Private company

Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company

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American tobacco company

The Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company (formerly the Helme Tobacco Company) of Wheeling, West Virginia, was a tobacco company founded by brothers Aaron and Samuel Bloch in 1879. It was best known for its Mail Pouch chewing tobacco. Mail Pouch was a popular chew advertised on over 20,000 barns, many located in the rural Ohio River Valley.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersWheeling1

The Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company (formerly the Helme Tobacco Company) of Wheeling, West Virginia, was a tobacco company founded by brothers Aaron and Samuel Bloch in 1879. It was best known for its Mail Pouch chewing tobacco. Mail Pouch was a popular chew advertised on over 20,000 barns, many located in the rural Ohio River Valley. Each barn had an end or side painted with the familiar Mail Pouch lettering and advertising, "Treat yourself to the best."2

Corporate structure

Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company sits at the top of its group. 1 entity, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company Wheeling
    • Mail Pouch Tobacco Owned

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Mail Pouch Tobacco

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

  • Mail Pouch Tobacco

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