Who owns JOBST?
JOBST is owned by Essity (Sweden, STO: ESSITY-B).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Essity Annual Report 2025, Essity AB. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Essity AB reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇸🇪 Sweden, Stockholm
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1950
- Category
- Consumer health › First aid & wound care › Bandages & wound care
- Parent ticker
- STO: ESSITY-B
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About JOBST
JOBST makes medical compression garments for venous and lymphatic conditions, founded in 1950 by an engineer who had the condition himself and designed the first graduated compression stocking. Essity sells it through its health and medical division. Graduated compression is tighter at the ankle than the calf, which is what drives blood back towards the heart.
Ownership timeline of JOBST
Where JOBST sits in Essity
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Essity
Essity controls 6 brands on Brandtree.
Founded in the 1950s
- Zewa (1958)
Other brands in bandages & wound care, and who owns them
The 21 brands in bandages & wound care on Brandtree belong to 13 owners. The largest is HARTMANN, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Atrauman | HARTMANN | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Biatain | Coloplast | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| Aquacel | Convatec | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Allevyn | Smith+Nephew | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Nexcare | 3M | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Hansaplast | Beiersdorf | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Pantinol Plus | Birzeit Pharmaceutical | 🇵🇸 Palestine |
| Cipladine | Cipla | 🇮🇳 India |
About the owner: Essity
Essity is a publicly listed company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, founded in 2017. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as STO: ESSITY-B.
Essity was created in 2017 when the Swedish forestry group SCA separated its hygiene business from its forest products, and it is one of the largest tissue and hygiene companies in the world. Its brands lead in feminine care, incontinence and consumer tissue across Europe and Latin America.
🇺🇸 JOBST and other American brands
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, JOBST among them.
- Advil — Haleon 🇬🇧
- Alka-Seltzer — Bayer 🇩🇪
- Band-Aid — Kenvue 🇺🇸
- Breathe Right — Prestige Consumer Healthcare 🇺🇸
- Bufferin (United States) — Genomma Lab 🇲🇽
- Doan's — Dr. Reddy's 🇮🇳
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of JOBST?
The parent company of JOBST is Essity, a publicly listed company headquartered in Sweden.
Is JOBST American or Swedish?
JOBST originated in the United States in 1950, but it is owned today by Essity, which is headquartered in Sweden. So JOBST is an American-origin brand under Swedish ownership.
Is JOBST still owned by Essity?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, JOBST is still owned by Essity. 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] Essity Annual Report 2025 — Essity AB, Annual report; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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