Who owns Cowgirl Creamery?
Cowgirl Creamery is owned by Emmi (Switzerland, SIX: EMMN), which has owned the brand since 31 May 2016.[1][2]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Emmi Annual Report 2025 — group companies, Emmi AG. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Emmi AG reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland, Lucerne
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1997 by Sue Conley, Peggy Smith
- Category
- Food › Dairy & alternatives › Cheese
- Parent ticker
- SIX: EMMN
- Trademark registrant
- Tomales Bay Foods, Inc. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 4 sources
About Cowgirl Creamery
Cowgirl Creamery is a Northern California maker of organic artisan cheeses founded by Sue Conley and Peggy Smith, best known for its soft-ripened Mt Tam and Red Hawk. Emmi says it makes soft cheeses from Northern Californian organic cow's milk, and Emmi Roth lists it among its brands. It won silver at the 2025 World Cheese Awards.
Trademark record for Cowgirl Creamery
The USPTO record for the Cowgirl Creamery mark lists Tomales Bay Foods, Inc. as the owner of record (serial number 77170169). A trademark is often held by a group company rather than the listed parent, so the registrant's name can differ from the owner named above.[3]
Ownership timeline of Cowgirl Creamery
Where Cowgirl Creamery sits in Emmi
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Emmi
Emmi controls 14 brands on Brandtree, 13 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in cheese, and who owns them
The 99 brands in cheese on Brandtree belong to 40 owners. The largest is Savencia Fromage & Dairy, with 9; Emmi has 8.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Alouette | Savencia Fromage & Dairy | 🇫🇷 France |
| Alexis de Portneuf | Saputo | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Amalattea | Granarolo | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Galbani | Lactalis | 🇫🇷 France |
| Arla | Arla Foods | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| Babybel | Bel Group | 🇫🇷 France |
| Fetaxa | Hochland | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Brest-Litovsk | Savushkin Product | 🇧🇾 Belarus |
About the owner: Emmi
Emmi is a publicly listed company headquartered in Lucerne, Switzerland, founded in 1907. Brandtree records 14 brands under its control, and it is listed as SIX: EMMN.
Emmi is the largest milk processor in Switzerland, tracing its origins to 1907, when 62 dairy cooperatives founded the Central Swiss Milk Association in Lucerne; Emmi AG itself was created in 1993 and listed on the Swiss exchange in 2004. It reported net sales of CHF 4,745.7 million in 2025, and ZMP Invest AG, representing dairy farmers, holds 53.4 per cent of the voting rights. Beyond Swiss cheese and milk drinks it owns US specialty cheese makers, a majority of the Spanish dairy Kaiku, and a growing desserts business built on the 2024 purchase of Mademoiselle Desserts.
🇺🇸 Cowgirl Creamery 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, Cowgirl Creamery among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Cowgirl Creamery?
The parent company of Cowgirl Creamery is Emmi, a publicly listed company headquartered in Switzerland.
Is Cowgirl Creamery American or Swiss?
Cowgirl Creamery originated in the United States in 1997, but it is owned today by Emmi, which is headquartered in Switzerland. So Cowgirl Creamery is an American-origin brand under Swiss ownership.
Since when has Emmi owned Cowgirl Creamery?
Emmi has owned Cowgirl Creamery since 31 May 2016.
Is Cowgirl Creamery still owned by Emmi?
Yes. As of 3 October 2026, Cowgirl Creamery is still owned by Emmi. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (4) & 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] Emmi Annual Report 2025 — group companies — Emmi AG, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] Emmi Annual Report 2017 — notes to the consolidated financial statements — Emmi AG, Annual report; retrieved 3 October 2026.
- [3] USPTO: COWGIRL CREAMERY, serial 77170169 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 3 October 2026.
- [4] Emmi: “The adventure of a lifetime” (Cowgirl Creamery) — Emmi AG, Official document; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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