ACCO BRANDS Corp
ACCO Brands Corporation (NASDAQ: ACCO) operates as a leading global consumer, technology, and business branded products company serving schools, homes, and workplaces worldwide. The company maintains its corporate website at www.accobrands.com. From the company’s description.
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What ACCO BRANDS Corp does
In the company’s own words
ACCO Brands Corporation (NASDAQ: ACCO) operates as a leading global consumer, technology, and business branded products company serving schools, homes, and workplaces worldwide. The company maintains its corporate website at www.accobrands.com.
The company designs, markets, sources, manufactures, and sells recognized consumer and business branded products across two primary operating segments: Americas, representing 59 percent of net sales, and International, representing 41 percent of net sales. ACCO Brands maintains a portfolio of approximately 75 percent of its 2025 net sales derived from brands holding number one or number two positions in their respective product categories. The company's top 12 brands generated approximately $1.1 billion in 2025 net sales.
ACCO Brands' product portfolio includes well-established trademarks such as ACCO, AT-A-GLANCE, Derwent, Esselte, Five Star, GBC, Hilroy, Kensington, Leitz, Mead, NOBO, PowerA, Quartet, Rapid, Rexel, Swingline, and Tilibra. The company manufactures approximately 40 percent of its products in owned facilities while sourcing the remaining 60 percent from lower-cost countries, primarily in Asia.
The company employs approximately 4,700 full-time and part-time employees worldwide, with roughly 3,600 based outside the United States. ACCO Brands distributes products through diverse channels including mass retailers, e-tailers, warehouse clubs, office superstores, independent dealers, and direct e-commerce platforms across the United States, Europe, Australia, Canada, Brazil, and Mexico.
ACCO Brands' business strategy emphasizes innovation and new product development, expansion into higher-growth technology peripheral categories, organic and inorganic growth opportunities, and disciplined cost management through multi-year restructuring initiatives. The company generates consistent operating cash flow, supporting a balanced capital allocation strategy prioritizing debt reduction while maintaining quarterly dividends and pursuing opportunistic acquisitions. The company's competitive advantages include strong brand recognition, supply chain expertise, experience managing complex seasonal demand, and established relationships with technology and content providers in gaming accessories and audio product categories.
Company details
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Industry
- Publishing
- Headquarters
- LAKE ZURICH, IL
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 712034
- SIC
- 2780
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2013–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns ACCO BRANDS Corp — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Largest fund holders · ACCO BRANDS Corp’s weight in each
Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.
ACCO BRANDS Corp’s bonds, as funds hold them
Funds report holding 1 issues of ACCO BRANDS Corp’s debt, $220.06M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 4.25%, maturing 2029 to 2029.
Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
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