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Tootsie Roll: brands it owns and its ownership tree

Tootsie Roll (NYSE: TR) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Chicago, United States that owns 10 consumer brands.[1][2]

Tootsie Roll Industries is a Virginia-incorporated confectionery manufacturer headquartered at 7401 South Cicero Avenue, Chicago. Its history page says the business began in 1896 with the Tootsie Roll and grew through acquisitions of other candy brands, most recently Andes Candies (2000) and Concord Confections (2004). Its 10-K describes confectionery as its only line of business, with plants in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Spain and principal markets in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Brand acquisition years below come from the company history page (tootsie.com/history); the 10-K lists the trademarks but does not give dates.

Company facts

Legal name
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. (also Tootsie)
Type
publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
Headquarters
🇺🇸 Chicago, United States
Founded
1896
Tickers
NYSE: TR
Revenue
$732.5 million (2025)[2]
SEC CIK
0000098677
Website
www.tootsie.com
Last verified
· 2 sources

Tootsie Roll in numbers

Tootsie Roll financial history

Headline figures from Tootsie Roll's annual reports filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, in USD as reported, fiscal years ending 2020–2025. Revenue moved from $471.1m to $732.5m, an average of 9.2% a year (calculated).

Fiscal year endedRevenueOperating incomeOperating marginNet incomeTotal assetsLong-term debtFiling
$732.5m $100.9m 13.8% $100.1m $1.25bn — 10-K
$723.2m $100.5m 13.9% $86.8m $1.15bn — 10-K
$769.4m $101.8m 13.2% $91.9m $1.08bn — 10-K
$687m $110.8m 16.1% $75.9m $1.02bn — 10-K
$570.8m $67.1m 11.8% $65.3m $1.02bn — 10-K/A
$471.1m $58.2m 12.4% $59m $984.6m — 10-K

Source: SEC XBRL company facts. A dash means the company did not report that line in a form we could read. Figures for a year can be restated in a later filing; the latest filing's number is shown.

Who owns the shares of Tootsie Roll

Holders of more than 5% of the voting shares, as listed in Tootsie Roll's proxy statement filed 27 March 2026. Shareholdings change daily; this is the position the filing reports.

HolderSharesShare of class
Ellen R. Gordon13,879,59733.4%
Ellen R. Gordon, as a fiduciary6,360,89915.2%
BlackRock, Inc.2,371,3005.7%

Everything Tootsie Roll owns

2026

Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

Everything Tootsie Roll owns Tree of 10 brands under Tootsie Roll. Tootsie Roll Andes Cella's Charleston Chew Charms DOTS Dubble Bubble Junior Mints Sugar Daddy and 2 more

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Brand portfolio by category

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Tootsie Roll SEC filings

The documents behind the figures on this page, as listed in the SEC's EDGAR index. Each links to the filing itself.

Annual reports

Proxy statements

Recent current and quarterly reports

FiledFormWhat it declares
8-KRegulation FD disclosure
10-QQuarterly report
8-KResults of operations and financial condition
8-KResults of a shareholder vote
10-QQuarterly report
8-KResults of operations and financial condition
8-KResults of operations and financial condition
10-QQuarterly report
8-KResults of operations and financial condition

Frequently asked questions

What brands does Tootsie Roll own?

Tootsie Roll owns 10 consumer brands tracked here, including Tootsie Pops, Tootsie Roll, DOTS, Andes, Cella's and Dubble Bubble.

Is Tootsie Roll an American company?

Yes. Tootsie Roll is headquartered in Chicago, United States and was founded in 1896.

Who owns Tootsie Roll?

Tootsie Roll is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as TR on the NYSE.

Sources (2) & 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. [1] Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-27 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 27 February 2026; retrieved 3 October 2026.
  2. [2] Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.: Form 10-K for the year ended 2025-12-31 (revenue) — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 27 February 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.

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