Private company

American Safety Razor Company

Logo: therazorcompany.com3

Personal care brand

American Safety Razor Company is a personal care brand founded in 1906 by a merger of the Gem Cutlery Company and Ever-Ready. It is a principal competitor to Gillette, with which it shared a name from 1901 to 1904, when the latter renamed for its founder, King C. Gillette.2 It is part of Edgewell Personal Care.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1906Founded1

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American Safety Razor Company is a personal care brand founded in 1906 by a merger of the Gem Cutlery Company and Ever-Ready. It is a principal competitor to Gillette, with which it shared a name from 1901 to 1904, when the latter renamed for its founder, King C. Gillette.2

Corporate structure

American Safety Razor Company is part of a group headed by Edgewell Personal Care. 77 entities, 26 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Edgewell Personal Care Shelton, Connecticut, United States
    • American Safety Razor Company Brooklyn
    • Wilkinson Sword Solingen, Germany
    • American Safety Razor Australia Pty. Limited Subsidiary · Australia
    • Bulldog Skincare Holdings Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Callahan Corp. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Carewell Industries, Inc. Subsidiary · New York, United States
    • Centro de Manufactura Edgewell Obregon, S. de R.L. de C.V. Subsidiary · Mexico
    • Cremo Company, LLC Subsidiary · California, United States
    • Cremo Holding Company, LLC Subsidiary · California, United States
    • Edgewell Cayman Islands Ltd. Subsidiary · Cayman Islands
    • Edgewell Personal Care Australia Pty. Ltd. Subsidiary · Australia
    • Edgewell Personal Care Austria GmbH Subsidiary · Austria
    • EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE BRANDS, LLC Subsidiary · Wilmington, Delaware, United States
      • EDGEWELL CAYMAN ISLANDS LTD. Subsidiary · Camana Bay, Cayman Islands
      • EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE FRANCE Subsidiary · Rueil-Malmaison, France
      • EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE MIDDLE EAST, INC. Subsidiary · Wilmington, Delaware, United States
      • EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE NETHERLANDS B.V. Subsidiary · Amsterdam, Netherlands
        • EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD Subsidiary · Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
        • EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE CHILE SPA Subsidiary · Huechuraba, Chile
        • EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE COLOMBIA SAS Subsidiary · Bogota, Colombia
        • EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE INVESTMENTS UK LTD. Subsidiary · High Wycombe, United Kingdom
          • 1 more
        • EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. Subsidiary · Mexico City, Mexico
        • EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE NEW ZEALAND ULC Subsidiary · Auckland, New Zealand
        • EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE PERU S.A. Subsidiary · Lima, Peru
        • EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE POLAND SP ZOO Subsidiary · Warszawa, Poland
        • EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE PUERTO RICO, INC. Subsidiary · Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
        • HAWAIIAN TROPIC EUROPE, LLC Subsidiary · Shelton, Connecticut, United States
        • PERSONNA INTERNATIONAL ISRAEL LTD Subsidiary · Nazareth Illit, Israel
        • SCHICK CAYMAN ISLANDS LTD. Subsidiary · George Town, Cayman Islands
          • 2 more
        • SCHICK JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA (シック･ジャパン㈱) Subsidiary · Shelton, Connecticut, United States
      • EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE TAIWAN LTD. Subsidiary · Taipei, Taiwan
      • SCHICK MANUFACTURING, INC. Subsidiary · Wilmington, Delaware, United States
        • CENTRO DE MANUFACTURA EDGEWELL OBREGON, S. DE R.L. DE C.V. Subsidiary · Ciudad Obregon, Mexico
    • Edgewell Personal Care Canada ULC Subsidiary · British Columbia, Canada
    • Edgewell Personal Care Chile SpA Subsidiary · Chile
    • Edgewell Personal Care Colombia S.A.S. Subsidiary · Colombia
    • Edgewell Personal Care Finanzierungs GbR Subsidiary · Chesterfield, Missouri, United States
    • Edgewell Personal Care France SAS Subsidiary · France
    • Edgewell Personal Care Holding GmbH Subsidiary · Germany
    • Edgewell Personal Care Holdings UK Ltd. Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Edgewell Personal Care Hong Kong Limited Subsidiary · Hong Kong
    • Edgewell Personal Care Investments UK Ltd. Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Edgewell Personal Care Italy S.r.L. Subsidiary · Italy
    • Edgewell Personal Care Mexico S.A. de C.V. Subsidiary · Mexico
    • Edgewell Personal Care Middle East, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • and 25 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

  • safety razor
  • shaving brush

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2015Acquired Acquired by Edgewell Personal Care1
  2. 1906Founded Founded1

Sources

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