Who owns Durango?
Durango, a tobacco brand, is owned by Turning Point Brands (the United States, NYSE: TPB).[1]
Evidence: Turning Point Brands, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-02, SEC EDGAR, 2 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Turning Point Brands, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Louisville, Kentucky
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Tobacco & nicotine › Tobacco products › Snus
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: TPB
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Durango
Durango is another of the loose-leaf chewing tobacco trademarks Turning Point Brands holds in its own name, alongside Trophy, Havana Blossom, Red Cap, Tennessee Chew and the Wind River brands. None of these is broken out in the accounts; what the company reports is the combined position they build with Beech-Nut and Stoker's, which is first place in chewing tobacco with roughly 38 per cent of the market. Swedish Match makes the product.
How often Turning Point Brands names Durango 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.
Ownership timeline of Durango
- Current owner Turning Point Brands [1] verified
Where Durango sits in Turning Point Brands
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Turning Point Brands
Turning Point Brands controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in tobacco & nicotine.
Also in tobacco & nicotine
Other brands in snus, and who owns them
Turning Point Brands has more brands in snus on Brandtree than any other owner: 4 of 11.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Gletscherprise | Pöschl Tabak | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Copenhagen | Altria | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Skruf | Imperial Brands | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| General | Philip Morris International | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Löwen-Prise | Pöschl Tabak | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Ozona | Pöschl Tabak | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Skoal | Altria | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Turning Point Brands
Turning Point Brands is a publicly listed company headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, founded in 2004. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: TPB.
Turning Point Brands was incorporated in Delaware in 2004 as North Atlantic Holding Company and renamed itself on 4 November 2015. It reports two segments named after the brands that define them, Zig-Zag and Stoker's, and sells through roughly 900 distributors into about 220,000 retail locations in North America with 484 employees. It manufactures very little of what it sells: Swedish Match makes its chewing tobacco and Republic Technology International its cigarette papers. Its distribution arm was disposed of on 2 January 2025.
Turning Point Brands: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Durango and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Durango is not one of them.
- Backwoods — Imperial Brands 🇬🇧
- Black & Mild — Altria 🇺🇸
- Camel — Japan Tobacco 🇯🇵
- Camel (United States) — British American Tobacco 🇬🇧
- Captain Black — Scandinavian Tobacco Group 🇩🇰
- Charlie's Chalk Dust — Charlie's Holdings 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Durango?
The parent company of Durango is Turning Point Brands, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Durango American?
Yes. Durango originated in the United States and its owner, Turning Point Brands, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Durango still owned by Turning Point Brands?
Yes. As of 26 September 2026, Durango is still owned by Turning Point Brands. 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] Turning Point Brands, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-02 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 2 March 2026; retrieved 26 September 2026.
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