Zippo: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Zippo is a family-owned company headquartered in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States that owns 1 consumer brand.[1]
Zippo was founded in Pennsylvania in 1932 by a man who watched a friend struggle with an ugly Austrian lighter and designed a better one with a hinged lid and a windproof chimney. It has been family-owned since, and every lighter carries a lifetime guarantee.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Zippo Manufacturing Company
- Type
- family-owned company · see all family-owned company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇺🇸 Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States
- Founded
- 1932
- Wikidata
- Q679128
- Website
- www.zippo.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Zippo in numbers
- Zippo owns 1 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is home care with 1 brands.[1]
Everything Zippo 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
Zippo 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)
- 54930023GEYUIFKT7N43
- Registered name
- ZIPPO MANUFACTURING COMPANY (US)
- Registration status
- Lapsed · record updated 18 April 2025
- Direct parent reported
- ZIPCORP, INC. (US)
- Ultimate parent reported
- ZIPCORP, INC. (US)
- Retrieved
- · GLEIF record (JSON)
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Zippo own?
Zippo owns 1 consumer brands tracked here, including Zippo.
Is Zippo an American company?
Yes. Zippo is headquartered in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States and was founded in 1932.
Who owns Zippo?
Zippo is privately held. Zippo was founded in Pennsylvania in 1932 by a man who watched a friend struggle with an ugly Austrian lighter and designed a better one with a hinged lid and a windproof chimney.
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] Zippo — about us — Zippo Manufacturing Company, Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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