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Wawel: brands it owns and its ownership tree

Wawel (WSE: WWL) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Kraków, Poland that owns 9 consumer brands.[1]

Wawel is a Kraków confectionery maker that dates its history to the shop the confectioner Adam Piasecki bought on Długa Street in 1898. The state enterprise Zakłady Przemysłu Cukierniczego Wawel was formed in January 1951, became a joint-stock company on privatisation in 1992 and debuted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange on 11 March 1998. It moved its three Kraków plants to a single factory at Dobczyce from 2006. Chocolate products made 72.2 per cent of its 739.4 million złoty of revenue in 2025. Hosta International AG of Bottmingen, Switzerland, wholly owned by Laura Opferkuch, holds 52.14 per cent of the votes.

Company facts

Legal name
Wawel S.A. (also Zakłady Przemysłu Cukierniczego Wawel, ZPC Wawel)
Type
publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
Headquarters
🇵🇱 Kraków, Poland
Founded
1951
Tickers
WSE: WWL
Website
www.wawel.com.pl
Last verified
· 1 sources

Wawel in numbers

Everything Wawel owns

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

Everything Wawel owns Tree of 9 brands under Wawel. Wawel Danusia Kasztanki Królewskie Mleczko Malaga Michałki z Wawelu Mieszanka Krakowska Tiki Taki Tofflairs and 1 more

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Brand portfolio by category

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Frequently asked questions

What brands does Wawel own?

Wawel owns 9 consumer brands tracked here, including Wawel, Tiki Taki, Danusia, Mieszanka Krakowska, Malaga and Michałki z Wawelu.

Is Wawel a Polish company?

Yes. Wawel is headquartered in Kraków, Poland and was founded in 1951.

Who owns Wawel?

Wawel is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as WWL on the WSE.

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. [1] Wawel S.A. Annual Report 2025: Report of the Management Board on the activities of Wawel S.A. for 2025 — Wawel S.A., Annual report, published 18 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.

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