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Manufacturer Total Articles Introduction
@pple Team 1
2S Design 1
52 Jokers Ltd 1
A Patriotic LLC 1
A.J. Cole 1
A.N. 1
A.S.S. 58
AAA 2
Abbatt Toys 1
Academia Catavencu 1
ACE Altenburger 1
Ace Card Company 1
Ace Henley 1
Ace Marlow 1
Action Ideas Ltd 1
Action Publishing 2
ActionAid 1
Adam Editions 1
Adametz 2
Adans 1
Adlung-Spiele 1
Adolf Sala 2
Adventureland Games 1
Adverto Pub Co 1
Age Art 1
AGMüller 25
Ajay Shiani 1
Akord 2
Akosol 1
Alan Hutchison 1
Albert Heijn 1
Aleksandr Lutkovskii 3
Alexandre Lionet 1
Alf Cooke / Universal 27 Alf Cooke / Universal
Alf Cooke was an important producer of playing cards and card games in the UK during the period 1920-1970.
Alfabet 1
Alfred Davis & Co 1
Alief Products Company 1
Alinari Baglioni 2
Alla Colonna 1
Allan Publishing 1
Alpha S.A. 1
Alphonse Arnoult 2
Altapo-Vigno 6
Altenburger Spielkartenfabrik 42 VEB Altenburger Spielkartenfabrik

It was called "Altenburger Spielkartenfabrik" from 1945 to 1990, "Altenburger Spielkartenfabrik GmbH" from 1991 to 1995, and "Spielkartenfabrik Altenburg GmbH" from 1996 to 2000. The design of the ‘coeur’ logo, which often appeared on a pip card or box, also changed over time.

Amalgamated Playing Card Co 5
Amaroa 1
American Art Classics 1
American Bank Note 4 American Bank Note Company
The American Bank Note Company was a long-established firm producing national currency, finely engraved stock certificates and other security printing, including postage stamps. They also entered the playing card market c.1908-1914.
American Drummer Playing Cards 1
American Playing Card Co 3
Americana Inc 1
Andersons of Edinburgh 1 Andersons of Edinburgh
Andersons of Edinburgh began publishing playing cards in the late 1920s and several brands are known, including ‘Clan Tartan’, ‘Masquerade’ and ‘Thistle’
Andre Perrocet 2
Andrew Jones Art 3
Andrinople 1
Angel 10
Animal Aid 1
Animal Arc 1
Anma Card Company 1
anonymous 13
Ansell 1
Anton Herrl 1
Anton Llombart 3
Antoni Fescher 1
Antony Bird 1
Aotea Playing Card Company 1
Apenas Livros 1
Aquarius 2
Arcturus 1
Aregraf 1
Argenar 1
Ariel Productions 2 Ariel Productions Ltd
The founder of Ariel Productions, Philip Marx, was a prolific publisher of children’s books and comics towards the end of and just after the Second World War.
Aristoplay 1
Arnau 1
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore 2
Arpak 1
ARRCO 5 ARRCO Playing Card Co
ARRCO Playing Card Co., Chicago, c.1935 - 1987, when acquired by USPCC.
Art of Play 1
Artemi 1
Artes Gráficas Luis Gonzalez 1
Arthur Bell & Sons 1
Arti Grafiche Panetto & Petrelli 1
Asha Industries 2
Ashari Productions 1
Aspioti Elka A.E. 3
Astra 5 Astra Games
Astra Games was a subsidiary of the McCorquodale Group of Companies, producing playing cards during the period 1982-87.
Atelier Monique Arnold 1
Atlantic Line 1 Atlantic Line Playing Card Co
Atlantic Playing Card Co., Inc. promoted Bridge Ensemble boxes and companion accessories.
ATYPYK 1
Aurelia Games 1
Avril et Cie 2
AWC 1
Ayet 2
Azevedo & Cia 2
Baci Perugina 1
Backofen 3
Badische Spielkartenfabrik 1
BADPPR 1
Bahía Graf 1
Balzan Edizione 1
Bamboo Souvenirs 2
Bancks Bros 8 Bancks Brothers
The 'Old Frizzle' Ace of Spades shows the duty paid as one shilling, and the manufacturer's name is engraved at the bottom of the ace.
Barclay Mountain Co 1
Bartolo Borrego 1
Baumgärtner 3
Baumhaus Medien AG 1
Bay State Card Co 2
BBC 7
BEAS 1
Bedaumine Hnos 1
Beghi 1
Belmont Music Publishers 1
Benda 3
Bergallo 1
Berger 3 G. Berger
Berger also produced a Hungarian-type "Seasons" pack with the brand name "La Estrella" and a six-pointed star logo, which was subsequently used by Domicelj and Vigor, suggesting some sort of business succession.
