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.
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.
Active lifestyle products are sold primarily under the Bubba, Campingaz, Coleman, Contigo, and Marmot brands.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The parent company of Coleman is Newell Brands, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Coleman American?
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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?
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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?
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Coleman was an independent company from its founding in 1900 until Newell Brands acquired it in 2016.
Is Coleman still owned by Newell Brands?
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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.
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