Who owns Chicago Cutlery?
Chicago Cutlery is owned by Corelle Brands (the United States).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Our Brands - Corelle Brands (with Company history page), Corelle Brands LLC. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Corelle Brands LLC reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Downers Grove
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Chicago
- Founded
- 1930
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Furniture & furnishings › Cookware & tableware
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Chicago Cutlery
Chicago Cutlery makes kitchen knives for home cooks. Corelle Brands says the brand began in 1930 as a knife sharpening service for butchers in the stockyards of Chicago, introduced professional-level knives for home use in 1969 and a wooden storage block for a whole knife set in 1976. The company calls it the number one brand in forged cutlery.
Ownership timeline of Chicago Cutlery
- Current owner Corelle Brands [1] reported
Where Chicago Cutlery sits in Corelle Brands
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Corelle Brands
Corelle Brands controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in home, garden & diy.
Also in home, garden & diy
Other brands in cookware & tableware, and who owns them
The 36 brands in cookware & tableware on Brandtree belong to 11 owners. The largest is Fiskars Group, with 10; Corelle Brands has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Arabia | Fiskars Group | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Fitz and Floyd | Lifetime Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Nambé | Portmeirion Group | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Ballarini | ZWILLING | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| like. by Villeroy & Boch | Villeroy & Boch | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Mark and Graham | Williams-Sonoma | 🇺🇸 United States |
| mychef | Dorco | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| FOX Home | Fox Group | 🇮🇱 Israel |
About the owner: Corelle Brands
Corelle Brands is a privately held company headquartered in Downers Grove, United States. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control.
Corelle Brands LLC is a privately held US maker of tableware, bakeware, cookware, food storage and knives, headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, with manufacturing in the United States and the Asia-Pacific region. It owns Corelle, Snapware, Chicago Cutlery and the Visions cookware line, and markets Pyrex and CorningWare under licence from Corning Incorporated, which owns those two trademarks. Instant Brands (Instant Pot) is also named on its site but is recorded under its own parent on Brandtree.
Corelle Brands: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Chicago Cutlery and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Chicago Cutlery is not one of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Chicago Cutlery?
The parent company of Chicago Cutlery is Corelle Brands, a privately held company headquartered in the United States.
Is Chicago Cutlery American?
Yes. Chicago Cutlery originated in the United States in 1930 and its owner, Corelle Brands, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Chicago Cutlery still owned by Corelle Brands?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Chicago Cutlery is still owned by Corelle Brands. 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] Our Brands - Corelle Brands (with Company history page) — Corelle Brands LLC, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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