Founded in 1837, Procter & Gamble is one of the world's largest consumer goods companies. For the fiscal year 2003-2004, the company had annual sales of $ 51.4 billion. In the "Fortune" magazine named the world's 500 largest industrial / service enterprises, ranked 86th. Procter & Gamble has nearly 100,000 employees worldwide and has factories and subsidiaries in more than 80 countries. More than 300 brands of products are sold in more than 160 countries and regions, including fabric and home care, hairdressing, baby and Home care, health care, food and beverages.

The corporate brand in the World Brand Lab (World Brand Lab) prepared by the 2006 "World Brand 500" list ranked thirty-seventh in the "Barron Weekly" published in 2006 the world's 100 large companies are respected Ranking third in the rankings. The company in 2007, "Fortune" the world's top 500 companies ranked seventh in the rankings. The European Union on the 13th of the giant giants Procter & Gamble and Unilever company impose a total of 3.152 billion euros (about 456.7 million US dollars) on the grounds that the two multinational companies to manipulate the European market, the price of detergent.