Karelia: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Karelia (ATHEX: KARE) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Kalamata, Greece that owns 8 consumer brands.[1]
Karelia is a Greek cigarette maker listed in Athens and still run by the family it is named after, with three Karelias sitting on a six-member board. Its financial statements give 1962 as the year the company was founded, and its seat and its only factory are at Asprochoma outside Kalamata in the Peloponnese, where 557 of the group's 589 employees work. Group turnover passed 1.67 billion euros in 2025 and volumes reached a record 18.1 billion cigarettes, of which 14.6 billion went abroad: the company holds about 19.5 per cent of the Greek cigarette market, second place at home, but sells the bulk of what it makes through subsidiaries in Britain, Bulgaria, Turkey and Belgium and through duty-free channels.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Karelia Tobacco Company Inc. (also Καπνοβιομηχανία Καρέλια, Karelia Tobacco)
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇬🇷 Kalamata, Greece
- Founded
- 1962
- Tickers
- ATHEX: KARE
- Website
- www.karelia.gr
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Karelia in numbers
- Karelia owns 8 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is tobacco & nicotine with 8 brands.[1]
Everything Karelia 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 Karelia own?
Karelia owns 8 consumer brands tracked here, including George Karelias and Sons, Omé, Karelia Blue - White, Leader, Karelia S and Karelia Filter.
Is Karelia a Greek company?
Yes. Karelia is headquartered in Kalamata, Greece and was founded in 1962.
Who owns Karelia?
Karelia is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as KARE on the ATHEX.
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] Karelia Tobacco Company Inc. — Annual Financial Report 2025 — Karelia Tobacco Company Inc., Annual report, published 27 April 2026; retrieved 22 September 2026.
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