Reckitt and Sons

For the successor of this company which previously known as Reckitt Benckiser, see Reckitt.

Reckitt and Sons
IndustryHousehold products
PredecessorIsaac Reckitt and Sons
Founded1840, registered 1879
FounderIsaac Reckitt
FateMerged with Benckiser NV to make Reckitt Benckiser
SuccessorReckitt & Colman
Headquarters
Kingston upon Hull
ProductsStarch, black lead, household polish, laundry blue

Reckitt and Sons was a leading British manufacturer of household products, notably starch, black lead, laundry blue, and household polish, and based in Kingston upon Hull.

Isaac Reckitt began business in Hull in 1840, and his business became a private company "Isaac Reckitt and Sons" in 1879, and a public company in 1888. The company expanded through the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It merged with a major competitor in the starch market J. & J. Colman in 1938 to form Reckitt & Colman

Colmans' food business was subsequently divested and a merger made with Benckiser to form Reckitt Benckiser in 1999.

As of 2021 the company's original site at Dansom Lane, Hull, is still used for manufacturing.[1]

  1. ^ "Erection of a single storey fully enclosed corridor along Northern elevation of existing Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare Ltd KWE building adjacent to Mount Pleasant carriageway. – Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare Ltd Dansom Lane South Kingston Upon Hull HU8 7DS". Hull City Council. 17 February 2021.