Who owns Canson?
Canson is owned by F.I.L.A. (Italy, BIT: FILA), which has owned the brand since 2016.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: F.I.L.A. Group Half-Year Report at June 30, 2026, F.I.L.A. S.p.A. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- F.I.L.A. - Fabbrica Italiana Lapis ed Affini S.p.A. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇹 Italy, Pero
- Origin
- 🇫🇷 France, Annonay
- Founded
- 1557
- Category
- Home care › Household goods & storage › Writing instruments & office
- Parent ticker
- BIT: FILA
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Canson
Canson is a paper brand for the fine arts, tied to the Montgolfier family, whose Canson Group F.I.L.A. says was founded in 1557 and is still based in Annonay, France. Its papers serve sketching, drawing, watercolour and fine-art printing. F.I.L.A. acquired the Canson Group in October 2016; Canson products are sold in over 120 countries.
Ownership timeline of Canson
Where Canson sits in F.I.L.A.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by F.I.L.A.
F.I.L.A. controls 15 brands on Brandtree, 15 of them in home care.
Also in home care
- Arches
- Daler-Rowney (1783)
- Dixon
- Giotto (1925)
- Lukas (1862)
- Lyra (1806)
- Maimeri (1923)
- Pacon (1951)
- Pongo (1964)
- Prang (1882)
- Princeton (1992)
- Strathmore (1892)
- Ticonderoga (1913)
- Tratto
Other brands in writing instruments & office, and who owns them
F.I.L.A. has more brands in writing instruments & office on Brandtree than any other owner: 15 of 56.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Acroball | Pilot | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Dungeons & Dragons | Hasbro | 🇺🇸 United States |
| American Girl | Mattel | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Flair | Flair | 🇮🇳 India |
| Éxito | Ledesma | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| LEGO | The LEGO Group | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| C3 | DOMS | 🇮🇳 India |
| Paper Mate | Newell Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: F.I.L.A.
F.I.L.A. is a publicly listed company headquartered in Pero, Italy, founded in 1920. Brandtree records 15 brands under its control, and it is listed as BIT: FILA.
Italian maker of pencils, crayons, modelling clay, art colours and fine-art paper, founded in Florence in 1920 and now registered in Pero, Milan. Its ordinary shares have traded on Euronext Milan (STAR segment) since 12 November 2015. The group grew by acquisition, buying Dixon Ticonderoga (2005), the Lyra group (2008), Daler-Rowney Lukas (2016), Canson (2016), the Pacon group (2018) and Arches (2020). It also holds 19.01% of the Indian stationery maker DOMS Industries, which it does not control and whose brands are not listed here.
🇫🇷 Canson and other French brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 318 brands that began in France. 99 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Canson among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Canson?
The parent company of Canson is F.I.L.A., a publicly listed company headquartered in Italy.
Is Canson French or Italian?
Canson originated in France in 1557, but it is owned today by F.I.L.A., which is headquartered in Italy. So Canson is a French-origin brand under Italian ownership.
Since when has F.I.L.A. owned Canson?
F.I.L.A. has owned Canson since 2016.
Is Canson still owned by F.I.L.A.?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Canson is still owned by F.I.L.A. 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] F.I.L.A. Group Half-Year Report at June 30, 2026 — F.I.L.A. S.p.A., Stock exchange filing; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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