WD 40 CO
WD-40 Company (NASDAQ: WDFC) is a global marketing organization dedicated to developing and selling maintenance and homecare products that solve problems in workshops, factories, and homes worldwide. Founded in 1953 and headquartered in San Diego, California, the company maintains its website at www.wd40company.com. From the company’s description.
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What WD 40 CO does
In the company’s own words
WD-40 Company (NASDAQ: WDFC) is a global marketing organization dedicated to developing and selling maintenance and homecare products that solve problems in workshops, factories, and homes worldwide. Founded in 1953 and headquartered in San Diego, California, the company maintains its website at www.wd40company.com.
The company operates through two primary product groups: maintenance products and homecare and cleaning products. Maintenance products, which represent the core strategic focus, include the flagship WD-40 Multi-Use Product—a multi-purpose lubricant, rust preventative, penetrant, and moisture displacer sold in aerosol spray, trigger spray, precision pen, and liquid-bulk formats. The WD-40 Specialist product line comprises professional-grade specialty maintenance products including penetrants, degreasers, corrosion inhibitors, greases, lubricants, and rust removers. Additional maintenance brands include 3-IN-ONE, a market-leading drip oil brand with industrial applications, and GT85, a bike-specific maintenance product line. The homecare and cleaning segment includes brands such as 2000 Flushes, Spot Shot, Carpet Fresh, Lava, X-14, no vac, and Solvol. The company is actively divesting certain homecare and cleaning assets in the Americas segment while retaining select brands in Asia-Pacific markets.
WD-40 Company operates in more than 176 countries and territories, with approximately 66 percent of consolidated net sales generated outside the United States in fiscal year 2025. The company employs 714 people distributed globally across 18 countries, with approximately 35 percent in the Americas, 40 percent in Europe, India, Middle East and Africa, 15 percent in Asia-Pacific, and 10 percent in corporate functions. Women comprise approximately 46 percent of the global workforce, with average employee tenure of eight years and retention rates exceeding 90 percent.
Products are distributed through hardware stores, automotive parts outlets, industrial distributors, mass retail and home center stores, value retailers, grocery stores, online retailers, warehouse club stores, farm supply stores, sport retailers, and independent bike dealers. The company outsources finished goods manufacturing to third-party contract manufacturers located in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, the United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, Australia, China, the Middle East, South Korea, and India, while formulating and manufacturing concentrate at certain owned facilities and through contract manufacturers.
Company details
- Sector
- Materials
- Industry
- Chemicals
- Headquarters
- SAN DIEGO, CA
- Fiscal year end
- August
- CIK
- 105132
- SIC
- 2890
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2013–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns WD 40 CO — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Largest fund holders · WD 40 CO’s weight in each
Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.
Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
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