Who owns Melitta?
Melitta is owned by Melitta Group (Germany).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Melitta Group Annual Report 2023 — Business fields and brands / Facts & figures. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Melitta Group reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇩🇪 Germany, Minden
- Origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Founded
- 1908
- Category
- Beverages › Coffee, tea & hot drinks › Coffee
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Melitta
Melitta is the group's namesake and core coffee brand, with roots in the coffee filter that Melitta Bentz invented in 1908. In the group's annual report the name covers filter coffee, whole beans, fresh grinds, pads and instant coffees in Europe, Middle East and Africa, and the brand also carries coffee filter papers, coffee machines, kettles and milk frothers. Melitta sells in North America, South America and China through local divisions, and the report calls it one of the best-known and highest-revenue coffee brands.
Ownership timeline of Melitta
Where Melitta sits in Melitta
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Melitta
Melitta controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Avoury (2019)
- Café Barão
- Café Bom Jesus
- Caffè Corsini (1950)
Other brands in coffee, and who owns them
The 63 brands in coffee on Brandtree belong to 32 owners. The largest is Keurig Dr Pepper, with 10; Melitta has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Douwe Egberts | Keurig Dr Pepper | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Café Caribe | Coffee Holding | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Nescafé | Nestlé | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Ah Huat | Power Root | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Barcaffè | Atlantic Grupa | 🇭🇷 Croatia |
| Carte Noire | Lavazza | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Almendra Tropical | CasaLuker | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| La Bastilla | Grupo Nutresa | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
About the owner: Melitta
Melitta is a privately held company headquartered in Minden, Germany, founded in 1908. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control.
Melitta Group describes itself as an internationally active, family-owned group of companies that traces its existence to Melitta Bentz and her invention of the coffee filter in 1908. Its annual report divides it into coffee, coffee preparation (filters, coffee machines, kettles) and household products (food wrap, freezer and waste bags, vacuum-cleaner filter bags), plus industrial papers and packaging. The household-products brands in the film and foil business are run by its Cofresco division in Minden; Cofresco also holds Albal, BacoFoil, handy bag, Swirl and Wrapmaster, which are not listed here because the report does not say where those brands began. Granini juice was once a Melitta brand: Melitta sold it to Eckes in 1994 and held 26 per cent of the juice business until 2006.
🇩🇪 Melitta 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; Melitta is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Melitta?
The parent company of Melitta is Melitta Group, a privately held company headquartered in Germany.
Is Melitta German?
Yes. Melitta originated in Germany in 1908 and its owner, Melitta Group, is also headquartered in Germany.
Is Melitta still owned by Melitta Group?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Melitta is still owned by Melitta Group. 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] Melitta Group Annual Report 2023 — Business fields and brands / Facts & figures — Melitta Group, Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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