Sherwin-Williams: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Sherwin-Williams (NYSE: SHW) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, United States that owns 5 consumer brands.[1]
Sherwin-Williams was founded in Cleveland in 1866 and sold the first ready-mixed paint in a can, at a time when painters ground and mixed their own pigments. It is the largest coatings company in the world and sells principally through thousands of its own shops rather than through hardware retailers.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- The Sherwin-Williams Company
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇺🇸 Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- Founded
- 1866
- Tickers
- NYSE: SHW
- SEC CIK
- 0000089800
- Wikidata
- Q1618792
- Website
- investors.sherwin-williams.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Sherwin-Williams in numbers
- Sherwin-Williams owns 5 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is home, garden & diy with 5 brands.[1]
Everything Sherwin-Williams owns
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Sherwin-Williams own?
Sherwin-Williams owns 5 consumer brands tracked here, including Valspar, Thompson's WaterSeal, Sherwin-Williams, Krylon and Minwax.
Is Sherwin-Williams an American company?
Yes. Sherwin-Williams is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, United States and was founded in 1866.
Who owns Sherwin-Williams?
Sherwin-Williams is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as SHW on the NYSE.
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] The Sherwin-Williams Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-19 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 19 February 2026; retrieved 6 September 2026.
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