Colgate-Palmolive Company
Also known as Colgate Palmolive, Colgate-Palmolive, Colgate-Palmolive-Peet, Colgate & Co
The Colgate-Palmolive Company, commonly known as Colgate-Palmolive, is an American multinational consumer products company headquartered on Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The company specializes in the production, distribution, and provision of household, health care, personal care, and veterinary products.
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- Company.name
- Colgate-Palmolive Company
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- Colgate-Palmolive (2025).svg
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- 250px
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- Logo used since 2025
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- Colgate-Palmolive Building 300 Park Avenue.jpg
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- Headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, New York City
- Company.trade_name
- Colgate-Palmolive
- Company.former_names
- Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Company (1928–1953)
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.hq_location
- 300 Park Avenue, New York City 10022, U.S.
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.industry
- Consumer goods
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The Colgate-Palmolive Company, commonly known as Colgate-Palmolive, is an American multinational consumer products company headquartered on Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The company specializes in the production, distribution, and provision of household, health care, personal care, and veterinary products.
==History and founding == thumb|1913 magazine ad of Colgate (toothpaste)|Colgate toothpaste thumb|1915 magazine ad of Palmolive (brand)|Palmolive soap thumb|1923 Red Book magazine ad for Colgate’s Ribbon Dental Cream thumb|Logo used from 1983 to 2025 William Colgate, an English immigrant to the United States and devout Baptist, established a starch, soap, and candle factory on Dutch Street in New York City under the name William Colgate & Company in 1806.
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