| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Brands listed | 10, in alphabetical order; not a ranking |
| What is listed | Headquarters, founding year, owner and the shower products on the brand's official site |
| Sources | Official company pages, annual reports and press releases, linked below; facts checked 2026-10-15 |
| Shared owners | LIXIL: GROHE, American Standard, INAX. Masco: Delta, and a majority of hansgrohe |
| Not included | Revenue, market share or quality comparisons; none of these is published on a like-for-like basis |
| Factory option | ZHONGHE, Cixi, Ningbo: OEM/ODM shower heads for buyers and brand owners, MOQ 500 to 2,000 units depending on the model, finish and packaging |
Major shower head manufacturers and brands at a glance
The brands below are listed in alphabetical order, not ranked. Each fact comes from the company's own pages, its parent's annual report or a press release, linked in the sources at the end of the page (Facts checked 2026-10-15). Ownership changes often in this industry, so the owner column gives the position at that date.
Most of these companies design, market and make products across many plants and suppliers; a brand name on a shower head tells you who stands behind the product, not which factory made it.
| Brand | Headquarters | Founded | Owner | Shower products on the official site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Standard | United States (part of LIXIL Americas) | 1875 (predecessor company) | LIXIL, since 2013 | Shower heads, hand showers, shower systems |
| Delta | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | 1950s (Delta's own pages give 1954 and 1958) | Masco (wholly owned) | Hand showers and shower heads, shower trims and valves |
| GROHE | Düsseldorf, Germany | 1936 | LIXIL, since 2014 | Shower heads, hand showers, shower systems, thermostats |
| hansgrohe | Schiltach, Germany | 1901 | Masco, majority shareholder (68.35% in its FY2025 report) | Hand showers, overhead showers, Showerpipes, thermostats |
| Jaquar | Manesar, Haryana, India | 1960 (business); Jaquar brand 1986 | Family-owned, unlisted | Overhead showers, hand showers, body jets, shower panels |
| KOHLER | Kohler, Wisconsin, United States | 1873 | Family-owned, privately held | Shower heads and rain heads, hand showers, body sprays, shower systems |
| LIXIL (INAX) | Tokyo, Japan | 2011 (LIXIL); INAX's predecessor 1924 | Listed company; also owns GROHE and American Standard | Shower faucets and shower heads, including a fine-bubble shower in Japan |
| Moen | United States (parent based in Deerfield, Illinois) | 1937 (the single-handle faucet the brand began with) | Fortune Brands Innovations | Shower heads, hand showers, shower valves and trims |
| Roca | Barcelona area, Spain | 1917 | Family-owned Roca Group | Shower columns, shower kits, hand showers, rain shower heads |
| TOTO | Kitakyushu, Japan | 1917 | Listed company | Shower heads, hand showers, thermostatic shower valves |
Need a shower head factory for your own brand? ZHONGHE as an OEM/ODM option
ZHONGHE (Cixi Zhonghe Sanitary Ware Factory) is a shower head factory in Cixi, Ningbo, China, founded in 2001. It molds, assembles, water-tests and packs in its own plant, and works with OEM and ODM buyers and with brand owners who need a factory for their own brand. It is shown here separately from the brands above as a factory option, not as one of them: being listed on this page does not mean any of those brands works with ZHONGHE, and ZHONGHE does not publish customer names.
Order quantities are about 500 units for an existing model in a standard finish and standard packing, about 1,000 with a logo print or color change, and about 2,000 for custom packaging, custom colors or a new filter configuration. Development lead times, as references rather than guarantees: appearance design about 15 days, internal structure about 15 days, mold about 60 days, mass production about 30 days. A design-only service is also available: design fees are quoted per project and can be credited if the product then goes into production at ZHONGHE.
Every finished unit is water tested for about 10 to 20 seconds before packing, switching through every function, normally at 0.5MPa as the leak check, and the ISO 9001 certificate No. 02426Q00147R001 showed as valid on the issuer's online lookup on 2026-10-14. See the OEM/ODM route, the product catalog and the PDF catalog, or send an RFQ.
How to check a shower head factory before you order
Whichever factory you shortlist, check each claim where it is kept rather than on the supplier's own page: the company registration in the official register, the certificate on the certification body's lookup, test reports in their full original with the sample and standard, and lead times and quantities in writing in the quotation. The steps, with ZHONGHE's own records as the worked example, are on the page on how to check a shower head factory.
Who owns whom
LIXIL, the Japanese building-products group formed in 2011, owns GROHE (an affiliate from 2014 and a consolidated subsidiary from 2015) and American Standard (since 2013), and sells showers in Japan under the LIXIL name, with INAX as a heritage brand. Since April 2025, bathtubs and shower bases sold under the American Standard name in North America are made under licence by American Bath Group, while LIXIL keeps toilets, faucets and showers.
Masco, based in Livonia, Michigan, owns Delta Faucet Company outright and holds a majority of Hansgrohe SE, whose founding family remains on the supervisory board; hansgrohe and GROHE are unrelated companies despite the similar names. Moen belongs to Fortune Brands Innovations. KOHLER, Roca and Jaquar are family-owned, and TOTO and LIXIL are listed companies without a parent.
Sources and official references
Official pages for the standards and rules named above; requirements change, so confirm the current edition with the certifying body before ordering.
- hansgrohe: company history: Founded 1901 in Schiltach; checked 2026-10-15
- Masco: FY2025 list of subsidiaries: Hansgrohe SE majority (68.35%) and Delta Faucet Company; checked 2026-10-15
- Delta Faucet: why buy Delta: Founded 1954, Indianapolis; shower categories; checked 2026-10-15
- Delta Faucet Company: history: Gives 1958; checked 2026-10-15
- LIXIL: history: LIXIL formed 2011; INAX 1924; GROHE 1936 and 2014-15; American Standard 1875 and 2013; checked 2026-10-15
- LIXIL: corporate information: Head office, Tokyo; checked 2026-10-15
- LIXIL newsroom: American Standard bathing licence: American Bath Group licence, April 2025; checked 2026-10-15
- GROHE Americas fact sheet: Düsseldorf; shower range; checked 2026-10-15
- KOHLER: about us: Founded 1873; shower range; checked 2026-10-15
- Fortune Brands Innovations: FY2025 annual report: Moen brand; Deerfield, Illinois; checked 2026-10-15
- Pro Remodeler: Moen single-handle faucet anniversary: 1937 origin, 1939 first faucet; checked 2026-10-15
- Roca: about Roca: Founded 1917; checked 2026-10-15
- Roca Group: Family-owned group; checked 2026-10-15
- Business Today: Jaquar Group: Unlisted, family-owned; checked 2026-10-15
- Outlook Business: behind Jaquar: Business founded 1960; Jaquar brand 1986; checked 2026-10-15
- TOTO: corporate profile: Established 15 May 1917; Kitakyushu; checked 2026-10-15
- TOTO USA: global shower collection: Shower range; checked 2026-10-15
