Who owns Rothmans?
Rothmans is owned by British American Tobacco (the United Kingdom, LSE: BATS).[1]
Evidence: British American Tobacco p.l.c. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-02-13, SEC EDGAR, 13 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- British American Tobacco p.l.c. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, London
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Category
- Tobacco & nicotine › Tobacco products › Cigarettes
- Parent ticker
- LSE: BATS NYSE: BTI
- Trademark registrant
- Rothmans of Pall Mall Limited (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Rothmans
Rothmans is one of British American Tobacco's five current global cigarette brands, alongside Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike and Pall Mall, and together the five account for roughly half of BAT's worldwide cigarette sales. Rothmans International merged with BAT Industries in 1999, bringing both the Rothmans name and the tobacco rights to the Dunhill brand, which Rothmans had held since 1993, into what is now British American Tobacco.
What British American Tobacco's annual report says about Rothmans
Sentences about Rothmans from British American Tobacco's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
This more than offset higher volume in Indonesia; Rothmans' value share was flat , as growth in Brazil was offset by lower value share in Romania and Pakistan.
The principal allocations of goodwill in the Rothmans acquisition are to the cash-generating units of Europe and South Africa, with the remainder relating to operations in APMEA.
In the 1999 Rothmans transaction, convertible redeemable preference shares were issued as part of the consideration.
How often British American Tobacco names Rothmans 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.
Trademark record for Rothmans
The USPTO record for the Rothmans mark lists Rothmans of Pall Mall Limited as the owner of record (serial number 90491926). A trademark is often held by a group company rather than the listed parent, so the registrant's name can differ from the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Rothmans
- Current owner British American Tobacco [1] verified
Where Rothmans sits in British American Tobacco
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by British American Tobacco
British American Tobacco controls 11 brands on Brandtree, 11 of them in tobacco & nicotine.
Also in tobacco & nicotine
Other brands in cigarettes, and who owns them
The 81 brands in cigarettes on Brandtree belong to 13 owners. The largest is Imperial Brands, with 11; British American Tobacco has 8.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| GG Mild | Gudang Garam | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Crowns | Imperial Brands | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| American Legend | Karelia | 🇬🇷 Greece |
| Boston (Eastern cigarettes) | Eastern Company | 🇪🇬 Egypt |
| Djarum 76 | Djarum | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Capstan | ITC | 🇮🇳 India |
| Camel | Japan Tobacco | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| L&M (United States) | Altria | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: British American Tobacco
British American Tobacco is a publicly listed company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, founded in 1902. Brandtree records 11 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: BATS and NYSE: BTI.
British American Tobacco was formed in 1902 as a joint venture between the UK's Imperial Tobacco Company and the American Tobacco Company of the United States, with James 'Buck' Duke as its first chairman. It now sells cigarettes and, since 2019, a deliberately built set of global New Category brands (Vuse vapour, glo heated tobacco and Velo modern oral) in the US and internationally. It completed the acquisition of the 57.8% of Reynolds American Inc. it did not already own on 25 July 2017, bringing Reynolds' US brands — Newport, Camel, Pall Mall and Natural American Spirit among them — into the group.
British American Tobacco: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇬🇧 Rothmans and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 571 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 297 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Rothmans is not one of them.
- Auld Kendal — Gawith Hoggarth 🇬🇧
- Davidoff — Imperial Brands 🇬🇧
- Nordic Spirit — Japan Tobacco 🇯🇵
- A.1. — Kraft Heinz 🇺🇸
- ASOS Design — ASOS 🇬🇧
- AVA — Pets at Home 🇬🇧
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Rothmans?
The parent company of Rothmans is British American Tobacco, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Rothmans British?
Yes. Rothmans originated in the United Kingdom and its owner, British American Tobacco, is also headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Rothmans still owned by British American Tobacco?
Yes. As of 29 October 2026, Rothmans is still owned by British American Tobacco. 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] British American Tobacco p.l.c. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-02-13 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 13 February 2026; retrieved 21 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: ROTHMANS, serial 90491926 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 7 October 2026.
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