Colgate-Palmolive Company

American multinational consumer products company
Organization business Q609466
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 15 annual filings
Revenue
$20.38B
▲ 1.4% YoY FY2025
Net Income
$2.13B
▼ 26.2% YoY FY2025
Assets
$16.33B
▲ 1.8% YoY FY2025
EPS (diluted)
$2.63
▼ 25.1% YoY FY2025
$0.00$5.61B$11.21B$16.82B$22.42B FY2011: $16.73B · NI $2.43B (14.5% margin)FY2012: $17.09B · NI $2.47B (14.5% margin)FY2013: $17.42B · NI $2.24B (12.9% margin)FY2014: $17.28B · NI $2.18B (12.6% margin)FY2015: $16.03B · NI $1.38B (8.6% margin)FY2016: $15.20B · NI $2.44B (16.1% margin)FY2017: $15.45B · NI $2.02B (13.1% margin)FY2018: $15.54B · NI $2.40B (15.4% margin)FY2019: $15.69B · NI $2.37B (15.1% margin)FY2020: $16.47B · NI $2.69B (16.4% margin)FY2021: $17.42B · NI $2.17B (12.4% margin)FY2022: $17.97B · NI $1.78B (9.9% margin)FY2023: $19.46B · NI $2.30B (11.8% margin)FY2024: $20.10B · NI $2.89B (14.4% margin)FY2025: $20.38B · NI $2.13B (10.5% margin) '11'13'15'17'19'21'23'25
■ Revenue ■ Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2025-12-31 · accession 0000021665-26-000006

Summary

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

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): YMEGZFW4SBUSS5BQXF88[63]

  • Registered legal name: Colgate-Palmolive Company[64]

  • Legal jurisdiction: US-DE[65]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[66]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): XTIQ[67]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[68]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[69]

  • Entity created: 1923-07-25[70]

  • LEI first registered: 2012-11-16[71]

  • LEI last updated: 2025-11-10[72]

  • LEI next renewal: 2026-11-22[73]

  • Managing LOU: 529900T8BM49AURSDO55[74]

  • Registration authority: RA000602[75]

  • Authority entity ID: 156313[76]

  • 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]

References

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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  2. [78] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
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  1. 6w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → palmolive-company
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: palmolive-company, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289951451|palmolive company (#289951451)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Har"
  2. 7w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → —
    P14750 → F92E-D77F-AD80-EAC8-4ACA
    Headquarters location → New York City
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  3. 10w ago · Wowo2024 · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Coordinate location: 40°45'25.294"N, 73°58'28.232"W"
  4. 11w ago · FireDragonValo · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → Colgate-Palmolive (2025).svg, Colgate-Palmolive logo.svg
    Kulturnav-id → 1b6e16cd-142d-435d-959f-94a68e21b5b2
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Logo image: Colgate-Palmolive (2025).svg"
  5. 17w ago · Einar Myre · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Legal form → Delaware corporation, XTIQ
    Instance of → business, public company
    Founded by → —
    Stock exchange → New York Stock Exchange
    + 38 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Digitaltmuseum id: 0211616527880"
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