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McCormick: brands it owns and its ownership tree

McCormick (NYSE: MKC) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland, United States that owns 8 consumer brands, and has 1 recorded transaction.[1]

McCormick was founded in a Baltimore cellar in 1889 by an 25-year-old selling flavouring extracts door to door, and is now the largest spice and seasoning company in the world. About half its revenue comes from supplying flavour to food manufacturers and restaurants rather than from its consumer brands.

Company facts

Legal name
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
Type
publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
Headquarters
🇺🇸 Hunt Valley, Maryland, United States
Founded
1889
Tickers
NYSE: MKC
SEC CIK
0000063754
Wikidata
Q1913694
Website
www.mccormick.com
Last verified
· 2 sources

McCormick in numbers

Everything McCormick owns

2026

Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

Everything McCormick owns Tree of 8 brands under McCormick. McCormick Cholula Frank's RedHot French's Lawry's McCormick Old Bay Schwartz Zatarain's

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Brand portfolio by category

Full portfolio, 8 brands, with sources →

Acquisitions by McCormick

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McCormick acquires French's and Frank's RedHot

McCormick bought French's mustard and Frank's RedHot from Reckitt Benckiser, which had inherited the food business through Reckitt & Colman and was selling it to fund its purchase of Mead Johnson. It was McCormick's largest acquisition.

Value
$4.2bn
Seller
Reckitt
Regulatory
None recorded

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Frequently asked questions

What brands does McCormick own?

McCormick owns 8 consumer brands tracked here, including Zatarain's, McCormick, French's, Old Bay, Schwartz and Frank's RedHot.

Is McCormick an American company?

Yes. McCormick is headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland, United States and was founded in 1889.

Who owns McCormick?

McCormick is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as MKC on the NYSE.

What was McCormick's most recent acquisition?

The most recent completed acquisition recorded here is French's and Frank's RedHot on 17 August 2017.

Sources (2) & 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. [1] McCormick & Company, Incorporated Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-01-22 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 22 January 2026; retrieved 6 September 2026.
  2. [2] McCormick & Company Annual Report on Form 10-K — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K; retrieved 6 September 2026.

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