Who owns Carte Noire?
Carte Noire is owned by Lavazza (Italy), which has owned the brand since 2016.[1] Carte Noire was founded in 1978 in France and was independent until 2016.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Key facts
- Current owner
- Luigi Lavazza S.p.A. reported
- Owned since
- Previous owner
- Independent (1978–2016)
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇹 Italy, Turin
- Origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- Founded
- 1978
- Category
- Beverages › Coffee, tea & hot drinks › Coffee
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Carte Noire
Carte Noire is a French coffee brand launched in 1978 and long marketed with deliberately sensual advertising. Lavazza acquired it in 2016 from the divestitures required when Jacobs Douwe Egberts was formed. Competition authorities demanded the sale because the merged company would otherwise have held too large a share of the French ground coffee market.
Ownership timeline of Carte Noire
Where Carte Noire sits in Lavazza
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Lavazza ownership tree →
Other brands owned by Lavazza
Latest news about Carte Noire
No tagged news items yet. Headlines are added nightly from public feeds; only titles and links are stored.
Headlines link to the original publisher. Brandtree does not reproduce article text.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Carte Noire?
The parent company of Carte Noire is Lavazza, a family-owned company headquartered in Italy.
Is Carte Noire French or Italian?
Carte Noire originated in France in 1978, but it is owned today by Lavazza, which is headquartered in Italy. So Carte Noire is a French-origin brand under Italian ownership.
Since when has Lavazza owned Carte Noire?
Lavazza has owned Carte Noire since 2016.
Who owned Carte Noire before Lavazza?
Carte Noire was an independent company from its founding in 1978 until Lavazza acquired it in 2016.
Is Carte Noire still owned by Lavazza?
Yes. As of 6 September 2026, Carte Noire is still owned by Lavazza. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
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] Lavazza Group — the company — Luigi Lavazza S.p.A., Official document; retrieved 6 September 2026.
Report a correction Opens a pre-filled GitHub issue. See our corrections policy.