Who owns Kölln?
Kölln is owned by Peter Kölln GmbH & Co. KGaA (Germany).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Kölln — Unsere Geschichte, Peter Kölln GmbH & Co. KGaA. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Peter Kölln GmbH & Co. KGaA reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇩🇪 Germany, Elmshorn
- Origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany, Elmshorn
- Founded
- 1920
- Category
- Food › Breakfast cereal › Hot cereal & oats
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Kölln
Kölln is a German brand of oat products made in Elmshorn, including rolled oats (Köllnflocken), porridge, oat bran, instant oat flakes for babies, mueslis and cereals. Kölln says it was the first to sell oat flakes in a branded household pack, in 1920, with collectible picture cards, and registered Blütenzarte Köllnflocken as a trademark in 1938. It brought out its first ready-made mueslis in 1976, among them its Schoko Müsli, and had its oat flake plant certified organic in 1999.
Ownership timeline of Kölln
Where Kölln sits in Kölln
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Kölln
Kölln controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in hot cereal & oats, and who owns them
The 16 brands in hot cereal & oats on Brandtree belong to 13 owners. The largest is Midsona, with 2.
About the owner: Kölln
Kölln is a privately held company headquartered in Elmshorn, Germany, founded in 1820. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control.
Peter Kölln GmbH & Co. KGaA is a German family company in Elmshorn that makes oat products under the Kölln name and cooking oils and fats under Mazola, Biskin, Livio and Palmin. It traces itself to 1795, when Hans Hinrich Kölln took over a horse-driven groats mill, and dates its founding to 1820, when his son Peter Kölln took over the business. It added Livio, Biskin and Palmin in 2004 and Mazola in 2014. Since 1 May 2024 it has been led by Friederike Driftmann-Egelhof, the seventh generation of the family, with Björn Schulz as CFO.
🇩🇪 Kölln and other German brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 265 brands that began in Germany. 96 of them (36%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Kölln is not one of them.
- 3 Glocken — Princes Group 🇬🇧
- Abraham — Bell Food Group 🇨🇭
- Aldi (Nord) — Aldi Nord 🇩🇪
- Aldi (Süd) — Aldi Süd 🇩🇪
- Almette — Hochland 🇩🇪
- Aptamil — Danone 🇫🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Kölln?
The parent company of Kölln is Peter Kölln GmbH & Co. KGaA, a privately held company headquartered in Germany.
Is Kölln German?
Yes. Kölln originated in Germany in 1920 and its owner, Peter Kölln GmbH & Co. KGaA, is also headquartered in Germany.
Is Kölln still owned by Peter Kölln GmbH & Co. KGaA?
Yes. As of 24 October 2026, Kölln is still owned by Peter Kölln GmbH & Co. KGaA. 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] Kölln — Unsere Geschichte — Peter Kölln GmbH & Co. KGaA, Official document; retrieved 24 October 2026.
- [2] Kölln — Unsere Marken — Peter Kölln GmbH & Co. KGaA, Official document; retrieved 24 October 2026.
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