Imperial Brands

Imperial Brands plc
FormerlyImperial Tobacco Group plc (1996–2016)[1]
Company typePublic limited company
LSEIMB
FTSE 100 Component
IndustryTobacco
PredecessorW.D. & H.O. Wills
Founded1901; 124 years ago (1901)
HeadquartersBristol, England
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
List
Products
RevenueDecrease £32.411 billion (2024)[2]
Increase £3.554 billion (2024)[2]
Increase £2.747 billion (2024)[2]
Number of employees
24,900 (2024)[2]
Subsidiaries
Websiteimperialbrandsplc.com

Imperial Brands plc (originally the Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain & Ireland, and subsequently Imperial Tobacco Group plc) is a British multinational tobacco company headquartered in 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 is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.[6]

Imperial Brands has 30 factories worldwide and its products are sold in around 120 countries.[7] Its tobacco brands include Davidoff, West, Golden Virginia, Drum and Rizla.[8] Imperial Brands's alternative nicotine products include the blu brand of electronic cigarettes, the Pulze and iD brands of heated tobacco systems, and the Zone X and Skruf brands of nicotine pouches.

Imperial Tobacco Canada is the Canadian subsidiary of British American Tobacco, and has no relationship to Imperial Brands. Similarly, Imperial Tobacco Company of India (now known as ITC Limited) is a separate company and has no relationship to Imperial Brands.

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  2. ^ a b c d "Annual Report 2024" (PDF). Imperial Brands. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Our companies". Imperial Brands. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  4. ^ Hodgson, Joanna (16 February 2023). "Office days: The full list of average weekly working patterns at FTSE 100 firms". Evening Standard. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Alison Cooper: lighting up Imperial Tobacco". The Telegraph. London. 21 March 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  6. ^ "London Stock Exchange | London Stock Exchange". www.londonstockexchange.com. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Corporate Fact File" (PDF). Imperial Tobacco Group plc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  8. ^ "International strategic brands". Imperial Tobacco Group plc. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2010.

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