Kölln: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Kölln is a privately held company headquartered in Elmshorn, Germany that owns 4 consumer brands.[1][2][3]
Peter Kölln GmbH & Co. KGaA is a German family company in Elmshorn that makes oat products under the Kölln name and cooking oils and fats under Mazola, Biskin, Livio and Palmin. It traces itself to 1795, when Hans Hinrich Kölln took over a horse-driven groats mill, and dates its founding to 1820, when his son Peter Kölln took over the business. It added Livio, Biskin and Palmin in 2004 and Mazola in 2014. Since 1 May 2024 it has been led by Friederike Driftmann-Egelhof, the seventh generation of the family, with Björn Schulz as CFO.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Peter Kölln GmbH & Co. KGaA (also Peter Kölln, Koelln, Kölln)
- Type
- privately held company · see all privately held company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇩🇪 Elmshorn, Germany
- Founded
- 1820
- Website
- www.koelln.de
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
Kölln in numbers
- Kölln owns 4 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is food with 4 brands.[1]
Everything Kölln owns
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Kölln in the global legal-entity registry
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- Legal entity identifier (LEI)
- 5299008XFCXKTN7VKN21
- Registered name
- Peter Kölln GmbH & Co. KGaA (DE)
- Registration status
- Lapsed · record updated 15 July 2021
- Retrieved
- · GLEIF record (JSON)
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Kölln own?
Kölln owns 4 consumer brands tracked here, including Kölln, Palmin, Livio and Biskin.
Is Kölln a German company?
Yes. Kölln is headquartered in Elmshorn, Germany and was founded in 1820.
Who owns Kölln?
Kölln is privately held. Peter Kölln GmbH & Co. KGaA is a German family company in Elmshorn that makes oat products under the Kölln name and cooking oils and fats under Mazola, Biskin, Livio and Palmin.
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] Kölln — Unsere Geschichte — Peter Kölln GmbH & Co. KGaA, Official document; retrieved 24 October 2026.
- [2] Kölln — Unsere Marken — Peter Kölln GmbH & Co. KGaA, Official document; retrieved 24 October 2026.
- [3] Kölln — Impressum — Peter Kölln GmbH & Co. KGaA, Official document; retrieved 24 October 2026.
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