Who owns BIC Lighter?
BIC Lighter is owned by BIC (France, EPA: BB).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Société BIC S.A. Universal Registration Document 2025, 25 March 2026 (archived copy). Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Société BIC S.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France, Clichy
- Origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- Founded
- 1973
- Category
- Home care › Household goods & storage › Batteries & lighting
- Parent ticker
- EPA: BB
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About BIC Lighter
The BIC lighter launched in 1973 and is designed for a fixed number of lights rather than for refilling, with every unit tested before it leaves the factory. It is the largest disposable lighter brand in the world. The company argues that a fixed fuel load with a sealed body is safer than a refillable lighter that can be tampered with.
Ownership timeline of BIC Lighter
Where BIC Lighter sits in BIC
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by BIC
BIC controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in home care.
Also in home care
- BIC Cristal (1950)
Founded in the 1970s
- BIC Razors (1975)
Other brands in batteries & lighting, and who owns them
The 20 brands in batteries & lighting on Brandtree belong to 12 owners. The largest is Signify, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Energizer | Energizer Holdings | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cooper Lighting Solutions | Signify | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Eveready (India) | Eveready India | 🇮🇳 India |
| Amazon Basics | Amazon | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Anker SOLIX | Anker Innovations | 🇨🇳 China |
| Duracell | Berkshire Hathaway | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Lumishore | Garmin | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Havells | Havells | 🇮🇳 India |
About the owner: BIC
BIC is a publicly listed company headquartered in Clichy, France, founded in 1945. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control, and it is listed as EPA: BB.
BIC was founded in 1945 by Marcel Bich, who bought the patent for the ballpoint pen and made it cheap enough to throw away. The company applied the same logic to lighters and razors, and the founding family still controls it.
🇫🇷 BIC Lighter and other French brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 322 brands that began in France. 100 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; BIC Lighter is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of BIC Lighter?
The parent company of BIC Lighter is BIC, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Is BIC Lighter French?
Yes. BIC Lighter originated in France in 1973 and its owner, BIC, is also headquartered in France.
Is BIC Lighter still owned by BIC?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, BIC Lighter is still owned by BIC. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Société BIC S.A. Universal Registration Document 2025 — Société BIC S.A., Annual report, published 25 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026. The original address no longer opens it, so the link goes to an archived copy (original address).
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