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Who owns Coleman?

Coleman is owned by Newell Brands (the United States, NASDAQ: NWL), which acquired the brand on 15 April 2016, as part of a $15.4 billion deal that also included Yankee Candle, Crock-Pot and Contigo.[1][2] Coleman was founded in 1900 in the United States and was independent until 2016.

Evidence: Newell Brands Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-13, SEC EDGAR, 13 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .

Key facts

Current owner
Newell Brands Inc. verified
Owned since
· deal details
Deal price (whole deal)
$15.4 billion (enterprise value) for 4 brands
Previous owner
Independent (1900–2016)
Owner HQ
🇺🇸 United States, Atlanta, Georgia
Origin
🇺🇸 United States
Founded
1900
Category
Home care › Household goods & storage › Food storage
Parent ticker
NASDAQ: NWL
Last verified
· 2 sources

About Coleman

Coleman was founded in 1900 selling gasoline pressure lamps, initially rented rather than sold because customers doubted they worked, and its lanterns were used by the American military in both world wars. The camping equipment business joined Newell with the Jarden acquisition in 2016.

What Newell Brands's annual report says about Coleman

Sentences about Coleman from Newell Brands's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.

How often Newell Brands names Coleman in its annual report

A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.

Annual report filedTimes Coleman is named
20267
20257
20248

Ownership timeline of Coleman

Owners of Coleman over 1900 to 2026 Newell Brands 2016–present Newell Brands 1900192019401960198020002020
  1. 2016 – present Newell Brands — acquired 15 April 2016 [1][2] verified

Where Coleman sits in Newell Brands

Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

Where Coleman sits in Newell Brands Tree of 8 brands under Newell Brands. Newell Brands Coleman Contigo Crock-Pot Graco Paper Mate Rubbermaid and 2 more

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Other brands owned by Newell Brands

Newell Brands controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in home care.

Also in home care

All Newell Brands brands →

Other brands in food storage, and who owns them

The 16 brands in food storage on Brandtree belong to 8 owners. The largest is Melitta, with 3; Newell Brands has 2.

BrandOwnerOwner based in
Cuki Melitta 🇩🇪 Germany
Hefty Reynolds Consumer Products 🇺🇸 United States
YETI YETI 🇺🇸 United States
Glad Clorox 🇺🇸 United States
Snapware Corelle Brands 🇺🇸 United States
Ziploc SC Johnson 🇺🇸 United States
Tupperware Tupperware Brands 🇺🇸 United States
Domopak Melitta 🇩🇪 Germany

Every brand in food storage and its owner →

About the owner: Newell Brands

Newell Brands is a publicly listed company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, founded in 1903. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: NWL.

Newell Brands makes housewares, writing instruments, outdoor gear and baby products. Its 2016 purchase of Jarden roughly doubled its size and led to years of divestitures.

Newell Brands: full profile, brands and acquisition history →

🇺🇸 Coleman and other American brands

Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Coleman is not one of them.

All American brands and who owns them →

Deals involving Coleman

Acquisition closed

Newell Brands acquires Yankee Candle, Coleman, Crock-Pot and Contigo

Newell Rubbermaid acquired Jarden for about $15.4 billion and renamed itself Newell Brands, roughly doubling in size overnight. Jarden had itself been assembled from dozens of acquisitions, and the combined company spent the following years selling many of them again after the debt proved heavier than the integration was worth.

Value
$15.4bn
Seller
—
Regulatory
None recorded

Frequently asked questions

Who is the parent company of Coleman?

The parent company of Coleman is Newell Brands, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.

Is Coleman American?

Yes. Coleman originated in the United States in 1900 and its owner, Newell Brands, is also headquartered in the United States.

When did Newell Brands buy Coleman?

Newell Brands completed its acquisition of Coleman on 15 April 2016, after announcing the deal on 14 December 2015. The deal, which also included Yankee Candle, Crock-Pot and Contigo, was valued at $15.4 billion (enterprise value).

Who owned Coleman before Newell Brands?

Coleman was an independent company from its founding in 1900 until Newell Brands acquired it in 2016.

Is Coleman still owned by Newell Brands?

Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Coleman is still owned by Newell Brands. 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. [1] Newell Brands Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-13 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 13 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
  2. [2] Newell Brands Inc. Form 8-K - completion of the Jarden acquisition — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 8-K, published 15 April 2016; retrieved 16 September 2026.

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