Berkshire Printing Company 2
Berliner Spielkarten 15
Bernsen Consulting 1
Bertschinger y Codina 1
Beverly Enterprises Inc 1
Bharat Phototype Studio 1
Bichik 1
Bielefelder 14
Biermans 15 Léonard Biermans
Léonard Biermans had been employed by Brepols from 1871-1874 before opening his own playing card factory in 1875.
Bill Schroeder 1
Billy Bembo 1
Bird Playing Cards 8
Birdcage Books 1
Birkel 1
Blake Brenneman II 1
Blanchard 6
Blighty Brands 1
Blue Monday Press 1
Bodegas Trapiche 1
Bodleian Library 3
Boéchat Frères 17
Boh! Edizioni 1
Bonaparte 2
BonArt 2
Bookmarks Publications 1
Bosio 2 Pedro Bosio, Genova (Italy)
Cards of the Spanish National Pattern 'Money Bag' type manufactured by Pedro Bosio, Genova (Italy) probably during the 18th century and for export to Spain or South America.
Boss Print 1
Bouvier 1
Bowles 2
Brandstätter 1
Breadwinners 1
Breedon 1
Breedon Press Ltd 1
Brepols 12 Etablissements Brepols
Brepols started making playing cards in 1826, although he had been in the printing trade since 1800. In 1833 the firm was called Brepols & Dierckx (the former's son-in-law). Biermans (1875-1970) was a relatively late arrival on the Turnhout playing card scene.
Bricket 1
British Army 1
British Heritage Ltd 4
British Olympic Association 1
British Playing Cards 3
British Red Cross 1
Brivs Ltd 1
Brotherton 4 Brotherton
Brotherton is recorded as operating at 13 Little Britain (London) from 1789-1840. In 1851 his factory was burnt down.
Brown & Bigelow 17 Brown & Bigelow
Brown & Bigelow of St Paul, Minnesota, was a leading producer of playing cards in the U.S. from the late 1920s - 1980s.
Brown Company 1
Bureau Boek en Jeugd 1
Buscaglia 1
Buttner 1
Bydala Divinations 1
C. A. Müller 1
C. A. Solbrig 1
C. Gerentes 1
C. M. Clark Publishing Co. 1
C3 Entertainment 1
Calaveras 2
Caleb Bartlett 3
Cambissa 3
Cami S.A. 1
Camil S.A. 1
Camilloni 2
Camoin 4
Candle Distribution Co. 1
Cappellano 13 Orestes A Cappellano
Originally known as Cappellano Hnos in the 1920s, and undergoing several changes of name and address, the company produced catalan style packs with the brand names "Naipes Triunfo" and "Torcacita" as well as an Anglo-American style pack titled "VELCAP".
Caraven S.A. 1
Card Fabrique Company 1
Cardinal Industries 2
Cardozo Kindersley Workshop 2
Carlo Zanardi 1
Carreras Ltd 4 Carreras Ltd
Carreras issued a number of advertising packs, cigarette and trade cards, miniature packs, etc during the 1920s and 30s.
Cartamundi 130 Cartamundi (formerly Carta Mundi)
Carta Mundi was founded in Turnhout on 27 June 1970 by pooling the production and sales facilities of the three surviving companies: Brepols, Van Genechten and Leonard Biermans.
Cartamundi Poland 2
Carte Da Gioco Muoio 2
Cartográfica Industrial 1
Cartotecnica Centroamericana 1
Casa Escasany 1
Casabó 6
Castell Bros 92 Castell Brothers Ltd
The Story of Pepys Games by Rex Pitts
Catalyst 1
Catel & Farcy 3
Cath Tate 1
CD PROJEKT RED 1
Centrs Alfa 1
Cerberus 1
CereBel Publishing 1
Cervantes S.A. 1
Ceska Graficka Unie AS 1
Ceská Státní Pojišťovna 1
Chad Valley 27 Chad Valley Co. Ltd
Chad Valley Co. Ltd (incorporating Johnson Brothers (Harborne) Ltd, the long-established UK brand bought by Woolworths in 1988 and now sold at Argos.
Character Games 1
Charles Bartlet 2
Charles Cheminade 2
Charles Steer 1
Charnel 1
Chemmes 1
Chenevet 1
Chiari 1
Chiefton Products 4 Chiefton Products Ltd
Chiefton Products Ltd, toy manufacturers, Pauls Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1QT.
