Tchibo: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Tchibo is a family-owned company headquartered in Hamburg, Germany that owns 1 consumer brand and makes and sells 1 consumer brand under licence without owning the name.[1]
Tchibo was founded in Hamburg in 1949 selling coffee by post, and its name combines the founder's surname Tchilling-Hiryan with Bohne, the German for bean. It sells a rotating weekly range of non-food goods alongside coffee, a format almost unique in retail.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Tchibo GmbH
- Type
- family-owned company · see all family-owned company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
- Founded
- 1949
- Wikidata
- Q564213
- Website
- www.tchibo.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Tchibo in numbers
- Tchibo owns 1 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is beverages with 1 brands.[1]
Everything Tchibo 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
Minority stakes, joint ventures and licences
- Davidoff Café — licensee 100%[1]Made and sold under licence; the Davidoff Café name is owned by Oettinger Davidoff AG.
Tchibo in the global legal-entity registry
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) keeps an open register of legal entities. Each entity reports its own parents. We show it as a cross-check on the ownership recorded on this page, which is built from filings.
- Legal entity identifier (LEI)
- 529900XMANN03JXXOA57
- Registered name
- TCHIBO GmbH (DE)
- Registration status
- Issued · record updated 15 November 2025
- Direct parent reported
- maxingvest GmbH & Co. KGaA (DE)
- Ultimate parent reported
- maxingvest GmbH & Co. KGaA (DE)
- Retrieved
- · GLEIF record (JSON)
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Tchibo own?
Tchibo owns 1 consumer brands tracked here, including Tchibo.
Is Tchibo a German company?
Yes. Tchibo is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany and was founded in 1949.
Who owns Tchibo?
Tchibo is privately held. Tchibo was founded in Hamburg in 1949 selling coffee by post, and its name combines the founder's surname Tchilling-Hiryan with Bohne, the German for bean.
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] Tchibo — the company — Tchibo GmbH, Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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