Scrub Daddy

Scrub Daddy Shark Tank update: is it still in business?

Scrub Daddy is the rare Shark Tank product whose founder had already built and sold a company before walking into the Tank. Aaron Krause had sold his auto-buffing business to 3M in 2008; 3M passed on a batch of temperature-sensitive foam sponges he had developed, and he later turned that material into the smiley-face scrubber. On the Season 4 episode that aired October 26, 2012, Krause asked for $100,000 for 10%. After a bidding round, he accepted Lori Greiner's offer of $200,000 for 20%, giving up double the equity he had planned. The partnership went straight to QVC: the Philadelphia Inquirer reported the pair appeared on the shopping channel the morning after the broadcast and sold roughly 12,000 sets in about six minutes. The deal closed and stuck. In an April 2025 interview with Philadelphia Magazine, Krause called the $200,000-for-20% deal with Lori a good outcome for both of them and said the company had outgrown three buildings in Delaware County before moving its headquarters to Pennsauken, New Jersey, with additional facilities in the U.K. and Hungary. A Season 14 update segment, as summarized by Wikipedia, reported more than $926 million in retail sales as of May 2023, 273 employees and about 160 products. Is Scrub Daddy still in business? Yes. As of October 14, 2026, the official store at scrubdaddy.com is live and selling the core sponge plus scouring pads, erasers and BBQ cleaning lines. The product is also sold through QVC and major retailers. We have not independently verified current revenue; figures above are as reported by the company on the show.