Trojan is owned by Church & Dwight (the United States, NYSE: CHD), which acquired the brand on 28 September 2001, as part of a $739 million deal that also included First Response.[1][2] Trojan was founded in 1916 in the United States and was independent until 2001.
Evidence: Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-12, SEC EDGAR, 12 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Trojan is the leading condom brand in the United States, dating to 1916, with a market share that has hovered around three quarters for decades. Church & Dwight acquired it with Carter-Wallace in 2001, and the brand has funded sexual health research and campus health rankings as part of its marketing.
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.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Church & Dwight controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in consumer health.
The 15 brands in condoms & lubricants on Brandtree belong to 5 owners. The largest is Okamoto Industries, with 7.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Jelly Monster | Okamoto Industries | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Carex | Karex | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Manforce | Mankind Pharma | 🇮🇳 India |
| Durex | Reckitt | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Okamoto 003 | Okamoto Industries | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Okamoto Groove | Okamoto Industries | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Okamoto Pepe | Okamoto Industries | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Okamoto Zero One (0.01) | Okamoto Industries | 🇯🇵 Japan |
Church & Dwight is a publicly listed company headquartered in Ewing, New Jersey, United States, founded in 1846. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: CHD.
Church & Dwight was founded in 1846 to sell sodium bicarbonate and still leads with Arm & Hammer. Its strategy is buying mid-sized leading brands in categories the largest companies overlook.
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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; Trojan is not one of them.
Church & Dwight acquired the consumer products business of Carter-Wallace for about $739 million in a joint transaction, taking Trojan condoms and First Response pregnancy tests. It transformed a company known mainly for baking soda into a broad household and personal care group.
The parent company of Trojan is Church & Dwight, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Yes. Trojan originated in the United States in 1916 and its owner, Church & Dwight, is also headquartered in the United States.
Church & Dwight completed its acquisition of Trojan on 28 September 2001, after announcing the deal on 7 May 2001. The deal, which also included First Response, was valued at $739 million (enterprise value).
Trojan was an independent company from its founding in 1916 until Church & Dwight acquired it in 2001.
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Trojan is still owned by Church & Dwight. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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