide still owned by Spectrum Brands?
Yes. As of 11 October 2026, Spectracide is still owned by Spectrum Brands. 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] Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-11-18 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 18 November 2025; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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