Who owns Classic?
Classic is owned by ITC (India, NSE: ITC).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: ITC Limited Report and Accounts 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- ITC Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇳 India, Kolkata
- Origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- Category
- Tobacco & nicotine › Tobacco products › Cigarettes
- Parent ticker
- NSE: ITC
- Trademark registrant
- ITC LIMITED (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Classic
Classic is a premium cigarette brand in ITC's domestic portfolio, named on ITC's own FMCG cigarette business page alongside Insignia, India Kings, Gold Flake and Wills Navy Cut. ITC also sells cigarettes under a combined "Classic, Wills, Scissors and ACE" umbrella trademark in West Asian export markets including Bahrain and Qatar, where the company describes itself as the third largest cigarette player.
Trademark record for Classic
The USPTO record for the Classic mark lists ITC LIMITED as the owner of record (serial number 98543918). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Classic
Where Classic sits in ITC
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full ITC brand portfolio (17) →
Other brands owned by ITC
ITC controls 17 brands on Brandtree, 11 of them in tobacco & nicotine.
Also in tobacco & nicotine
Other brands in cigarettes, and who owns them
The 81 brands in cigarettes on Brandtree belong to 13 owners. The largest is Imperial Brands, with 11; ITC has 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| GG Mild | Gudang Garam | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Crowns | Imperial Brands | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Camel (United States) | British American Tobacco | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| American Legend | Karelia | 🇬🇷 Greece |
| Boston (Eastern cigarettes) | Eastern Company | 🇪🇬 Egypt |
| Djarum 76 | Djarum | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Camel | Japan Tobacco | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| L&M (United States) | Altria | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: ITC
ITC is a publicly listed company headquartered in Kolkata, India, founded in 1910. Brandtree records 17 brands under its control, and it is listed as NSE: ITC.
ITC was founded in 1910 as the Imperial Tobacco Company of India and spent the last three decades building a packaged foods business that now rivals its original trade. It is one of the largest companies in India by market value, and its foods division was assembled almost entirely from brands it created rather than bought.
🇮🇳 Classic and other Indian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 288 brands that began in India. 9 of them (3%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Classic is not one of them.
- 8PM — Radico Khaitan 🇮🇳
- ACC — Ambuja Cements 🇮🇳
- AbhiBus — ixigo 🇮🇳
- Adani Airports Holdings — Adani Group 🇮🇳
- Adani Ports — Adani Ports 🇮🇳
- Air India — Air India 🇮🇳
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Classic?
The parent company of Classic is ITC, a publicly listed company headquartered in India.
Is Classic Indian?
Yes. Classic originated in India and its owner, ITC, is also headquartered in India.
Is Classic still owned by ITC?
Yes. As of 28 September 2026, Classic is still owned by ITC. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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] ITC Limited Report and Accounts 2026 — ITC Limited, Annual report; retrieved 28 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: WILLS CLASSIC RICH TASTE SIGNATURE TASTE, serial 98543918 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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