Bolton Group: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Bolton Group is a privately held company headquartered in Milan, Italy that owns 14 consumer brands across 3 categories.[1]
Bolton is a family-owned Italian group that began in 1949 when Joseph Nissim founded Exportex to distribute Anglo-American brands in post-war Italy, turned itself into a manufacturer in the 1960s, and took the Bolton Group name in 1978. It now sells more than sixty brands across food, home care, adhesives, personal care and beauty, and reports a turnover of €3.5 billion for 2025. Canned fish is its largest business and its route into most foreign markets: Rio Mare in Italy, Saupiquet in France, Isabel in Spain and Latin America, Wild Planet in the United States. Marina Nissim chairs the group.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Bolton Group S.r.l. (also Bolton, Gruppo Bolton)
- Type
- privately held company · see all privately held company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇮🇹 Milan, Italy
- Founded
- 1949
- Website
- www.bolton.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Bolton Group in numbers
- Bolton Group owns 14 consumer brands tracked here across 3 top-level categories; the largest is personal care & beauty with 6 brands.[1]
- 7 of its brands originated outside Italy.
Everything Bolton Group owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
Full portfolio, 14 brands, with sources → · Competitors by shared categories →
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Bolton Group own?
Bolton Group owns 14 consumer brands tracked here, including Saupiquet, UHU, Botot, Bison, Cavaillès and Borotalco.
Is Bolton Group an Italian company?
Yes. Bolton Group is headquartered in Milan, Italy and was founded in 1949.
Who owns Bolton Group?
Bolton Group is privately held. Bolton is a family-owned Italian group that began in 1949 when Joseph Nissim founded Exportex to distribute Anglo-American brands in post-war Italy, turned itself into a manufacturer in the 1960s, and took the Bolton Group name in 1978.
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] Bolton Group — our brands — Bolton Group S.r.l., Official document; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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