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Clorox supplies products for household cleaning and everyday needs, with most sales coming from the United States. Cleaning products, including Clorox and Pine-Sol, are its largest revenue category. Its business also includes Glad bags and wraps, cat litter and food products such as Hidden Valley. Retailers buy these products to sell in stores and online; Clorox also sells some brands directly to consumers.
Hospitals and other institutions buy its professional cleaning and hygiene products through distributors. Brands include CloroxPro, Clorox Healthcare and Purell. The acquisition of GOJO, now operating as Clorox Purell, added a distribution network and installed dispensing systems that generate recurring demand for refills.
Walmart is its largest customer and accounts for a substantial share of sales across the business. Sales are concentrated among a few large retailers, so their purchasing decisions matter alongside consumers’ willingness to choose Clorox’s brands. Product formulations, labeling and sales must meet regulatory requirements; the GOJO acquisition expanded its range of cosmetics and over-the-counter drugs subject to U.S. Food and Drug Administration oversight.
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Clorox’s results hinge chiefly on household cleaning demand and competitive pricing, so also watch Reckitt and privately held S.C. Johnson, important rivals missing from this list.
Church & Dwight competes for the same household spending as Clorox in cleaners, laundry additives, cat litter and hand sanitizers, selling through retailers and online channels. Its household-cleaner and cat-litter sales are the most relevant results to watch for competition facing Clorox.
Procter & Gamble competes with Clorox for consumers’ household-cleaning purchases and also supplied intellectual property that Clorox’s Glad bags and wraps business still uses under license.
Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. competes directly with Clorox’s Glad through Hefty trash bags, food-storage bags and household wraps sold to retail shoppers. Watch its bag-and-wrap pricing and product launches: this category accounted for 15% of Clorox’s consolidated net sales in each of fiscal 2024–2026.
Clorox relies on Oil-Dri Corporation of America to make certain Fresh Step cat litters under long-term supply agreements, even as Oil-Dri sells competing branded and store-brand litter through retailers. Its production of those Fresh Step products follows market demand, making that activity a direct clue to demand for part of Clorox’s cat-litter business.
Unilever competes for consumers’ purchases across Clorox’s home-cleaning, Burt’s Bees personal-care and Hidden Valley condiment categories. Its home-care sales are the clearest area to watch for Clorox’s cleaning business, while personal care and condiments provide separate views of the smaller overlapping categories.
Colgate-Palmolive competes for consumers’ purchases with Clorox’s household cleaners and Burt’s Bees personal-care products. Watch its home-care and personal-care results rather than its larger oral-care business: those categories represented 16% and 17%, respectively, of its worldwide net sales in 2025.
Ecolab competes with Clorox to supply hygiene and infection-prevention products to healthcare, foodservice and institutional customers. News about those customers is especially relevant as Clorox’s GOJO acquisition added Purell products, a distribution network and installed dispensers that support recurring demand.
Walmart’s buying and merchandising decisions matter directly to Clorox: Walmart and its affiliates bought products across every Clorox segment and accounted for 26% of its consolidated net sales in fiscal 2026. Watch how Walmart stocks and prices Clorox products for shoppers in its stores and online.
Helen Of Troy Ltd competes directly with Clorox’s Brita for water-filtration purchases through its PUR products, sold through retailers and direct-to-consumer channels. PUR sales and product news are more relevant to Brita than Helen of Troy’s broader home, beauty and wellness results.
Kraft Heinz competes with Clorox’s Hidden Valley through Kraft dressings, vying for grocery shoppers’ purchases and retailers’ shelf space.
McCormick’s condiments and seasoning mixes compete for shoppers’ purchases with Clorox’s Hidden Valley dressings, dips and seasonings.
Procter & Gamble Company earningsPG
Procter & Gamble's household-cleaning business will show how consumers are buying cleaning products and what kind of competition Clorox faces in a major category.
