Who owns Lyra?
Lyra is owned by F.I.L.A. (Italy, BIT: FILA), which has owned the brand since 2008.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: F.I.L.A. Group Half-Year Report at June 30, 2026, F.I.L.A. S.p.A. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- F.I.L.A. - Fabbrica Italiana Lapis ed Affini S.p.A. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇹 Italy, Pero
- Origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany, Nuremberg
- Founded
- 1806 by Johann Froescheis
- Category
- Home care › Household goods & storage › Writing instruments & office
- Parent ticker
- BIT: FILA
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Lyra
Lyra is one of the world's oldest pencil brands, founded in Nuremberg by Johann Froescheis in 1806, according to F.I.L.A. Its range covers artistic, technical, school and amateur drawing products. F.I.L.A. acquired the German Lyra group in 2008, which brought the group into the German, Scandinavian and Eastern Asian markets.
Ownership timeline of Lyra
Where Lyra sits in F.I.L.A.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by F.I.L.A.
F.I.L.A. controls 15 brands on Brandtree, 15 of them in home care.
Also in home care
- Arches
- Canson (1557)
- Daler-Rowney (1783)
- Dixon
- Giotto (1925)
- Lukas (1862)
- Maimeri (1923)
- Pacon (1951)
- Pongo (1964)
- Prang (1882)
- Princeton (1992)
- Strathmore (1892)
- Ticonderoga (1913)
- Tratto
Other brands in writing instruments & office, and who owns them
F.I.L.A. has more brands in writing instruments & office on Brandtree than any other owner: 15 of 56.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Acroball | Pilot | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Dungeons & Dragons | Hasbro | 🇺🇸 United States |
| American Girl | Mattel | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Flair | Flair | 🇮🇳 India |
| Éxito | Ledesma | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| LEGO | The LEGO Group | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| C3 | DOMS | 🇮🇳 India |
| Paper Mate | Newell Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: F.I.L.A.
F.I.L.A. is a publicly listed company headquartered in Pero, Italy, founded in 1920. Brandtree records 15 brands under its control, and it is listed as BIT: FILA.
Italian maker of pencils, crayons, modelling clay, art colours and fine-art paper, founded in Florence in 1920 and now registered in Pero, Milan. Its ordinary shares have traded on Euronext Milan (STAR segment) since 12 November 2015. The group grew by acquisition, buying Dixon Ticonderoga (2005), the Lyra group (2008), Daler-Rowney Lukas (2016), Canson (2016), the Pacon group (2018) and Arches (2020). It also holds 19.01% of the Indian stationery maker DOMS Industries, which it does not control and whose brands are not listed here.
🇩🇪 Lyra and other German brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 243 brands that began in Germany. 90 of them (37%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Lyra among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Lyra?
The parent company of Lyra is F.I.L.A., a publicly listed company headquartered in Italy.
Is Lyra German or Italian?
Lyra originated in Germany in 1806, but it is owned today by F.I.L.A., which is headquartered in Italy. So Lyra is a German-origin brand under Italian ownership.
Since when has F.I.L.A. owned Lyra?
F.I.L.A. has owned Lyra since 2008.
Is Lyra still owned by F.I.L.A.?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Lyra is still owned by F.I.L.A. 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] F.I.L.A. Group Half-Year Report at June 30, 2026 — F.I.L.A. S.p.A., Stock exchange filing; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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