who owns dove

Dove is owned by the British consumer-goods giant Unilever , which is a publicly traded multinational company headquartered in London.

Who owns Dove?

• The Dove personal care brand (soap, body wash, shampoo, deodorant, etc.) is owned by Unilever, a large British consumer goods company.

• Unilever controls a big portfolio of brands, including Dove, Axe, Lux, Vaseline, Ben & Jerry’s, and others.

• Dove began as a product of Lever Brothers (a precursor to Unilever) and is now one of Unilever’s flagship beauty and personal care brands.

Public company angle

• Unilever itself is a publicly listed company, meaning Dove is ultimately owned by Unilever’s shareholders rather than a single person or family.

• Shares of Unilever trade on major stock exchanges (e.g., in London), so institutional investors and individual shareholders collectively “own” the company behind Dove.

Important distinction: soap vs. chocolate

There are two well-known “Dove” brands:

• Dove personal care (soap, shampoo, etc.) → owned by Unilever.

• Dove chocolate → a separate brand owned by Mars, Incorporated, originating from Dove Candies & Ice Cream in Chicago.

So when people ask “who owns Dove,” they usually mean the personal care brand, whose owner is Unilever.

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