Look at Procter & Gamble's household-cleaning sales and pricing commentary. Steady sales with pricing holding up would point to continued purchases and a strong rival that Clorox must meet with brands, product performance and promotions. Weak sales or reliance on discounts could signal softer cleaning demand or tougher competition, but would not establish Clorox's own sales.
Ecolab, Inc. earningsECL
Ecolab's institutional hygiene business will show demand from healthcare, foodservice and other customers, a useful market signal for Clorox's expanded Purell business.
Look at Ecolab's business serving healthcare, foodservice and other institutional customers. Stronger demand would indicate these customers are still buying hygiene products, a supportive market for Clorox to grow sales through Purell's distribution network and installed dispensers. Weaker demand could mean customers are buying or using less, making that growth harder. Ecolab is not a direct measure of Purell sales.
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. earningsCHD
Church & Dwight's cat litter and household-cleaner sales will offer clues about shopper demand and the competition Clorox faces for shelf space and household spending.
Focus on Church & Dwight's cat-litter sales, alongside its cleaner results. Steady litter sales would suggest shoppers are still buying the category, while confirming that Church & Dwight is competing for Clorox's customers and shelf space. Weak sales could indicate softer category demand. Neither outcome alone establishes how Clorox's brands performed.
Clorox Company earningsThis company
Clorox's report will show whether sales recover as the retailer inventory drawdown after its U.S. ERP transition fades, and whether manufacturing and logistics costs ease.
Read sales alongside manufacturing and logistics costs. Recovering sales with easing cost pressure would suggest the retailer inventory drawdown is fading and Clorox is rebuilding both revenue and room for profit. Weak sales with costs still high would show that demand or operating costs continue to weigh on the business beyond the inventory effect.
The Kraft Heinz Company earningsKHC
Kraft Heinz's salad-dressing business competes with Clorox's Hidden Valley for grocery shoppers and shelf space, making its results a read on their shared market.
Look for results related to salad dressings within Kraft Heinz's condiments business. Steady sales would show shoppers are still buying the category, while Hidden Valley continues to compete for shelf space and spending. Weakness could mean softer category demand or tougher competition. Kraft Heinz's results do not substitute for Hidden Valley's own sales figures.
Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. earningsREYN
Reynolds Consumer Products sells Hefty bags and wraps against Clorox's Glad, so its report will show conditions in a directly shared category.
Look at Reynolds Consumer Products' bags-and-wraps sales and whether performance comes from volume or price increases. Steady sales not driven only by higher prices would suggest shoppers are still buying the category and that Glad faces a strong rival. Weakness could reflect softer demand or Reynolds losing ground; it does not establish Glad's sales.
Walmart Inc. earningsWMT
Walmart and its affiliates account for more than a quarter of Clorox's sales, so Walmart's category sales, pricing and inventory offer clues about conditions at a key retailer.
Look at sales, pricing and inventory trends in relevant consumer categories at Walmart. Steady demand without a clear pullback in stocking would suggest a supportive environment at a major Clorox customer; weaker demand or tighter inventory could mean fewer orders or more promotional pressure for Clorox. Walmart reports overall trends, not Clorox-specific sales or orders.
Oil-Dri Corporation of America earningsODC
Oil-Dri makes certain Fresh Step cat litters for Clorox, so its related production activity can offer a direct clue to demand for that part of Clorox's litter business.
Look for production or business information tied to the Fresh Step litter Oil-Dri makes for Clorox. Higher production would indicate demand is supporting this part of Clorox's litter business; lower production could point to weaker demand. Oil-Dri also sells its own and store-brand litter, so its overall results are not the same as Fresh Step sales.
Helen Of Troy Ltd earningsHELE
Helen of Troy's PUR products compete with Clorox's Brita for water-filtration shoppers, making PUR results a read on Brita's market.
Focus on Helen of Troy's PUR water-filtration products, not its beauty or other home businesses. Stronger PUR sales would suggest demand in the category, but also show that Brita faces an appealing rival. Weaker PUR sales could reflect a softer category or PUR-specific losses; they do not by themselves establish Brita's sales.
