Valspar is owned by Sherwin-Williams (the United States, NYSE: SHW), which acquired the brand on 1 June 2017 for $11.3 billion.[1][2] Valspar was founded in 1806 in the United States and was independent until 2017.
Evidence: The Sherwin-Williams Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-19, SEC EDGAR, 19 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Valspar traces to a Boston paint business founded in 1806 and became the paint sold through Lowe's home improvement stores. Sherwin-Williams acquired it in 2017 for $11.3 billion, requiring divestitures to satisfy competition regulators. The buyer sold part of the industrial coatings business to secure clearance from American and European authorities.
Sentences about Valspar from Sherwin-Williams's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Campbell , Octoral , Oskar Nolte , PermaClad , Polane , Powdura , Sayerlack , Sher-Wood , Sumar , Ultra 9K , Ultra 7000 , ValPure , Valspar Patent and Licensing Income Although patents and licenses are not of material importance to our business as a whole or any segment, each segment derives a portion of its income from the licensing of technology, trademarks and trade names to foreign companies.
Valspar acquisition-related amortization expense is excluded from diluted net income per share due to its significance as a result of the purchase price assigned to finite-lived intangible assets at the date of acquisition and the related impact on underlying business performance and trends.
(2) Acquisition-related amortization expense, which is included within Selling, general and administrative expenses, consists of the amortization of intangible assets related to the Valspar acquisition.
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.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Sherwin-Williams controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in home, garden & diy.
The 38 brands in paint & coatings on Brandtree belong to 13 owners. The largest is RPM, with 6; Sherwin-Williams has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Rust-Oleum | RPM | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Dulux | AkzoNobel | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Behr | Masco | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Dulux (Australia and New Zealand) | Nippon Paint | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| MAGNAT | Śnieżka | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| Asian Paints | Asian Paints | 🇮🇳 India |
| Craftsman | Stanley Black & Decker | 🇺🇸 United States |
| PebbleTec | CRH | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
Sherwin-Williams is a publicly listed company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, founded in 1866. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: SHW.
Sherwin-Williams was founded in Cleveland in 1866 and sold the first ready-mixed paint in a can, at a time when painters ground and mixed their own pigments. It is the largest coatings company in the world and sells principally through thousands of its own shops rather than through hardware retailers.
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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; Valspar is not one of them.
Sherwin-Williams acquired Valspar for about $11.3 billion, requiring divestitures to satisfy competition regulators. Valspar traces to a Boston paint business founded in 1806 and was the paint sold through Lowe's, a rival retailer to the buyer's own stores.
The parent company of Valspar is Sherwin-Williams, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Yes. Valspar originated in the United States in 1806 and its owner, Sherwin-Williams, is also headquartered in the United States.
Sherwin-Williams completed its acquisition of Valspar on 1 June 2017, after announcing the deal on 20 March 2016. The deal was valued at $11.3 billion (enterprise value).
Valspar was an independent company from its founding in 1806 until Sherwin-Williams acquired it in 2017.
Yes. As of 11 October 2026, Valspar is still owned by Sherwin-Williams. 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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