S.C. Johnson & Son (commonly referred to as
S. C. Johnson and
S.C. Johnson, A Family Company in its commercials), previously known as
S. C. Johnson Wax (and earlier,
Johnson Wax), is an American privately held, global manufacturer of household cleaning supplies and other consumer chemicals based in
Racine,
Wisconsin. It has operations in 72 countries and its brands are sold in over 110. It is the largest component of the
Johnson Family Enterprises, which also includes the
Johnson Financial Group, and
Johnson Outdoors. In 2006, S. C. Johnson & Son employed approximately 12,000 and had estimated sales of $7.5 billion.