Who owns Paper Mate?
Paper Mate is owned by Newell Brands (the United States, NASDAQ: NWL).[1]
Evidence: Newell Brands Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-13, SEC EDGAR, 13 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Newell Brands Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Atlanta, Georgia
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1949
- Category
- Home care › Household goods & storage › Writing instruments & office
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: NWL
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Paper Mate
Paper Mate made the first commercially successful retractable ballpoint pen in 1949, solving the leaking that had discredited earlier ballpoints, and it was the first pen banks would accept for signing cheques. The company merged into what is now Newell Brands through a series of consolidations.
What Newell Brands's annual report says about Paper Mate
Sentences about Paper Mate from Newell Brands's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Writing instruments, activity-based products and labeling solutions products are sold primarily under the Dymo, Elmer's, EXPO, Paper Mate, Parker and Sharpie brands.
How often Newell Brands names Paper Mate in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Paper Mate
- Current owner Newell Brands [1] verified
Where Paper Mate sits in Newell Brands
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Newell Brands
Newell Brands controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in home care.
Also in home care
- Coleman (1900)
- Contigo (2004)
- Crock-Pot (1971)
- Rubbermaid (1920)
- Sharpie (1964)
- Yankee Candle (1969)
Founded in the 1940s
- Graco (1942)
Other brands in writing instruments & office, and who owns them
The 69 brands in writing instruments & office on Brandtree belong to 20 owners. The largest is F.I.L.A., with 15; Newell Brands has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Arches | F.I.L.A. | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Acroball | Pilot | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Dungeons & Dragons | Hasbro | 🇺🇸 United States |
| American Girl | Mattel | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Creepy Crawlers | JAKKS Pacific | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Flair | Flair | 🇮🇳 India |
| Éxito | Ledesma | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Colokit | Thien Long Group | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
About the owner: Newell Brands
Newell Brands is a publicly listed company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, founded in 1903. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: NWL.
Newell Brands makes housewares, writing instruments, outdoor gear and baby products. Its 2016 purchase of Jarden roughly doubled its size and led to years of divestitures.
Newell Brands: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Paper Mate 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; Paper Mate is not one of them.
- 3-IN-ONE — WD-40 Company 🇺🇸
- Air Wick — Reckitt 🇬🇧
- Ajax — Colgate-Palmolive 🇺🇸
- All-Clad — Groupe SEB 🇫🇷
- Amazon Basics — Amazon 🇺🇸
- American Girl — Mattel 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Paper Mate?
The parent company of Paper Mate is Newell Brands, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Paper Mate American?
Yes. Paper Mate originated in the United States in 1949 and its owner, Newell Brands, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Paper Mate still owned by Newell Brands?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Paper Mate is still owned by Newell Brands. 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] Newell Brands Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-13 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 13 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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