Who owns Princeton?
Princeton is owned by F.I.L.A. (Italy, BIT: FILA), which has owned the brand since 2018.[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
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1992 by Howard Kaufman
- Category
- Home care › Household goods & storage › Writing instruments & office
- Parent ticker
- BIT: FILA
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Princeton
The Princeton Artist Brush Company was founded in 1992 when Howard Kaufman started a small brush company in New Jersey. F.I.L.A. says it has become one of the leading brush suppliers in North America and expanded to many countries. It joined F.I.L.A. in June 2018 with the acquisition of the US Pacon group.
Ownership timeline of Princeton
Where Princeton 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)
- Lyra (1806)
- Maimeri (1923)
- Pacon (1951)
- Pongo (1964)
- Prang (1882)
- 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.
🇺🇸 Princeton and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Princeton among 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 Princeton?
The parent company of Princeton is F.I.L.A., a publicly listed company headquartered in Italy.
Is Princeton American or Italian?
Princeton originated in the United States in 1992, but it is owned today by F.I.L.A., which is headquartered in Italy. So Princeton is an American-origin brand under Italian ownership.
Since when has F.I.L.A. owned Princeton?
F.I.L.A. has owned Princeton since 2018.
Is Princeton still owned by F.I.L.A.?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Princeton 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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