Ownership profile

Who owns Dr. Bronner's?

Dr. Bronner's is a privately held, family-owned company — legally operating as All One God Faith, Inc. — controlled by grandsons David and Michael Bronner; there is no private equity involvement.

Ownership profile

Dr. Bronner's

All One God Faith, Inc. dba Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps

Ownership chainDr. Bronner's (consumer brand) › All One God Faith, Inc. (legal operating entity, California benefit corporation) › Bronner family (David Bronner & Michael Bronner, grandsons of founder Emanuel Bronner)

Report last updated2026-09-22 · cached

Evidence (8)

strong press release · 2026-03-18

The company is 'still family-owned and run', per Dr. Bronner's own official brand history page.

https://www.drbronner.com/blogs/ourselves/the-dr-bronners-story

strong press release · 2026-03-18

The company is owned and operated by grandsons David Bronner (CEO) and Michael Bronner (President), descendants of founder Emanuel Bronner.

https://info.drbronner.com/media-center/executive-team/

strong privacy policy · 2025-08-21

The legal operating entity behind the Dr. Bronner's consumer brand is 'All One God Faith, Inc. dba Dr. Bronner's', as stated in the company's own Terms of Use.

https://info.drbronner.com/termsofuse/

strong press release · 2023-10-03

Dr. Bronner's is structured as a California benefit corporation, giving it a legal mandate to pursue social and environmental goals alongside profit.

https://info.drbronner.com/media-center/press-release/dr-bronners-announces-incorporation-benefit-corporation-certification-b-corp/

strong sec filing · 2010-01-01

Court records confirm: 'All One God Faith, Inc., who does business as Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps', establishing the legal DBA relationship.

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-court-of-appeal/1521260.html

moderate secondary signal · 2026-09-23

PitchBook classifies Dr. Bronner's as a private company with no PE investors listed; only a nominal MetroConnect Accelerator entry (a trade accelerator, not a PE fund) appears.

https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/134083-09

moderate press release · 2026-03-18

Under David and Michael Bronner's leadership, the brand grew from ~$4 million in net revenue in 1998 to ~$209 million in net revenue in 2024, with no third-party investor cited.

https://info.drbronner.com/media-center/executive-team/

weak sec filing · 2016-01-01

No PE acquisition, recapitalization, or majority-stake transaction by any private equity firm was found in news or press records. The SEC EDGAR results for 'Bronner' returned a Beth Bronner (an unrelated individual) at Mistral Equity Partners — not Dr. Bronner's the company.

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001063537/000161577416005845/s103451_prrn14a.htm

What's uncertain

The SEC EDGAR search surface returned filings for RiceBran Technologies referencing a 'Beth Bronner' at Mistral Equity Partners — this individual is unrelated to Dr. Bronner's the soap company and was not confused in this assessment.
No California Secretary of State registry record was directly retrieved and cross-checked for the current benefit corporation filing status; the benefit corporation status is attested by Dr. Bronner's own press release and corroborated by a 2023 trade publication interview.
The Dun & Bradstreet and PitchBook entries are secondary data aggregators and are treated as corroborating signals only, not primary sources.
Revenue and ownership data from the executive team page was last confirmed March 2026; no material ownership change was detected in searches as of September 2026.