Altria Group company profile
- CEO
- Salvatore Mancuso
- Employees
- 5,900
- Headquarters
- 6601 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23230, US
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Tobacco
- IPO date
- 1 Jul 1985
- Stock exchange
- NYSE
- ISIN
- US02209S1033
Website:altria.com
About the company
Operating across the United States through its subsidiaries, Altria Group, Inc. is a prominent manufacturer and marketer of both combustible and oral tobacco items. Its portfolio features cigarettes, primarily under the iconic Marlboro brand, alongside cigars and pipe tobacco mainly offered as Black & Mild. The enterprise further provides an assortment of moist smokeless tobacco products, including Copenhagen, Skoal, Red Seal, and Husky, in addition to its on! brand of oral nicotine pouches. Altria distributes its merchandise chiefly to wholesale partners, such as independent distributors, and directly to substantial retail organizations, including major chain stores. The corporation, founded in 1822, maintains its principal offices in Richmond, Virginia.
Employees
Altria Group had about 5,900 employees at the end of fiscal year 2025 (31 December 2025), by its annual report. That is 4.8% fewer than a year before.
Employees at each fiscal year end, as the company reports them in its annual report (10-K); revenue and net income per employee are the fiscal year's over that count.
Who owns Altria Group
Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 67.6% of Altria Group's shares on 30 June 2026, 2,659 of them reporting holdings to the SEC; the rest is held by individual investors and other shareholders.
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
Common questions about Altria Group
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