Who owns Captain Black?
Captain Black is owned by Scandinavian Tobacco Group (Denmark, Nasdaq Copenhagen: STG).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Scandinavian Tobacco Group — Our Brands and Facts & Figures, Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇩🇰 Denmark, Copenhagen
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Tobacco & nicotine › Tobacco products › Pipe & roll-your-own tobacco
- Parent ticker
- Nasdaq Copenhagen: STG
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Captain Black
Captain Black is Scandinavian Tobacco Group's pipe tobacco brand, listed on the group's own brand pages alongside Erinmore, Borkum Riff and W.Ø. Larsen as part of what STG describes as a world-leading pipe tobacco portfolio. It is sold as loose pipe tobacco rather than as rolled cigars, and has no connection to the Cuban cigar brands in this file.
Ownership timeline of Captain Black
- Current owner Scandinavian Tobacco Group [1] reported
Where Captain Black sits in Scandinavian Tobacco Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Scandinavian Tobacco Group ownership tree →
See the full Scandinavian Tobacco Group brand portfolio (13) →
Other brands owned by Scandinavian Tobacco Group
Scandinavian Tobacco Group controls 13 brands on Brandtree, 13 of them in tobacco & nicotine.
Also in tobacco & nicotine
Other brands in pipe & roll-your-own tobacco, and who owns them
Scandinavian Tobacco Group has more brands in pipe & roll-your-own tobacco on Brandtree than any other owner: 9 of 21.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Matossian | Eastern Company | 🇪🇬 Egypt |
| Auld Kendal | Gawith Hoggarth | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Champion | Imperial Brands | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Exklusiv | Pöschl Tabak | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Salloum | Eastern Company | 🇪🇬 Egypt |
| Zawati Elna'ma | Eastern Company | 🇪🇬 Egypt |
| Gawith Hoggarth | Gawith Hoggarth | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Samuel Gawith | Gawith Hoggarth | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
About the owner: Scandinavian Tobacco Group
Scandinavian Tobacco Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, founded in 2010. Brandtree records 13 brands under its control, and it is listed as Nasdaq Copenhagen: STG.
Scandinavian Tobacco Group was formed on 1 October 2010 when Skandinavisk Holding A/S combined its tobacco business with the cigar and pipe tobacco business of Swedish Match (excluding Swedish Match's US mass-market cigars), creating what the companies called the world's second-largest cigar company; Skandinavisk Holding held 51% and Swedish Match 49% at formation. It is now listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen. Its wholly owned US subsidiary, General Cigar Company, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, is the market leader in handmade cigars in the United States, and its own brand pages list Cohiba, Partagas and Hoyo de Monterrey among the US cigar names it makes and sells there — names that are unrelated in ownership to the Cuban originals sold worldwide by Habanos S.A.
Scandinavian Tobacco Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Captain Black and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,570 brands that began in the United States. 501 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Captain Black among them.
- ALP — Turning Point Brands 🇺🇸
- Backwoods — Imperial Brands 🇬🇧
- Black & Mild — Altria 🇺🇸
- Camel — Japan Tobacco 🇯🇵
- Camel (United States) — British American Tobacco 🇬🇧
- Charlie's Chalk Dust — Charlie's Holdings 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Captain Black?
The parent company of Captain Black is Scandinavian Tobacco Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in Denmark.
Is Captain Black American or Danish?
Captain Black originated in the United States, but it is owned today by Scandinavian Tobacco Group, which is headquartered in Denmark. So Captain Black is an American-origin brand under Danish ownership.
Is Captain Black still owned by Scandinavian Tobacco Group?
Yes. As of 21 September 2026, Captain Black is still owned by Scandinavian Tobacco Group. 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] Scandinavian Tobacco Group — Our Brands and Facts & Figures — Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S, Official document; retrieved 21 September 2026.
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