​
Cart
  • Sign In
close_small
About Contact Us
1-800-531-7106 Contact Us

Surfactants

Surfactants, short for surface-active agents, are chemical compounds that lower the surface tension between two substances, such as a liquid and a solid or a liquid and a gas. 


Surface-active agents, or surfactants, are essential to formulating cosmetics, detergents, and soaps. Surfactants have hydrophilic (water-attracting) and hydrophobic (water-repelling) properties, enabling them to disperse, emulsify, and stabilize mixtures of immiscible substances like oil and water.
 
Univar Solutions offers a broad range of anionic surface-active agents and amphoteric, cationic, and nonionic surfactants from industry-leading surfactant manufacturers. We are your one-stop shop for quality surfactants to meet your formulation needs. With purity, safety, and efficiency to consider, you can trust the quality of our surfactants and rely on us as your partner for accurate, on-time service and supply chain expertise.
 
Our surfactant specialists can help you formulate innovative products, meet new regulatory requirements, resolve formulation or supply challenges, and improve the formulated product cost. We are here to serve as your partner delivering what you need, when you need it, and at the best economics. Find your surfactant manufacturing products here.

Surfactants, short for surface-active agents, are chemical compounds that lower the surface tension between two substances, such as a liquid and a solid or a liquid and a gas. 


Surface-active agents, or surfactants, are essential to formulating cosmetics, detergents, and soaps. Surfactants have hydrophilic (water-attracting) and hydrophobic (water-repelling) properties, enabling them to disperse, emulsify, and stabilize mixtures of immiscible substances like oil and water.
 
Univar Solutions offers a broad range of anionic surface-active agents and amphoteric, cationic, and nonionic surfactants from industry-leading surfactant manufacturers. We are your one-stop shop for quality surfactants to meet your formulation needs. With purity, safety, and efficiency to consider, you can trust the quality of our surfactants and rely on us as your partner for accurate, on-time service and supply chain expertise.
 
Our surfactant specialists can help you formulate innovative products, meet new regulatory requirements, resolve formulation or supply challenges, and improve the formulated product cost. We are here to serve as your partner delivering what you need, when you need it, and at the best economics. Find your surfactant manufacturing products here.
Read More
Surfactants

Browse by Types of Surfactants

Cationics 

Browse All Surfactants

Filter by:
Clear all
  1. Cationics
    close_small
Filters
Package
  1. check_small check_box_outline_blank Bag 7 items
  2. check_small check_box_outline_blank Box 1 item
  3. check_small check_box_outline_blank Bulk 8 items
  4. check_small check_box_outline_blank Drum 141 items
  5. check_small check_box_outline_blank IBC 20 items
  6. check_small check_box_outline_blank Pail 7 items
Sustainability Characteristics
Select one or more
check_small check_box_outline_blank
Bio-based 9 items
check_small check_box_outline_blank
Circular materials 3 items
check_small check_box_outline_blank
Natural 2 items
Industry
  1. check_small check_box_outline_blank Beauty & Personal Care 12 items
  2. check_small check_box_outline_blank Homecare & Industrial Cleaning 1 item
Grade
  1. check_small check_box_outline_blank Technical 183 items
Form
  1. check_small check_box_outline_blank Fine Powder 3 items
  2. check_small check_box_outline_blank Flake 4 items
  3. check_small check_box_outline_blank Liquid 166 items
  4. check_small check_box_outline_blank Paste 3 items
  5. check_small check_box_outline_blank Powder 4 items
  6. check_small check_box_outline_blank Semi-solid 2 items
  7. check_small check_box_outline_blank Solid 2 items

Showing 1-12 of 184

  1. ALCODET 218, Technical Grade, Liquid, Drum
  2. ALCODET SK, Technical Grade, Liquid, Drum
  3. ALKAMULS 400 MO, Technical Grade, Liquid, Drum
  4. ALKAMULS® EL 620 RHO
  5. ALKAMULS® EL 719 RHO
  6. ANTAROX BL 214, Technical Grade, Liquid, Drum
  7. ANTAROX BL 225, Technical Grade, Liquid, Drum
  8. ANTAROX BL 236, Technical Grade, Liquid, Drum
  9. ANTAROX BL 330, Technical Grade, Liquid, Drum
  10. ANTAROX RA 40, Technical Grade, Liquid, Drum
  11. Antarox® BL 240
  12. Antarox® BL 240
Page

Get in touch, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Contact us
Product Surfactants

Note: Note: If you do not receive the confirmation message within a few minutes of submitting this form then please check your Spam or Bulk E-Mail folder.

© 2026 Univar Solutions LLC. All rights reserved. Univar, the collaboration insignia, and other identified trademarks are the property of Univar Solutions LLC or affiliated companies. All other trademarks not owned by Univar Solutions LLC or affiliated companies that appear in this material are the property of their respective owners.