China Paper Cutting Company Ltd 1
Chisholm Brothers 2
Chitrashala Press 3
Chocolate Angelical 2
Chris Donaghue Photography 1
Christian Theodor Sutor 1
Chronicle Books 1
Chronicle Design 1
Chu’s Magic (Tobar) 1
Church Missionary Society 1
Cia Chilena de Tabacos 2
Cia General de Fósforos 1 Compañia General de Fósforos
Playing Cards by Compañia General de Fósforos, Bs. As. (founded 1888).
Cia Gral Fabril Financiera S.A. 12 Cia General Fabril Financiera S.A.
Founded in 1889 as Compañía General de Fósforos, and favoured by certain economic factors, the firm provided a range of general printing and publishing services, with interests in textiles and other industrial processes. In 1929 the firm became known as Compañía General Fabril Financiera S.A.
Cía Gral Fósforos Montevideana 8 Compañía General de Fósforos Montevideana S.A.
Compañía General de Fósforos Montevideana, founded in 1893.
Ciudades en Juego 1
CKI 1
Clark’s Industries 1
Clarke and Stuart Company 1
Clarkson Potter 1
Clean Up Congress 1
Clemente Jacques 11
Clifford 9 Clifford Toys
Clifford Toys is a brand name of F. Levy & Co., Ltd, London, sellers of toys and fancy goods.
CMP Group 1
Collectable Cards 2
Collective Arts 1
Collectors Cards 1
Collier 3
Color & Trazos 1
Color/9 1
Colorcraft 1
Colormad 1
Colour Printing Plant 17
Colourprint Ltd 1
Compte-Fil 1
Concept Card Co 1
Conrad Jäger 1
Continental Card Co 2
Cooper Johnson Ltd 1
Copag 4
Costa y Valerio 1
Cotta 1
Coughtry & Dougherty 1
Coulombel 1
Countryside Alliance 1
Crafts Council 1
Creake, B. 1
Creative Clash 1
Creative Impressions 1
Crehore 3
Creswick 7 Thomas Creswick
Thomas Creswick was a paper-maker and wholesale stationer. Playing cards were produced from c.1820 onwards.
Cromografía Irández 1
Cromy 10
CTS Printers 1
Cultúrlán Enterprises 1
Cultzilla 7
Curio & Co 1
CWS Print Works 9
D.C. Thomson & Co. 3
Dal Negro 14
Dandy Chewing Gum 1
Daniel Boulogne 1
Dark Horse 4
Daveluy 10 Édouard Alexis Daveluy
Daveluy produced card games between c.1840 and 1890. Many of his playing cards are in neo-medieval style with landscape backgrounds.
David Feldman 1
David Hurter 2
David James Binns 1
David Vachet 1
DC Comics 2
De Gébelin 2 Antoine Court de Gébelin (1725-1784)
In the late 18th century, Antoine Court de Gébelin asserted in "Monde Primitif" that Tarot cards had philosophical and divinatory origins linked to ancient Egypt, influencing the modern variety of tarot interpretations​.
De la Rue 142 Thomas De la Rue & Co Ltd
De La Rue introduced letter-press printing into playing card production and his patent was granted in 1831. He produced his first playing cards in 1832.
Deakin & Co 7
Dean & Son 1
Debra Madred Ltd 1
Dechtire Design 1
Della Penna 15
Deluxe 1
Deluy 1
Denbro 2
Dertor Sp 1
DesignWorks Ink 1
Dessoris 1
Detmold 2
Diamond Playing Card 1
Diario 16 1
Diego del Campo 1
Dieudonné 4
Difusora S.A. 5 Difusora S.A.
Difusora S.A is a distributor of smokers' materials. Around 1970-80 they also distributed "Minifusor" playing cards.
DIM & STP-Multipress 1
Dimitri Haïtalis 1
Dinosaur Publications Ltd 2
Disney Hachette Press 1
Distigráfica 4
Domec 12
Domicelj 4
Dondorf 59 B. Dondorf
The luxury playing card factory founded in Frankfurt am Main by Bernhard Dondorf in 1833 existed for 100 years.
Dotti 1
Dougherty 19
Draeger Frères 8
Dravin 1
Drayton & Son 1
Dreveton 3
Drogueria Kahan 1
Drukkerij Juten 1
Dubois 3
Duncanlite Laboratory 1
Durá 6
Dural 1
DuRite Enterprises 1
Dusserre 26 Éditions J.C. Dusserre, Paris
Éditions Dusserre, Paris.
