Hochland: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Hochland is a privately held company headquartered in Heimenkirch, Germany that owns 6 consumer brands.[1]
Hochland SE is a family-owned cheese manufacturer founded in 1927 by Georg Summer and Robert Reich at Goßholz near Lindenberg in the Allgäu, and headquartered in Heimenkirch since 1931. It became a joint-stock company (AG) in 1999 but stayed with the three founding families (Reich, Summer and Fuchs), and changed from an AG to an SE in 2010. It sells processed, cream, hard and plant-based cheeses, mainly in Germany, Romania, Poland, Russia and Spain, and also owns the Natec cheese-machinery business. Its brand page also lists Gervais cottage cheese and Valbon, not recorded here because the page gives no origin or licence terms for them.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Hochland SE (also Hochland Group)
- Type
- privately held company · see all privately held company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇩🇪 Heimenkirch, Germany
- Founded
- 1927
- Website
- www.hochland-group.com/en/
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Hochland in numbers
- Hochland owns 6 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is food with 6 brands.[1]
Everything Hochland 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
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Hochland own?
Hochland owns 6 consumer brands tracked here, including Hochland, Almette, Grünländer, Fetaxa, Simply V and Patros.
Is Hochland a German company?
Yes. Hochland is headquartered in Heimenkirch, Germany and was founded in 1927.
Who owns Hochland?
Hochland is privately held. Hochland SE is a family-owned cheese manufacturer founded in 1927 by Georg Summer and Robert Reich at Goßholz near Lindenberg in the Allgäu, and headquartered in Heimenkirch since 1931.
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] Hochland Group - Our Hochland brands — Hochland SE, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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