CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. is an American consumer packaged goods company headquartered in Ewing Township, New Jersey. It manufactures and markets household, personal-care and specialty products in the United States and internationally. The company is best known for Arm & Hammer, whose baking soda and related products trace their origins to a business established by John Dwight and Austin Church in 1846. As of 2026, other major brands include Trojan, OxiClean, Nair, First Response, Orajel, Waterpik, Batiste, TheraBreath, Hero Cosmetics and Touchland.
Basic company information
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- Business sectors
- fast-moving consumer goods [1]
- Company / filing name
- CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/ [2]
- Headquarters location
- Ewing Township [1]
- Founded
- 1847; 1846 [1]
- Legal form
- Delaware corporation [1]
- Official website
- www.churchdwight.com ↗ [1]
- ISIN (reported securities)
- US1713401024 [1]
- CIK
- 313927 [2]
- Country in background record
- United States [1]
- Symbols / exchanges
- CHD (NYSE) [2]
Company positioning and business
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. is an American consumer packaged goods company headquartered in Ewing Township, New Jersey. It manufactures and markets household, personal-care and specialty products in the United States and internationally. The company is best known for Arm & Hammer, whose baking soda and related products trace their origins to a business established by John Dwight and Austin Church in 1846. As of 2026, other major brands include Trojan, OxiClean, Nair, First Response, Orajel, Waterpik, Batiste, TheraBreath, Hero Cosmetics and Touchland. [3]
Church & Dwight operates through three business segments: Consumer Domestic, Consumer International and Specialty Products. Its consumer businesses sell laundry, cleaning, oral-care, hair-care, skin-care and reproductive-health products, while its specialty-products division supplies sodium bicarbonate and related materials for industrial, agricultural, medical and food applications. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is a component of the S&P 500. [3]
Background text: Wikipedia contributors, Church & Dwight. Selected introductory paragraphs, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Official filing data is cited separately.
Financial year, securities and disclosures
Listed securities: CHD (NYSE). Multiple symbols may represent different share classes or securities of the same registrant. [2]
Financial results and regulatory disclosures
No individual financial documents have been indexed yet. Open the source to consult company disclosures. [2]
Related entities and concepts
Frequently asked questions
When was CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/ founded?
Founded: 1847; 1846. The linked source provides the background record. [1]
Where is the headquarters of CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/?
Headquarters location: Ewing Township. The linked source provides the background record. [1]
Which business sectors are recorded for CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/?
Business sectors: fast-moving consumer goods. The linked source provides the background record. [1]
Sources and review dates
- Wikidata — company background record (CC0) ↗
- Company identity and profile data ↗
- Wikipedia contributors — Church & Dwight (CC BY-SA 4.0) ↗
Reviewed 23 October 2026. Financial periods and historical event dates are shown separately. Figures reflect their stated source dates; this page is not a live quote or investment recommendation.