Who owns Halls?
Halls is owned by Mondelēz (the United States, NASDAQ: MDLZ).[1]
Evidence: Mondelez International, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-04, SEC EDGAR, 4 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Mondelez International, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Chicago, Illinois
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1893
- Category
- Consumer health › Over-the-counter medicine › Cold
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: MDLZ
- Trademark registrant
- INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About Halls
Halls is a menthol cough drop brand originating in Britain in the 1890s with the Hall brothers of Whitby, later sold worldwide. It is marketed as a medicated confection rather than a medicine in most countries, and Mondelēz sells it in more than 70 markets.
How often Mondelēz names Halls 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 Halls
The USPTO record for the Halls mark lists INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC as the owner of record (serial number 78122863). 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 Halls
Where Halls sits in Mondelēz
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Mondelēz
Mondelēz controls 28 brands on Brandtree.
- belVita (2010)
- Cadbury (1824)
- Cadbury Creme Egg (1963)
- Cadbury Dairy Milk (1905)
- Chips Ahoy! (1963)
- Clif Bar (1992)
- Club Social (1962)
- Côte d'Or (1883)
- Daim (1953)
- Freia (1889)
- LU (1846)
- Marabou (1916)
Other brands in cold, and who owns them
The 33 brands in cold on Brandtree belong to 20 owners. The largest is Krka, with 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Herbion | Krka | 🇸🇮 Slovenia |
| Breathe Right | Prestige Consumer Healthcare | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Lemsip | Reckitt | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Dimestil | Birzeit Pharmaceutical | 🇵🇸 Palestine |
| HealthCareAisle | Dr. Reddy's | 🇮🇳 India |
| Tukol | Genomma Lab | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| Benadryl | Kenvue | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Allergosan | Sopharma | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria |
About the owner: Mondelēz
Mondelēz is a publicly listed company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States, founded in 2012. Brandtree records 28 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: MDLZ.
Mondelēz International is the snacks company created in 2012 when Kraft Foods split in two, keeping the global biscuit, chocolate and gum businesses while the North American grocery business became Kraft Foods Group.
🇬🇧 Halls and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 552 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 291 of them (53%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Halls among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Halls?
The parent company of Halls is Mondelēz, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Halls British or American?
Halls originated in the United Kingdom in 1893, but it is owned today by Mondelēz, which is headquartered in the United States. So Halls is a British-origin brand under American ownership.
Is Halls still owned by Mondelēz?
Yes. As of 26 September 2026, Halls is still owned by Mondelēz. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (3) & 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] Mondelez International, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-04 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 4 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: HALLS, serial 78122863, registration 2807429 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 26 September 2026.
- [3] Mondelēz International — our brands: Halls — Mondelēz International, Inc., Official document; retrieved 26 September 2026.
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