Private company

Univar Solutions Inc.

Univar Solutions Inc. is an American wholesale-chemicals and allied products company.1 It is headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois.1

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

  • IndustryWholesale-Chemicals & Allied Products1
  • HeadquartersDowners Grove, Illinois1
  • Incorporated inDE2
  • Business address3075 Highland Parkway, Suite 200, Downers Grove, Il 605152
  • Filer categoryLarge accelerated filer2

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Financials

From the company’s reports to the SEC. Every number links to the filing it came from.

Key numbers, fiscal 2022

7.3%Operating margin3
4.8%Net margin3
20.3%Revenue growth, 20223
21.9%Return on equity3
0.95×Debt to equity3
$392.6MFree cash flow3

Where the money goes

Where each dollar of revenue went, fiscal 2022

  • Selling, general and admin11¢$1.2B
  • Other costs82¢$9.4B
  • Interest1¢$107.2M
  • Income tax2¢$210.9M
  • Profit5¢$545.3M

Out of $11.5B in revenue.3

Where each dollar of operating cash went, fiscal 2022

  • Capital spending27¢$153.8M
  • Share buybacks73¢$409.1M

Out of $546.4M of cash from operations. Spending exceeded cash from operations; the rest came from savings or borrowing.3

Financial statements

Revenue45673$11.5B in 2022+42% since 2016
0$5.0B$10.0B$15.0B2016: $8.1B$8.1B20162017: $8.3B$8.3B2017+2%2018: $8.6B$8.6B2018+5%2019: $9.3B$9.3B2019+8%2020: $8.3B$8.3B2020−11%2021: $9.5B$9.5B2021+15%2022: $11.5B$11.5B2022+20%
Gross profit8$1.8B in 2017+5% since 2016
0$500.0M$1.0B$1.5B$2.0B2016: $1.7B$1.7B20162017: $1.8B$1.8B2017+5%
Operating income45673$832.6M in 2022+502% since 2016
0$250.0M$500.0M$750.0M$1.0B2016: $138.4M$138.4M20162017: $338.0M$338.0M2017+144%2018: $387.4M$387.4M2018+15%2019: $194.3M$194.3M2019−50%2020: $283.0M$283.0M2020+46%2021: $483.8M$483.8M2021+71%2022: $832.6M$832.6M2022+72%
Net income45673$545.3M in 2022
-$200.0M0$200.0M$400.0M$600.0M2016: -$68.4M-$68.4M20162017: $119.8M$119.8M20172018: $172.3M$172.3M2018+44%2019: -$100.2M-$100.2M20192020: $52.9M$52.9M20202021: $460.6M$460.6M2021+771%2022: $545.3M$545.3M2022+18%
Fiscal year2016201720182019202020212022
Revenue$8.1B4$8.3B5$8.6B6$9.3B7$8.3B3$9.5B3$11.5B3
Cost of revenue$6.3B4$6.4B4$6.7B4
Gross profit$1.7B8$1.8B8
Selling, general and admin$893.1M4$919.7M5$931.4M6$1.1B7$1.0B3$1.2B3$1.2B3
Operating expenses$1.9B3$1.9B3
Operating income$138.4M4$338.0M5$387.4M6$194.3M7$283.0M3$483.8M3$832.6M3
Interest$163.8M4$152.0M5$135.6M6$147.2M7$114.5M3$101.5M3$107.2M3
Income before tax$585.2M3$756.2M3
Income tax-$11.2M4$49.0M5$49.9M6$104.5M7$6.1M3$124.6M3$210.9M3
Net income-$68.4M4$119.8M5$172.3M6-$100.2M7$52.9M3$460.6M3$545.3M3
Earnings per share-$0.504$0.855$1.226-$0.617$0.313$2.713$3.293
Earnings per share (diluted)-$0.504$0.855$1.216-$0.617$0.313$2.693$3.263
Shares (weighted, basic)170.2M shares3165.8M shares3
Shares (weighted, diluted)171.4M shares3167.4M shares3

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Corporate structure

Univar Solutions Inc. sits at the top of its group. 1 entity, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Major holders of Univar Solutions Inc.

  • Invesco Filed SC 13G/A on Univar Solutions Inc., latest Feb 1, 2024 (2 filings since Feb 8, 2023)
  • FMR LLC Filed SC 13G/A on Univar Solutions Inc., latest Jun 12, 2023 (5 filings since Feb 9, 2022)
  • EdgePoint Investment Group Inc. Filed SC 13G/A on Univar Solutions Inc., latest Feb 13, 2023 (2 filings since Feb 11, 2022)
  • TPG Group Holdings (SBS) Advisors, Inc. Filed SC 13G/A on Univar Solutions Inc., latest Feb 10, 2023
  • VANGUARD GROUP INC Filed SC 13G/A on Univar Solutions Inc., latest Feb 9, 2023 (3 filings since Feb 10, 2022)
  • Univar Solutions Inc. Downers Grove, Illinois

Built from major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Univar Solutions Inc. reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Property and equipment