Dynamite Promotions 1
E and S Company 1
E. Gundlach 1
Eagle Playing Card Co 5
East Africa Tourist Travel Association 1
Eckert & Zahn Nachfolger 1
Ed-U-Cards 1
EDC Distribution Ltd 1
Edição Rotep 1
Ediciones Baja Andalucia 1
Edition Araki 1
Edition Hilger 1
Editions Arts et Lettres 3
Editions d’Art Jack 2
Editions Dargaud 1
Editions de Tournon 1
Éditions du Lombard 1
Editions du Nuton 1
Editions Face&Dos 3
Editions Haitalis 1
Editions MITIK 1
Editorial Atlántida 1
Editorial Gráfica Flores 2
Editorial Kier 1
Editorial Quipus 1
Editorial RAF 1
Editura Foton 2
Edizone Il Meneghello 6
Eduardo Carrión 1
Edward Warman 1
EFKO 1
Egypt Trade 1
Elephant 1
Elsevier 1
Emil Doll 1
Emil Moestue 2
Emil Zippel 1
Emjay 1
Empire Card Company 1
Encarded Playing Card Co. 1
Encore Software 1
Enrique Guerrero 1
EPCC 1
Epoch Co. Ltd 1
Ernotte Michaux 1
Ernst Nister 1
Ernst Platesa 1
Erresei 1
Esquire 1
Estero Bay Graphics 1
Estudio Magenta 1
Ethiopia Reflection 1
Ethiopian Tourist Trading Enterprise 1
Etienne Lauret 1
Eugen Schmidt 1
EuroCard 4
Executive Printers of the Bahamas Ltd 1
Expert Playing Card Co. 6
EZ + AZ GMK 1
F.G. & Co 3
F.H. Lowerre 1
Fabr de Naipes de España 3
FacePrint Global Solutions Inc. 1
Fairchild 3
Fan-C-Pack Co 1
Fantasias S.A. 1
Fantasy 1
Fashionwest Accessories 1
Faucil 1
Faulkner 42 C. W. Faulkner & Co Ltd
C. W. Faulkner & Co Ltd, London, an important publisher of games, pictorial souvenirs, children’s books, and postcards.
Federico Hidalgo 1
Félix Solesio 5
Fenno 1
Ferguson Electronics 1
Fernand Nathan 1
Fernando Güemes 1
Fetscher 9
Figure Dynamics 3
Fireside Game Co. 5
Flaiban 6
Flaiban y Camilloni 1
Fleet and Case Games Ltd 1
Flemming & Wiskott 4
Flinch Card Co 1
Fló Hermanos 1
Flutter Met 1
Folio Society 2
Foliproa 1
Forbidden Planet 2
Forlag Bildkonst 1
Forrest-Hen Creations 1
Forum 1
Fossorier Amar et Cie 5
Fotometalgrafica Emiliana 1
Fourvel 6
Fox 3
Francar y Cía 1
France Cartes 24
Francisco Flores 1
Francisco Girbau & Cia 1
Francisco Javier Fernández y Soto 1
Franco 1
Franz Christoph Zell 1
Franz Schmidt 1
Franz-Josef Holler 1
Fratelli Armanino 7
Fratelli Avondo 1
Fratelli Solesio 1
Frauezogg 1
Fray Solano García 1
Freedom Playing Card Company 1
Fridolin GmbH 2
FUEL Design & Publishing 1
Fulladosa 1
Fuller 4
Fundación Ibn Tufayl 1
Fundex 1
G Martin 1
G. Bell & Sons 1
G. Heath Robinson & J. Birch Ltd 1
G.B.Scott Souvenirs 1
G.M. 1
G.W. Clark 1
Gabarró 1
Gale Force Nine 1
Galileos 1
Galison 1
Galpin & Co. 1
Games & Print Services 12
Gametoy Development Co 1
Gaming Partners International 1
Gandarillas 1
García y Boyer 1
Gardés Editorial 2
Garet 1
Gath & Chaves 1
Gatteaux 1
Gaudais 1
Gaymes Ltd 1
Geek Dynasty 1
Gelco Products 1
Generalitat Valenciana 1
Geo. Wright & Co 2
Geographia Ltd 1
Georg Kapfler 1
Gerich Karl 32 Karl Gerich
Karl Gerich's interest in playing-card production came to the fore while studying at Bath Academy of Art from 1975. Karl produced a unique range of hand-made playing cards during the period 1980-1998.
