Who owns Dunhill?
Dunhill, a tobacco brand, is owned by British American Tobacco (the United Kingdom, LSE: BATS).[1]
Evidence: British American Tobacco p.l.c. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-02-13, SEC EDGAR, 13 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- British American Tobacco p.l.c. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, London
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Category
- Tobacco & nicotine › Tobacco products › Cigarettes
- Parent ticker
- LSE: BATS NYSE: BTI
- Trademark registrant
- Dunhill Tobacco of London Limited (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Dunhill
Dunhill is one of the five current global cigarette brands British American Tobacco names on its own product pages, alongside Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall and Rothmans, together accounting for roughly half of the group's worldwide cigarette sales. The tobacco business traces to the same Alfred Dunhill name as the Richemont-owned Dunhill luxury goods and menswear house, but the two have been under separate ownership since the tobacco rights passed to Rothmans International in 1993, ahead of Rothmans joining BAT in 1999; the luxury house is unrelated to this cigarette brand and is owned by Richemont.
What British American Tobacco's annual report says about Dunhill
Sentences about Dunhill from British American Tobacco's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Strategic Brand Performance In 2025 , strategic cigarette brands' value share grew 10 bps : Dunhill's overall value share was flat despite declines in Brazil and Romania.
How often British American Tobacco names Dunhill 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.
Trademark record for Dunhill
The USPTO record for the Dunhill mark lists Dunhill Tobacco of London Limited as the owner of record (serial number 79293774). 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.[2]
Ownership timeline of Dunhill
- Current owner British American Tobacco [1] verified
Where Dunhill sits in British American Tobacco
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by British American Tobacco
British American Tobacco controls 11 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; British American Tobacco has 8.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| GG Mild | Gudang Garam | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Crowns | Imperial Brands | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| American Legend | Karelia | 🇬🇷 Greece |
| Boston (Eastern cigarettes) | Eastern Company | 🇪🇬 Egypt |
| Djarum 76 | Djarum | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Capstan | ITC | 🇮🇳 India |
| Camel | Japan Tobacco | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| L&M (United States) | Altria | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: British American Tobacco
British American Tobacco is a publicly listed company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, founded in 1902. Brandtree records 11 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: BATS and NYSE: BTI.
British American Tobacco was formed in 1902 as a joint venture between the UK's Imperial Tobacco Company and the American Tobacco Company of the United States, with James 'Buck' Duke as its first chairman. It now sells cigarettes and, since 2019, a deliberately built set of global New Category brands (Vuse vapour, glo heated tobacco and Velo modern oral) in the US and internationally. It completed the acquisition of the 57.8% of Reynolds American Inc. it did not already own on 25 July 2017, bringing Reynolds' US brands — Newport, Camel, Pall Mall and Natural American Spirit among them — into the group.
British American Tobacco: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇬🇧 Dunhill and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 571 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 297 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Dunhill is not one of them.
- Auld Kendal — Gawith Hoggarth 🇬🇧
- Davidoff — Imperial Brands 🇬🇧
- Nordic Spirit — Japan Tobacco 🇯🇵
- A.1. — Kraft Heinz 🇺🇸
- ASOS Design — ASOS 🇬🇧
- AVA — Pets at Home 🇬🇧
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Dunhill?
The parent company of Dunhill is British American Tobacco, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Dunhill owned by Richemont?
No. Dunhill is owned by British American Tobacco, not Richemont.
Is Dunhill British?
Yes. Dunhill originated in the United Kingdom and its owner, British American Tobacco, is also headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Dunhill still owned by British American Tobacco?
Yes. As of 29 October 2026, Dunhill is still owned by British American Tobacco. 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] British American Tobacco p.l.c. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-02-13 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 13 February 2026; retrieved 21 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: DUNHILL DUNHILL, serial 79293774 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 7 October 2026.
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