Who owns STP?
STP is owned by Energizer Holdings (the United States, NYSE: ENR), which has owned the brand since 28 January 2019.[1] Before Energizer Holdings, STP was owned by Spectrum Brands from 2010 to 2019.[1]
Evidence: Energizer 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
- Energizer Holdings, Inc. verified
- Owned since
- Previous owner
- Spectrum Brands (2010–2019)
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, St. Louis, Missouri
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1954
- Category
- Home care › Household cleaning › Surface & bathroom cleaners
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: ENR
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About STP
STP makes fuel and oil additives and is closely associated with American motorsport, where its logo appeared on Richard Petty's cars for decades. Energizer acquired it with the Spectrum Brands auto care business in 2019.
What Energizer Holdings's annual report says about STP
Sentences about STP from Energizer Holdings's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
The performance product category includes STP -branded fuel and oil additives, functional fluids and other performance chemical products that benefit from a rich heritage in the car enthusiast and racing scenes, characterized by a commitment to technology, performance and motor sports partnerships for over 60 years.
The brand equity of STP also provides for attractive licensing opportunities that augment our presence in our core performance categories.
The performance product category includes STP branded fuel and oil additives, functional fluids and other performance chemical products that benefit from a rich heritage in the car enthusiast and racing scenes, characterized by a commitment to technology, performance and motor sports partnerships for over 60 years.
How often Energizer Holdings names STP 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 STP
- 2010 – 2019 Spectrum Brands [1] verified
- 2019 – present Energizer Holdings [1] verified
Where STP sits in Energizer Holdings
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Energizer Holdings
Energizer Holdings controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in home care.
Also in home care
Other brands in surface & bathroom cleaners, and who owns them
The 34 brands in surface & bathroom cleaners on Brandtree belong to 21 owners. The largest is SC Johnson, with 4; Energizer Holdings has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Method | SC Johnson | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Formula 409 | Clorox | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Flash | Grupo AlEn | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| Ajax | Colgate-Palmolive | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Nufăr | Farmec | 🇷🇴 Romania |
| Bon Ami | Faultless Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| El Kef | Lesieur Cristal | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
| Mr. Clean | Procter & Gamble | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Energizer Holdings
Energizer Holdings is a publicly listed company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, founded in 2015. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: ENR.
Energizer Holdings is the battery and automotive care company left after the 2015 split that created Edgewell Personal Care. Its battery business traces to 1896 and the first commercially sold dry cell, and it bought Rayovac and Varta from Spectrum Brands in 2019.
Energizer Holdings: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 STP and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,550 brands that began in the United States. 479 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; STP 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 STP?
The parent company of STP is Energizer Holdings, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is STP American?
Yes. STP originated in the United States in 1954 and its owner, Energizer Holdings, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has Energizer Holdings owned STP?
Energizer Holdings has owned STP since 28 January 2019.
Who owned STP before Energizer Holdings?
Before Energizer Holdings, STP was owned by Spectrum Brands from 2010 until 2019.
Is STP still owned by Energizer Holdings?
Yes. As of 10 October 2026, STP is still owned by Energizer Holdings. 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] Energizer Holdings, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-11-18 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 18 November 2025; retrieved 23 October 2026.
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