Imperial Brands

"Imperial Tobacco" redirects here. For the Canadian company, see Imperial Tobacco Canada.

Imperial Brands plc
FormerlyImperial Tobacco Group plc (1996–2016)[1]
Company typePublic limited company
LSE: IMB
FTSE 100 Component
IndustryTobacco
PredecessorW.D. & H.O. Wills
Founded1901; 123 years ago (1901)
HeadquartersBristol, England
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
List
Products
RevenueDecrease £32.475 billion (2023)[2]
Increase £3.402 billion (2023)[2]
Increase £2.456 billion (2023)[2]
Number of employees
25,500 (2023)[2]
Subsidiaries
Websiteimperialbrandsplc.com

Imperial Brands plc (formerly Imperial Tobacco Group plc) is a British multinational tobacco company headquartered in London and Bristol, England.[4] It is the world's fourth-largest international cigarette company measured by market share after Philip Morris International, British American Tobacco and Japan Tobacco and the world's largest producer of fine-cut tobacco and tobacco papers.[5]

Imperial Brands has 30 factories worldwide and its products are sold in around 120 countries.[6] Its brands include Davidoff, West, Golden Virginia (the world's best-selling hand rolling tobacco), Drum (the world's second-largest-selling fine-cut tobacco) and Rizla.[7]

Imperial Brands also have expanded their product range in recent years to include alternative nicotine products, including the blu vape brand, the Pulze and iD heated tobacco system, and the Zone X and Skruf nicotine pouches.

Imperial Brands is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.[8]

Imperial Tobacco Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of British American Tobacco, has no relationship to Imperial Brands.

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