BIC: brands it owns and its ownership tree
BIC (EPA: BB) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Clichy, France that owns 3 consumer brands across 2 categories.[1]
BIC was founded in 1945 by Marcel Bich, who bought the patent for the ballpoint pen and made it cheap enough to throw away. The company applied the same logic to lighters and razors, and the founding family still controls it.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Société BIC S.A.
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇫🇷 Clichy, France
- Founded
- 1945
- Tickers
- EPA: BB
- Wikidata
- Q834969
- Website
- www.bicworld.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
BIC in numbers
- BIC owns 3 consumer brands tracked here across 2 top-level categories; the largest is home care with 2 brands.[1]
Everything BIC owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does BIC own?
BIC owns 3 consumer brands tracked here, including BIC Razors, BIC Lighter and BIC Cristal.
Is BIC a French company?
Yes. BIC is headquartered in Clichy, France and was founded in 1945.
Who owns BIC?
BIC is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as BB on the EPA.
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] Société BIC S.A. Universal Registration Document 2025 — Société BIC S.A., Annual report, published 25 March 2026; retrieved 6 September 2026.
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