Colgate-Palmolive Company
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Colgate-Palmolive Company is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,688 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3], US[4]
- Instance of: public company[5]
- Founder: William Colgate[6]
- Headquarters location: New York City[7]
- Chief executive officer: Noel Wallace[8]
- Child organization or unit: Colgate-Palmolive (Switzerland)[9], Hill's Pet Nutrition[10], Hill's Pet Nutrition Manufacturing[11]
- Part of: S&P 500[12], S&P 100[13]
- Commons category: Colgate-Palmolive[14]
- Stock exchange: New York Stock Exchange[15]
- Industry: personal care product[16]
- Inception: January 1, 1806[17], 1953[18], 1923-07-25[19]
- Official website: http://www.colgatepalmolive.com/[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Colgate-Palmolive[21]
- Described at URL: http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/colgate-palmolive-company-history/[22]
- Product or material produced: toothpaste[23], toothbrush[24], mouthwash[25]
- Legal form: Delaware corporation[26], XTIQ[27]
- Native label: Colgate-Palmolive[28]
- Brand: Speed Stick[29], Protex[30]
- Owner of: Darlie[31], Softsoap[32], Colgate[33], Palmolive[34], Irish Spring[35], Kolynos[36], Mennen[37], Science Diet[38], Speed Stick[39], Teen Spirit[40], Sanex[41], Protex[42]
- Total revenue: 16,034,000,000[43], 15,330,000,000[44], 15,327,000,000[45], 15,564,000,000[46], 16,734,000,000[47], 17,085,000,000[48], 17,420,000,000[49], 17,277,000,000[50], 15,195,000,000[51], 15,454,000,000[52], 15,544,000,000[53], 15,693,000,000[54], 16,471,000,000[55], 17,421,000,000[56]
- Net profit: 1,737,000,000[57], 1,957,000,000[58], 2,291,000,000[59], 2,203,000,000[60], 2,431,000,000[61], 2,472,000,000[62]
Product Details
The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.
GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data
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Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): YMEGZFW4SBUSS5BQXF88[63]
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Registered legal name: Colgate-Palmolive Company[64]
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Legal jurisdiction: US-DE[65]
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GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[66]
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Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): XTIQ[67]
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Entity status: ACTIVE[68]
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LEI registration status: ISSUED[69]
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Entity created: 1923-07-25[70]
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LEI first registered: 2012-11-16[71]
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LEI last updated: 2025-11-10[72]
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LEI next renewal: 2026-11-22[73]
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Managing LOU: 529900T8BM49AURSDO55[74]
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Registration authority: RA000602[75]
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Authority entity ID: 156313[76]
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Conformity flag: CONFORMING[77]
Why It Matters
Colgate-Palmolive Company has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[78] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[79]