Who owns Kivikylän?
Kivikylän is not wholly owned by any single company recorded here: HKFoods (Finland, HEL: HKFOODS) holds a 49% stake.[1] HKFoods Finland Oy holds 49.00% of Kivikylän kotipalvaamo Oy and consolidates it as a subsidiary; the annual report says control is based on a shareholders' agreement or board selection.
Evidence: HKFoods Plc — Annual Review 2025 (Report of the Board of Directors and Financial Statements). Last checked .
Key facts
- Largest stakeholder
- HKFoods Plc (49% stake) reported
- Headquarters
- 🇫🇮 Finland, Turku
- Origin
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- Founded
- 1992 by Jari Laihonen
- Category
- Food › Meat, poultry & seafood › Processed & packaged meat
- Parent ticker
- HEL: HKFOODS
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About Kivikylän
Kivikylän Kotipalvaamo is a Finnish maker of sausages, meatballs, smoked meats and other meat products, founded in 1992 by Jari Laihonen, whose father had begun smoking meat in the village of Kivikylä in the late 1970s. HKFoods Finland holds 49% of it and consolidates it as a subsidiary, with control resting on a shareholders' agreement. It runs five factories, and its net sales were EUR 105.3 million in 2025.
Ownership timeline of Kivikylän
Where Kivikylän sits in HKFoods
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full HKFoods ownership tree →
See the full HKFoods brand portfolio (2) →
Other brands owned by HKFoods
HKFoods controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in processed & packaged meat, and who owns them
The 103 brands in processed & packaged meat on Brandtree belong to 45 owners. The largest is Atria, with 8.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 3-Stjernet | Atria | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Dalsjöfors | Danish Crown | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| Fantino & Mondello | Maple Leaf Foods | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Bar-S | Sigma Foods | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| Aidells | Tyson Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| KMOTR | AGROFERT | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic |
| Freybe | Premium Brands | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Abraham | Bell Food Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
About the owner: HKFoods
HKFoods is a publicly listed company headquartered in Turku, Finland, founded in 1913.
HKFoods Plc is a Finnish meat and food company based in Turku, which renamed itself from HKScan in May 2024 after selling its Swedish business; its trading symbol changed to HKFOODS on 27 May 2024. It traces its start to January 1913, when about twenty farmers founded the cooperative slaughterhouse Lounais-Suomen Osuusteurastamo; its successor, LSO Osuuskunta, held 33.17% of the shares and 66.59% of the votes at the end of 2025. The A shares have traded on Nasdaq Helsinki since 1997. After selling its Baltic business in 2023 and its Swedish and Danish businesses in 2024, it operates in Finland and has a bacon plant in Poland. Net sales from continuing operations were EUR 996.4 million in 2025.
🇫🇮 Kivikylän and other Finnish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 67 brands that began in Finland. 23 of them (34%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Kivikylän is not one of them.
- Atria — Atria 🇫🇮
- Benecol — Raisio 🇫🇮
- Bertil's — Midsona 🇸🇪
- Fazer Aito — Fazer 🇫🇮
- Finn Crisp — Lantmännen 🇸🇪
- Härkis — Valio 🇫🇮
Frequently asked questions
Who owns Kivikylän?
No single company recorded here owns Kivikylän outright. HKFoods holds a 49% stake.
Does HKFoods control Kivikylän?
Not on the shareholding alone: a 49% holding is not a majority. HKFoods Finland Oy holds 49.00% of Kivikylän kotipalvaamo Oy and consolidates it as a subsidiary; the annual report says control is based on a shareholders' agreement or board selection.
Where did Kivikylän come from?
Kivikylän originated in Finland in 1992.
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] HKFoods Plc — Annual Review 2025 (Report of the Board of Directors and Financial Statements) — HKFoods Plc, Annual report; retrieved 24 October 2026.
- [2] Kivikylän Kotipalvaamo — Tarinamme — Kivikylän Kotipalvaamo Oy, Official document; retrieved 24 October 2026.
- [3] HKFoods in Finland — HKFoods Plc, Official document; retrieved 24 October 2026.
Report a correction Opens a pre-filled GitHub issue. See our corrections policy.