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Who owns Dove?

Dove is a personal-care brand owned by Unilever PLC, a company incorporated in England and headquartered in London. The brand launched in the United States in the 1950s and is Unilever's largest.

This is the Unilever personal-care brand. The Dove chocolate brand is a different product owned by Mars, Incorporated.

United States connection

Direct

Origin
United States
Sourced connections
1
High confidenceLast checked Oct 2026

Key facts

Brand
Dove
Origin
United States
Owner
Unilever
Manufacturing
Unknown

Why Whownit classifies Dove this way

  • Origin

Sources: company websiteAll sources

Ownership snapshot

  1. Dove

  2. owned by

    Unilever

    Unilever PLC

  3. owned by

    Public shareholders

Owned by Unilever

Dove is owned by Unilever PLC. Unilever is publicly traded.

Country connections

Each relationship is recorded separately, with its own sources.

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Sources

Primary sources are listed first. Facts on this page were last checked in Oct 2026.

  1. sec.gov

    Unilever PLC Form 6-K, first half 2026 (opens in a new tab)
    SEC filingAccessed Oct 1, 2026

  2. sec.gov

    Unilever PLC Form 20-F, fiscal year 2025 (opens in a new tab)
    SEC filingAccessed Oct 1, 2026

  3. web.archive.org

    Unilever, our history 1950–1980 (archived 19 September 2026) (opens in a new tab)
    CompanyAccessed Oct 1, 2026

Quick answers

Who owns Dove?

Dove is owned by Unilever PLC. Unilever is publicly traded.

Which country owns Dove?

Dove is owned by Unilever, which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.

Where is Dove from?

Dove's first beauty cleansing bar launched in the United States in the 1950s. Unilever's own history dates it to 1957 in the text under a heading reading 1955, so no single launch year is published here.

Is Dove an American brand?

Whownit records 1 sourced connection between Dove and the United States (Origin). At least one is direct — through the company itself.