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Construction in progress$103.9M3 Dec 31, 2022$86.5M3 Dec 31, 2021+20.1%
Accumulated depreciation$1.2B7 Dec 31, 2021$1.2B7 Dec 31, 2020+5.0%
Finance-lease assets$107.4M3 Dec 31, 2022$102.1M3 Dec 31, 2021+5.2%
Operating-lease assets (leased space)$200.7M3 Dec 31, 2022$164.3M3 Dec 31, 2021+22.2%

Intangibles and goodwill

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Goodwill$2.3B3 Dec 31, 2022$2.3B3 Dec 31, 2021−1.0%
Finite-lived intangibles, gross$1.1B3 Dec 31, 2022$1.1B3 Dec 31, 2021−1.1%
Accumulated amortization$929.6M3 Dec 31, 2022$897.3M3 Dec 31, 2021+3.6%
Finite-lived intangibles, net$167.0M3 Dec 31, 2022$211.7M3 Dec 31, 2021−21.1%

Inventory

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Inventory, total$1.1B3 Dec 31, 2022$932.2M3 Dec 31, 2021+22.1%

Leadership

Who has led Univar Solutions Inc., and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Erik Fyrwald2015–2016
  2. Stephen D. Newlin2016–2018
  3. David Jukes2020–2023
  4. Jeffrey W. Carr2020

Chair

  1. Stephen D. Newlin2017–2019

President

  1. David Jukes2015–2023
  2. George J. Fuller2015
  3. Erik Fyrwald2015
  4. Stephen D. Newlin2016–2017
  5. Christopher Oversby2016
  6. Nicholas Powell2017–2023
  7. Jorge C. Buckup2018–2023

Chief financial officer

  1. Carl J. Lukach2015–2019
  2. Nicholas W. Alexos2020–2023

Chief operating officer

  1. David Jukes2018–2019
20202025
Board members and other officers (42)

Former names

  • Univar Inc.Jun 30, 2010 to Aug 22, 20192

Timeline

  1. Aug 1, 20238-K Ended a material agreement; Completed an acquisition or sale; Listing notice or transfer65
  2. Jul 21, 20238-K Other events66
  3. Jun 8, 20238-K Regulation FD disclosure67
  4. Jun 7, 20238-K Regulation FD disclosure68
  5. Jun 6, 20238-K Shareholder vote; Other events69
  6. May 30, 20238-K Other events70
  7. May 9, 20238-K Shareholder vote71
  8. May 8, 20238-K Results of operations72
  9. Apr 7, 20238-K Executive or director change73
  10. Mar 14, 20238-K Entered a material agreement; Other events74
  11. Feb 21, 20238-K Results of operations75
  12. Nov 1, 20228-K Results of operations76
  13. Feb 10, 2020New chief executive Jeffrey W. Carr becomes CEO12
  14. Jan 6, 2020New chief executive David Jukes becomes CEO11
  15. Jun 1, 2016New chief executive Stephen D. Newlin becomes CEO13
  16. Jun 17, 2015New chief executive Erik Fyrwald becomes CEO14

Calendar

When it reported results

  1. May 8, 2023Reported quarterly or annual results72
  2. Feb 21, 2023Reported quarterly or annual results75
  3. Nov 1, 2022Reported quarterly or annual results76
  4. Aug 1, 2022Reported quarterly or annual results77
  5. May 9, 2022Reported quarterly or annual results78
  6. Feb 24, 2022Reported quarterly or annual results79
  7. Nov 1, 2021Reported quarterly or annual results80

Upcoming dates from Nasdaq's calendar; past results from the company's 8-K filings (Item 2.02). The full markets calendar

Filings

192 filings to the SEC since October 2021: 2 annual reports, 6 quarterly reports, 20 major events, 127 insider forms, 13 large holders, 24 other. The latest 20:

  1. Feb 1, 2024SC 13G/A SEC SCHEDULE 13G EDGAR
  2. Aug 11, 202315-12G EDGAR
  3. Aug 4, 20234 FORM 4 SUBMISSION EDGAR
  4. Aug 4, 20234 FORM 4 SUBMISSION EDGAR
  5. Aug 4, 20234 FORM 4 SUBMISSION EDGAR
  6. Aug 4, 20234 FORM 4 SUBMISSION EDGAR
  7. Aug 4, 20234 FORM 4 SUBMISSION EDGAR
  8. Aug 4, 20234 FORM 4 SUBMISSION EDGAR
  9. Aug 4, 20234 FORM 4 SUBMISSION EDGAR
  10. Aug 4, 20234 FORM 4 SUBMISSION EDGAR
  11. Aug 4, 20234 FORM 4 SUBMISSION EDGAR
  12. Aug 4, 20234 FORM 4 SUBMISSION EDGAR
  13. Aug 4, 20234 FORM 4 SUBMISSION EDGAR
  14. Aug 4, 20234 FORM 4 SUBMISSION EDGAR
  15. Aug 4, 20234 FORM 4 SUBMISSION EDGAR
  16. Aug 3, 20234 FORM 4 SUBMISSION EDGAR
  17. Aug 3, 20234 FORM 4 SUBMISSION EDGAR
  18. Aug 3, 20234 FORM 4 SUBMISSION EDGAR
  19. Aug 1, 2023S-8 POS EDGAR
  20. Aug 1, 2023S-8 POS EDGAR

The 192 filings since October 2021 can be filtered by form type and year here when JavaScript is on.

