Who owns York?
York is owned by Hershey (the United States, NYSE: HSY).[1]
Evidence: The Hershey Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-17, SEC EDGAR, 17 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- The Hershey Company verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Hershey, Pennsylvania
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, York, Pennsylvania
- Founded
- 1940
- Category
- Food › Confectionery › Chocolate
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: HSY
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About York
York Peppermint Patties are dark chocolate discs with a firm mint centre, made in Pennsylvania since 1940. Their advertising, in which biting one produces a sensation of cold, has run in various forms for decades. Hershey owns the brand, and the cooling sensation comes from menthol in the peppermint oil rather than from temperature.
How often Hershey names York 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 more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of York
Where York sits in Hershey
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Hershey
Hershey controls 12 brands on Brandtree, 12 of them in food.
Also in food
- Almond Joy (1946)
- Dot's Homestyle Pretzels (2011)
- Heath (1928)
- Hershey's (1900)
- Hershey's Kisses (1907)
- Ice Breakers (1996)
- Jolly Rancher (1949)
- PayDay (1932)
- Reese's (1928)
- SkinnyPop (2010)
- Twizzlers (1929)
Other brands in chocolate, and who owns them
The 131 brands in chocolate on Brandtree belong to 45 owners. The largest is Mars, with 9; Hershey has 6.
About the owner: Hershey
Hershey is a publicly listed company headquartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, founded in 1894. Brandtree records 12 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: HSY.
The Hershey Company was founded by Milton Hershey in 1894 and is controlled by the Hershey Trust, which funds a school for disadvantaged children and holds the majority of voting power. Hershey makes Cadbury and KitKat under licence for the United States market.
🇺🇸 York 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; York is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of York?
The parent company of York is Hershey, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is York American?
Yes. York originated in the United States in 1940 and its owner, Hershey, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is York still owned by Hershey?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, York is still owned by Hershey. 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] The Hershey Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-17 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 17 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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