Sherwin-Williams (NYSE: SHW) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, United States that owns 5 consumer brands, and has 2 recorded transactions.[1][2]
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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acquisitions recorded · 1 since 2015
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Read from Sherwin-Williams's latest annual filing[1]. Each line gives the sentence the filing uses, copied word for word.
The Company has three reportable operating segments: Paint Stores Group, Consumer Brands Group and Performance Coatings Group (individually, a Reportable Segment and collectively, the Reportable Segments).
In October 2025, we completed our acquisition of Suvinil, a leading provider of architectural paints in Brazil, with annual sales of approximately $525 million.
Headline figures from Sherwin-Williams's annual reports filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, in USD as reported, fiscal years ending 2020–2025. Revenue moved from $18.4bn to $23.6bn, an average of 5.1% a year (calculated).
| Fiscal year ended | Revenue | Operating income | Operating margin | Net income | Total assets | Long-term debt | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $23.6bn | — | — | $2.57bn | $25.9bn | $9.32bn | 10-K | |
| $23.1bn | — | — | $2.68bn | $23.6bn | $8.18bn | 10-K | |
| $23.1bn | $4.16bn | 18.1% | $2.39bn | $23bn | $8.38bn | 10-K | |
| $22.1bn | $3.4bn | 15.3% | $2.02bn | $22.6bn | $9.59bn | 10-K | |
| $19.9bn | $3.08bn | 15.5% | $1.86bn | $20.7bn | $8.59bn | 10-K | |
| $18.4bn | $3.37bn | 18.4% | $2.03bn | $20.4bn | $8.27bn | 10-K |
Source: SEC XBRL company facts. A dash means the company did not report that line in a form we could read. Figures for a year can be restated in a later filing; the latest filing's number is shown.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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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.
Sherwin-Williams acquired all outstanding shares of Thompson Minwax Holding Corp through a wholly owned subsidiary, effective 7 January 1997. Buying the shares and paying off Thompson Minwax debt took about $830 million, financed largely with commercial paper that the company refinanced with bond issues later that year. The purchase brought the Minwax wood finishes and Thompson's WaterSeal lines into a company that had until then sold mostly paint.
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The documents behind the figures on this page, as listed in the SEC's EDGAR index. Each links to the filing itself.
| Filed | Form | What it declares |
|---|---|---|
| 8-K | Entry into a material agreement; Termination of a material agreement; Creation of a direct financial obligation; Other events | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 8-K | Entry into a material agreement; Creation of a direct financial obligation | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 8-K | Results of a shareholder vote | |
| 8-K | Entry into a material agreement; Creation of a direct financial obligation | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 8-K | Entry into a material agreement; Creation of a direct financial obligation | |
| 8-K | Entry into a material agreement; Creation of a direct financial obligation | |
| 8-K | Departure or appointment of directors or officers | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition |
Sherwin-Williams owns 5 consumer brands tracked here, including Valspar, Thompson's WaterSeal, Sherwin-Williams, Krylon and Minwax.
Yes. Sherwin-Williams is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, United States and was founded in 1866.
Sherwin-Williams is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as SHW on the NYSE.
The most recent completed acquisition recorded here is Valspar on 1 June 2017.
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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