Clorox

The Clorox Company
Formerly
  • Electro-Alkaline Company (1913–1928)
  • Clorox Chemical Company (1928–1957)
Company typePublic
Industry
FoundedMay 3, 1913 (1913-05-03)
Founders
  • Archibald Taft
  • Edward Hughes
  • Charles Husband
  • Rufus Myers
  • William Hussey
HeadquartersClorox Building,
Oakland, California
,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Linda Rendle (CEO)
Products
  • Cleaning supplies
  • bags and wrap
  • foods, personal care
  • water filtration
  • grilling
  • pet care supplies
Brands
Revenue US$7.09 billion (2024)
US$512 million (2024)
US$280 million (2024)
Total assets US$5.75 billion (2024)
Total equity US$328 million (2024)
Number of employees
8,000 (2024)
Websitethecloroxcompany.com
Footnotes / references

The Clorox Company (formerly Clorox Chemical Company) is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of consumer and professional products. As of 2024, the Oakland, California-based company had approximately 8,000 employees worldwide. Net sales for the 2024 fiscal year were US$7.1 billion. Ranked annually since 2000, Clorox was named number 474 on Fortune magazine's 2020 Fortune 500 list.

Clorox products are sold primarily through mass merchandisers, retail outlets, e-commerce channels, distributors, and medical supply providers. Clorox brands include its namesake bleach and cleaning products as well as Burt's Bees, Formula 409, Glad, Hidden Valley, Kingsford, Kitchen Bouquet, KC Masterpiece, Liquid-Plumr, Brita (in the Americas), Mistolin, Pine-Sol, Poett, Green Works Cleaning Products, Soy Vay, Tilex, S.O.S., and Fresh Step, Scoop Away, and Ever Clean pet products.