Sherwin-Williams

The Sherwin-Williams Company
	Sherwin-Williams Headquarters in Cleveland
Type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: SHW; DJIA component; S&P 500 component;
Industry	Chemicals
Founded	1866
Founders	Henry Sherwin; Edward Williams;
Headquarters	1426 West 3rd Street, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Number of locations	4,853 stores (2025)
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	John G. Morikis (Retired, Executive Chairman); Heidi G. Petz (Chair, President and CEO); Ben E. Meisenzahl (SVP and CFO);
Products	Caulks; Chemicals; Coatings; Decorative paints; Industrial finishing products; Sealants; Stains;
Brands	List Cabot; Cisco; Duckback; Dupli-Color; Dutch Boy; Geocel; Huarun; Krylon; Minwax; North American Grocery Co; Pratt & Lambert; Purdy; Ronseal; Solver; Sysco; Thompson's WaterSeal; Valspar; White Lightning; ;
Revenue	US$23.6 billion (2025)
Operating income	US$3.81 billion (2025)
Net income	US$2.57 billion (2025)
Total assets	US$25.9 billion (2025)
Total equity	US$4.60 billion (2025)
Number of employees	64,249 (2025)
Divisions	Paint Stores Group; Consumer Brands Group; Performance Coatings Group;
Subsidiaries	Valspar
Website	sherwin-williams.com
	Footnotes;

Sherwin-Williams is an American paints and coatings company based in Cleveland, Ohio. It is primarily engaged in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of paints, coatings, floor coverings, and related products with operations in over 120 countries. It is the largest coatings company in the world by revenue.

The company is ranked 191st on the Fortune 500 and 453rd on the Forbes Global 2000. Sherwin-Williams has created more than 35,000 color names for paint over its history, and as of 2023, it has nearly 200 distinct shades of white classified as either warm or cool.