Private company

Colt CZ Group

Logo: Colt CZ Group, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Czech holding company

Colt CZ Group SE (formerly Česká zbrojovka Group – CZG) is a European firearms and related industries holding company, based in Prague, Czech Republic. Its principal firearms brands are Česká zbrojovka, CZ-USA, and Colt.2 It employed 2,087 people in 2023.1 It is part of Česká zbrojovka Partners.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jan 10, 2013Founded1
  • Industryweapons industry1
  • HeadquartersPrague1
  • Websitewww.coltczgroup.com
  • Legal formEvropská společnost1
  • Listed onPrague Stock Exchange (CZG)1
  • LEI315700O990GR61YDGF963
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressnáměstí Republiky 2090/3a, 110 00 Praha 1, Czechia3
  • Registered withMinistry of Justice, 291519613

Colt CZ Group SE (formerly Česká zbrojovka Group – CZG) is a European firearms and related industries holding company, based in Prague, Czech Republic. Its principal firearms brands are Česká zbrojovka, CZ-USA, and Colt.2

Corporate structure

Colt CZ Group is part of a group headed by European Holding Company. 14 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Colt CZ Group 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)

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

Products and brands

  • firearm

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

Subsidiaries

Former owners and parents

Ultimate parent

Subsidiaries (GLEIF)

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Acquisitions

  1. May 24, 2021Colt's Manufacturing Company became a subsidiary1

Employees over time

Colt CZ Group employees by year12.1K in 2023+24% since 2017
01.0K2.0K3.0K2017: 1.7K1.7K20172018: 1.7K1.7K2018+2%2019: 1.6K1.6K2019−6%2020: 1.6K1.6K2020+2%2021: 2.2K2.2K2021+32%2022: 2.2K2.2K2022+0%2023: 2.1K2.1K2023−4%
  • 20232,0871
  • 20222,1811
  • 20212,1741
  • 20201,6501
  • 20191,6191
  • 20181,7181
  • 20171,6821

Former names

  • EHC CZUB, SE2013 to 20191

Timeline

  1. Apr 12, 2022Renamed Name changed to Colt CZ Group SE1
  2. Jan 15, 2020Parent Directly consolidated by Česká zbrojovka Partners3
  3. 2019Renamed Name changed to CZG - Česká zbrojovka Group SE1
  4. Jan 10, 2013Founded Founded1
  5. 2013Acquired Acquired by European Holding Company1

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