Ownership profile
Who owns Burt's Bees?
Burt's Bees is a wholly-owned brand of The Clorox Company, a publicly traded consumer goods corporation (NYSE: CLX); it was previously owned by private equity firm AEA Investors before Clorox acquired it for $925 million in 2007, so there is no current private equity involvement.
Ownership profile
Burt's Bees
The Burt's Bees Products Company (wholly-owned subsidiary of The Clorox Company)
Evidence (8)
Burt's Bees is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Clorox Company, acquired in 2007 for $925 million
https://www.growthnavigate.com/who-owns-burts-beesThe Clorox Company is publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CLX
https://www.growthnavigate.com/who-owns-burts-beesThe Clorox Company continues to actively trade on NYSE as CLX with fiscal year 2025 revenues of $7.10 billion
https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/clx/Clorox's official SEC 8-K filing from September 2024 explicitly lists Burt's Bees as a current Clorox brand, confirming no divestiture of Burt's Bees has occurred
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000021076/000120677424000894/clx4377971-ex991.htmClorox's recent divestitures (Argentina business and Better Health VMS brands) did not include Burt's Bees; Burt's Bees remains in the active Clorox portfolio
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000021076/000002107624000027/ex991-pressreleasedatedaug.htmClorox SEC-filed press release confirms the acquisition of Burt's Bees and references the merger agreement between Burts Bees Inc., The Clorox Company, and Buzz Acquisition Corp., dated October 30, 2007
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21076/000119312507235146/dex991.htmAEA Investors was the private equity seller of Burt's Bees to Clorox in the 2007 transaction
https://www.pehub.com/aea-selling-burts-bees-to-clorox/The legal operating entity holding the brand's trademarks is 'The Burt's Bees Products Company', registered as a corporation
https://trademarks.justia.com/872/29/burt-s-87229128.htmlWhat's uncertain
- AEA Investors' exact period of ownership before the 2007 sale could not be fully verified from available sources; the SEC pre-acquisition financials reference a management agreement with 'an affiliate of a stockholder' consistent with PE ownership but do not name AEA explicitly in that document.
- Burt's Bees' specific Delaware incorporation details and current registered address for The Burt's Bees Products Company were not publicly accessible via the Justia trademark record (login required).
- No privacy policy or terms of service data controller entity was independently verified in this search; reliance is on SEC filings and press sources.
- The bstrategyhub.com source incorrectly references a 'CLX-B' ticker — Clorox trades only under CLX on the NYSE; this claim was disregarded.