Who owns Brut?
Brut is owned by Unilever (the United Kingdom, LSE: ULVR).[1]
Key facts
- Current owner
- Unilever PLC verified
- Owned since
- Not recorded
- Previous owner
- None recorded
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, London
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1964
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Cosmetics & fragrance › Fragrance
- Parent ticker
- LSE: ULVR NYSE: UL AEX: UNA
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Brut
Brut is a men's fragrance launched in 1964 in a green glass bottle with a rope-and-medallion motif, and it was among the first mass-market colognes marketed to men who did not consider themselves fragrance wearers. Unilever sells it in several markets.
Ownership timeline of Brut
Where Brut sits in Unilever
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
- Axe
- Bango
- Brut
- Cif
- Clear
- Close-Up
- Colman's
- Comfort
- Degree
- Dermalogica
- Domestos
- Dove
- Dove Men+Care
- Hellmann's
- Horlicks
- Hourglass Cosmetics
- Impulse
- Kate Somerville
- Knorr
- Lifebuoy
- Lipton
- Liquid I.V.
- Living Proof
- Lux
- Lynx
- Maizena
- Marmite
- Murad
- Nexxus
- Nutrafol
- OMO
- Paula's Choice
- Pepsodent
- Persil
- Pond's
- Pot Noodle
- Radox
- Rexona
- Royco
- SheaMoisture
- Signal
- Simple
- Snuggle
- St. Ives
- Suave
- Sunlight
- Sunsilk
- Sure
- Tatcha
- The Vegetarian Butcher
- TRESemmé
- Vaseline
- VO5
- Zendium
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Brut?
The parent company of Brut is Unilever, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Brut American or British?
Brut originated in the United States in 1964, but it is owned today by Unilever, which is headquartered in the United Kingdom. So Brut is an American-origin brand under British ownership.
Is Brut still owned by Unilever?
Yes. As of 6 September 2026, Brut is still owned by Unilever. 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] Unilever PLC Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-03-12 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 12 March 2026; retrieved 6 September 2026.
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