Who owns Cohiba (United States)?
Cohiba (United States) 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 › Cigars & cigarillos
- Parent ticker
- Nasdaq Copenhagen: STG
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Cohiba (United States)
General Cigar Company, a Scandinavian Tobacco Group subsidiary, has sold a Dominican-made "Cohiba" in the United States since the early 1980s and holds US federal trademark registrations for the name dating to 1981. The name has been fought over for decades: General Cigar's own account of the dispute describes a US Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruling that dismissed a petition by Cuba's Cubatabaco to cancel its registrations, which the company calls an affirmation of its US ownership, though the two sides have kept litigating the US registration since. Outside the United States, Cohiba is a wholly different, unrelated Cuban-made product sold worldwide by Habanos S.A.; the split exists only because the US trade embargo on Cuba has closed the American market to Cuban cigars since 1962.
Ownership timeline of Cohiba (United States)
- Current owner Scandinavian Tobacco Group [1] reported
Where Cohiba (United States) sits in Scandinavian Tobacco Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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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 cigars & cigarillos, and who owns them
The 30 brands in cigars & cigarillos on Brandtree belong to 12 owners. The largest is Villiger, with 7; Scandinavian Tobacco Group has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Constellation | Villiger | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Cohiba | Habanos | 🇨🇺 Cuba |
| H. Upmann (United States) | Tabacalera USA | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Djarum Cigarillos | Djarum | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Backwoods | Imperial Brands | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Black & Mild | Altria | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Jose Bartolo | Eastern Company | 🇪🇬 Egypt |
| Armenteros Handrolled Cigars | ITC | 🇮🇳 India |
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 →
🇺🇸 Cohiba (United States) 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, Cohiba (United States) 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 Cohiba (United States)?
The parent company of Cohiba (United States) is Scandinavian Tobacco Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in Denmark.
Is Cohiba (United States) owned by Habanos?
No. Cohiba (United States) is owned by Scandinavian Tobacco Group, not Habanos.
Is Cohiba (United States) American or Danish?
Cohiba (United States) originated in the United States, but it is owned today by Scandinavian Tobacco Group, which is headquartered in Denmark. So Cohiba (United States) is an American-origin brand under Danish ownership.
Is Cohiba (United States) still owned by Scandinavian Tobacco Group?
Yes. As of 21 September 2026, Cohiba (United States) 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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