Every filing from the last five years, summarized. The full record is on SEC EDGAR.

Insider trades

32 open-market trades by officers, directors and large owners since October 2021: 10 buys and 22 sales. Grants, option exercises and gifts are left out.

DateWhoTradeSharesPriceValueFiling
Feb 1, 2023NEWLIN STEPHEN DDirectorSale25,000$35.00$875.0KForm 4
Nov 29, 2022NEWLIN STEPHEN DDirectorSale6,970$32.36$225.5KForm 4
Nov 28, 2022Jerding PatSVP, Chief Information OfficerSale11,654$33.50$390.4KForm 4
Nov 28, 2022NEWLIN STEPHEN DDirectorSale50,000$32.91$1.6MForm 4
Nov 25, 2022NEWLIN STEPHEN DDirectorSale50,000$32.01$1.6MForm 4
Aug 10, 2022ALEXOS NICHOLAS WEVP, CFOBuy25,000$26.19$654.8KForm 4
Aug 4, 2022Pappas Christopher DDirectorBuy4,000$25.68$102.7KForm 4
Jun 14, 2022Pappas Christopher DDirectorBuy2,000$28.68$57.4KForm 4
Jun 6, 2022Jukes DavidPresident, CEOSale47,031$32.00$1.5MForm 4
Jun 3, 2022Jukes DavidPresident, CEOSale50,000$32.00$1.6MForm 4
Jun 2, 2022Jukes DavidPresident, CEOSale3,805$32.00$121.8KForm 4
Jun 1, 2022Pappas Christopher DDirectorBuy3,414$30.96$105.7KForm 4
May 16, 2022Pappas Christopher DDirectorBuy2,000$28.36$56.7KForm 4
May 12, 2022Pappas Christopher DDirectorBuy5,000$27.25$136.2KForm 4
Apr 21, 2022Jukes DavidPresident, CEOSale50,000$32.23$1.6MForm 4
Apr 20, 2022Jukes DavidPresident, CEOSale50,000$32.00$1.6MForm 4
Apr 14, 2022Pappas Christopher DDirectorBuy2,000$31.08$62.2KForm 4
Apr 5, 2022Jukes DavidPresident, CEOSale50,000$32.00$1.6MForm 4
Apr 4, 2022Jukes DavidPresident, CEOSale50,000$32.03$1.6MForm 4
Mar 16, 2022NEWLIN STEPHEN DDirectorSale25,000$33.00$825.0KForm 4

All 32 trades can be filtered by person here when JavaScript is on.

From Forms 4 filed with the SEC.

Major holders

Investors who own more than 5% of the shares must tell the SEC: a 13D if they may seek to influence the company, a 13G if they hold passively.

SEC filer profile

How Univar Solutions Inc. is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARUnivar Solutions Inc.1
  • CIK0001494319
  • Employer ID (EIN)26-12519581
  • Filer statusLarge accelerated filer1
  • Incorporated inDelaware1
  • Fiscal year endsDecember 311
  • Industry code (SIC)5160 Wholesale-Chemicals & Allied Products1
  • SEC reviewing officeOffice of Trade & Services, Division of Corporation Finance1
  • Business address3075 Highland Parkway, Suite 200, Downers Grove, IL 605151
  • Phone331-777-60001
  • Shares outstanding157,799,503 as of Jul 27, 202310
  • Public float$4.1B as of Jun 30, 20223
  • On EDGAR sinceJun 30, 20101
  • Filings915 in all: 4 (469), 8-K (127), 3 (51), 425 (31), SC 13G/A (31), 10-Q (25), DEFA14A (19), UPLOAD (16)1
    All 47 form types

    CORRESP (15), SC 13G (13), SC 13D/A (12), FWP (11), 10-K (8), DEF 14A (8), S-1/A (8), 3/A (6), 8-K/A (6), 424B4 (5), D/A (4), SC 13D (4), EFFECT (3), POSASR (3), S-3ASR (3), S-8 (3), S-8 POS (3), 4/A (2), 424B1 (2), 424B3 (2), 5 (2), DEFR14A (2), POS AM (2), PRE 14A (2), S-1 (2), S-4/A (2), 10-K/A (1), 15-12B (1), 15-12G (1), 25-NSE (1), 424B2 (1), 8-A12B (1), 8-A12G (1), CERTNYS (1), D (1), DEFM14A (1), PREM14A (1), RW (1), S-4 (1)

  • Latest filingsAnnual report (10-K) Feb 22, 2023
    Quarterly report (10-Q) Jul 31, 2023
    Proxy statement (DEF 14A) Mar 22, 2023
    Latest 8-K (8-K) Aug 1, 2023

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