Colgate-Palmolive (Nigeria) Limited
Colgate Nigeria manufacturing toothpaste, soaps, and personal care products for West Africa.
Colgate-Palmolive Nigeria manufactures toothpaste, toothbrushes, bar soaps, and household cleaning products from its Ogun State plant. It serves Nigerian retail and institutional markets.
- Type
- manufacturer (our classification of the record, not a statement by the company)
- Role
- Manufacturer
- Location
- Ota, Nigeria
- Founded
- 1975
- Website
- https://www.colgate.com/en-ng
- Categories
- Personal Care, Cleaning & Household Supplies
- Markets
- Nigeria
What is established and what is not
No facet of this company has been investigated yet. The facts below are collected records, not an assessment: nothing here confirms manufacturing, ownership or trading status beyond what each record literally says.
Verified facts
- corporate-mail-on-domain (green), checked 2026-08-08 Mail server of the company domain
- sanctions-clear (green), checked 2026-08-08 - screened by name only: no legal entity is established for this record, so this is not a clearance OpenSanctions
- debarment-clear (green), checked 2026-08-08 - screened by name only: no legal entity is established for this record, so this is not a clearance OpenSanctions
- domain-registered (green), checked 2026-08-08 Domain registry record
Claimed certifications, not confirmed by us
- ISO 9001, Quality Management IAF CertSearch
Import rules for these goods
- Cosmetic products must be notified in the EU Cosmetic Products Notification Portal (CPNP) before being placed on the EU market. European Commission (CPNP)
- For the US market, MoCRA requires cosmetic facility registration and product listing with the FDA. US FDA (MoCRA)
- Consumer goods sold in the EU fall under the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR, applies since 13 Dec 2024): a responsible person in the EU is mandatory. EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) 2023/988 (GPSR)