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Who Makes What

Updated 2026-07-10 · by Eric

Most cigar brands don't own the factory that rolls their cigars... a smaller number of factories make cigars for a much larger number of brands, and this page tracks who is publicly known to make what.

The name on the band and the name over the factory door are usually two different businesses. Some brands are factory-owned... the people who grow and roll also sell the cigar under their own name. Many more are contract brands: a brand company designs the blend and the marketing, then hires an established factory to roll it. Neither model is better. But knowing which factory rolls a cigar tells you something real about its pedigree, and it explains why two "different" brands can feel like cousins. The full concept gets its own page: contract vs owned brands.

The table

The table below is a living document... the note beneath this paragraph shows exactly when it last changed, and it only states what can be stood behind. Every row marked confirmed traces to the brand or factory itself, or to independent reporting from reputable cigar press. Rows marked reported (unconfirmed) have one reputable source or strong circumstantial support, and they're labeled so you know the difference. You can filter and sort by factory, brand, or country, and flip to a by-brand view.

Living document · last updated 2026-10-01 · confirmed attributions only by default (136 confirmed rows). Reported rows are labeled and off by default.

This dataset is free to reuse: download the data as JSON (197 rows, sources included on every row) under CC BY 4.0... just credit Would Smoke Again with a link.

Same brand, multiple factories

A brand showing up at two factories isn't a contradiction... brands place different lines at different factories. Ashton's Dominican lines come out of Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cía while its Nicaraguan lines are rolled at My Father Cigars. Foundation Cigar Co. has lines confirmed at both TABSA and Tabacalera AJ Fernandez. The by-brand view shows each line's factory separately, because that's how the industry actually works.

What "not publicly confirmed" means

Some brands keep their factory private on purpose, and plenty of attributions floating around come from marketing infographics and forum posts. Would Smoke Again only publishes an attribution it can stand behind from a legitimate public source. If a maker isn't publicly confirmed, this table says so... it doesn't guess, and it doesn't "out" anyone. When in doubt, a row stays off this page.

Factory pages: coming

Individual factory profiles are planned as the table proves out. On the list: My Father / Tabacalera Pichardo, AJ Fernández, Plasencia, Oliva–STG Estelí, Padrón, Tabacalera de García, La Aurora, Joya de Nicaragua, and Raíces Cubanas.

Keep reading

• Contract vs owned brands
• How a cigar is made
• Nicaragua: the powerhouse
• The Dominican Republic
• On the site: the Crux Guild Toro is rolled at Plasencia, the Flor de las Antillas at My Father, the Perdomo Double Aged Maduro at Tabacalera Perdomo, and the Don Carlos at Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cía.

More in Factories: Contract vs Owned · all factories pages →