Who owns Tamminen?
Tamminen is not wholly owned by any single company recorded here: HKFoods (Finland, HEL: HKFOODS) holds a 49% stake.[1] HKFoods Finland Oy holds 49.00% of Lihatukku Harri Tamminen Oy and consolidates it as a subsidiary; the annual report says control is based on a shareholders' agreement or board selection.
Evidence: HKFoods Plc — Annual Review 2025 (Report of the Board of Directors and Financial Statements). Last checked .
Key facts
- Largest stakeholder
- HKFoods Plc (49% stake) reported
- Headquarters
- 🇫🇮 Finland, Turku
- Origin
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- Founded
- 1995
- Category
- Food › Meat, poultry & seafood › Fresh meat & poultry
- Parent ticker
- HEL: HKFOODS
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About Tamminen
Tamminen is the brand of Lihatukku Harri Tamminen Oy, a Finnish family company founded in 1995 that sells quality meat, sausages and ready meals from its base in Vantaa, with plants in Talma, Sipoo and in Luumäki making sauna-smoked products and air-dried cold cuts. HKFoods first took an interest in it in 2003 and now holds 49%, consolidating it as a subsidiary under a shareholders' agreement. Its net sales were EUR 74.2 million in 2025.
Ownership timeline of Tamminen
Where Tamminen sits in HKFoods
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by HKFoods
HKFoods controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in fresh meat & poultry, and who owns them
The 60 brands in fresh meat & poultry on Brandtree belong to 29 owners. The largest is LDC, with 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Doux | LDC | 🇫🇷 France |
| Assilah | MHP | 🇨🇾 Cyprus |
| Bostock's | Inghams | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Sopraval | Agrosuper | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Kaišiadorių Paukštynas | Akola Group | 🇱🇹 Lithuania |
| Pollo Indio | CMI | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
| Friboi | JBS | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Mr. Chancho | Pronaca | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
About the owner: HKFoods
HKFoods is a publicly listed company headquartered in Turku, Finland, founded in 1913.
HKFoods Plc is a Finnish meat and food company based in Turku, which renamed itself from HKScan in May 2024 after selling its Swedish business; its trading symbol changed to HKFOODS on 27 May 2024. It traces its start to January 1913, when about twenty farmers founded the cooperative slaughterhouse Lounais-Suomen Osuusteurastamo; its successor, LSO Osuuskunta, held 33.17% of the shares and 66.59% of the votes at the end of 2025. The A shares have traded on Nasdaq Helsinki since 1997. After selling its Baltic business in 2023 and its Swedish and Danish businesses in 2024, it operates in Finland and has a bacon plant in Poland. Net sales from continuing operations were EUR 996.4 million in 2025.
🇫🇮 Tamminen and other Finnish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 67 brands that began in Finland. 23 of them (34%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Tamminen is not one of them.
- Atria — Atria 🇫🇮
- Benecol — Raisio 🇫🇮
- Bertil's — Midsona 🇸🇪
- Fazer Aito — Fazer 🇫🇮
- Finn Crisp — Lantmännen 🇸🇪
- Härkis — Valio 🇫🇮
Frequently asked questions
Who owns Tamminen?
No single company recorded here owns Tamminen outright. HKFoods holds a 49% stake.
Does HKFoods control Tamminen?
Not on the shareholding alone: a 49% holding is not a majority. HKFoods Finland Oy holds 49.00% of Lihatukku Harri Tamminen Oy and consolidates it as a subsidiary; the annual report says control is based on a shareholders' agreement or board selection.
Where did Tamminen come from?
Tamminen originated in Finland in 1995.
Sources (3) & 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] HKFoods Plc — Annual Review 2025 (Report of the Board of Directors and Financial Statements) — HKFoods Plc, Annual report; retrieved 24 October 2026.
- [2] Tamminen — Yritys — Lihatukku Harri Tamminen Oy, Official document; retrieved 24 October 2026.
- [3] HKFoods — History — HKFoods Plc, Official document; retrieved 24 October 2026.
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