Dow

Dow is a surname of English origin and is also used as a given name. In contemporary usage, the term appears in the names of several major organizations and products, as well as in historical and biographical contexts.

Dow Jones & Company is an American media and financial information firm known for The Wall Street Journal. It also oversees the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a stock market index tracking 30 large, publicly traded U.S. companies and frequently used as a barometer of overall market performance.

Dow Inc. is a multinational chemical company headquartered in the United States. It traces its roots to Dow Chemical Company and, following the DowDuPont merger restructuring, became a standalone company in 2019. Dow Inc. produces plastics, chemistry products, and performance materials used across a range of industries, including packaging, consumer goods, electronics, and infrastructure.

The term Dow may also appear in other corporate names or as part of personal names. In such cases, its meaning is determined by the specific context, and it is not tied to a single entity beyond the prominent corporations mentioned above. In general, Dow is understood in reference to either the surname, the financial information brand Dow Jones, or the chemical company Dow Inc., depending on the topic of discussion.