Get Bear Smart Society 1
Geûens-Seaux 1
Gibert 7
Gibson & Co 7
Gibson Playing Card Co 2
Gibsons Games 16 H.P. Gibson & Sons Ltd
Gibson’s only became Ltd in 1919. The International Card Company was established by Harry Percy Gibson in 1903, supplying stationers with card and printed products. In 1919 the I.C. company was sold to De La Rue and H.P. Gibson & Sons Limited was formed in the same year. The HPG series produced a number of games including L’Attaque, Dover Patrol, The History of England, Countries of the World, etc and a variety of bezique boxed sets.
Ginger Fox Games 1
Giorgio e Stefano Vergnano 1
Giráldez 1
Gisbourne 2
Glanz 6
Glénisson 2
Globe Card Company 1
GMgroup 1
Göbl 3
Godesky 1
Golden Charade Limited 1
Gombau 3
Gomer Press 1
Goodall 84 Chas Goodall and Son
Today nothing remains of Charles Goodall's Camden Works, where three-quarters of the playing cards printed in Britain were produced.
Goyrand 1
Graffica Gutenberg 1
Gráfica 2001 10 Gráfica 2001 Naipes ‘La Española’
Gráfica 2001 (Naipes ‘La Española’), successors to Naipes Vigor founded in 1945.
Gráfica Mosca 1
Gráfica S.A. 2
Gráficos Impresos 1
Gráficos Unidos S.A. 1
Grafika-Grafoprint 2
Granbergs Aktiebolag 2
Graphica Litho 1
Graphics Center Inc. 1
Gray Lithograph Co 1
Green Board Game Co Ltd. 3
Greenpeace 2
Greko Editions 1
Greta Games 1
Grijalva y Compañia 1
Grimaud 65
Groser 1
Grossard 3
Guarro 3
Guay Guay Trading Co. Ltd 1
Gugong World 1
Gumppenberg 6
Guru Playing Card Company 2
Gutierrez Delmué y Cía 1
Guymier 2
Gwan Hua Heng 1
H & A 1
H Devonshire 1
H. F. Müller 1
Hall 5
Hall & Son 6
Hallmark 1
Hamilton 1
Hamlyn 1
Hanan Enterprises 1
Handa 1
Hangzhou Yuren Paper Industry Limited 1
Hanky Panky Toys Thailand Ltd. 1
Hanky-Panky Products 1
Harding 1
Hardy 7
Hart (Henry) 1
Hart (Samuel) 11 Samuel Hart
Samuel Hart was a prolific manufacturer of playing cards who commenced business sometime around 1845 in Philadelphia. He had previously worked for L.I. Cohen.
Hartley Bros 1
Hasbro 2
Häusermann 1
Hawahita Ind. Co 1
Hawaiian Heritage Playing Card Co 1
Haymon-Verlag 1
HCG 3
HealthTank 1
Heartland Journal 1
Hee Trading Co 3
Heidelberger + Schneider 1
Heinrich Schwarz + Co 1
Helingsche Verlagsanstalt 1
Hema Maps 2
Henbrandt Limited 1
Henri le Gras 1
Henry Brome 1
Henry Greenwood 1
Henry le Gras 2
Heraclio Fournier 98 Heraclio Fournier
Founded in 1868, today it is part of Cartamundi.
Heraldic Times 1
Heráldica Castanyer 2
Heritage Playing Card Co 4
Hermitage Museum 1
Héron 18
Hewson 7 C. Hewson
Antique English woodblock playing cards by a card maker named C. Hewson, mid-17th century.
Hidden Creek Farm 1
Highland Hospice 1
Highland Printers 1
Hija de B Fournier 2
Hijos de Heraclio Fournier 5
Hijos de José Garcia Taboadela 1
Hill Enterprises 1
Himalayan MapHouse 6
Hodges 2
Hold Fast Naval Cards 1
Holmberg 1
Holmblad 8
Home Box Office 1
Home Run Games 2
Hong Shi Factory 1
Horus 1
Houlston and Wright 1
House of Commons Information Office 1
Hua Goi (華藝) Pte Ltd 1
Hudson 7
Hugo Castro 1
Humanes 1
Humble Raja 1
Hunt 7
Hunt & Sons 14
Hurlyburly Games 1
Hycrest Playing Card Co 1
I. Schenck 1
Ibiza Tarot Boutique 1
Ibusz 1
ICUP Inc 1
Ideas Peregrinas 1
If 1
Il Nuovo Torcoliere 1
Imagommage 1
Impact Photographics 2
Imperial Playing Card Factory 8
Imperial Tobacco Company 1
Imprenta Comercial Imprent S.A. 1
Imprenta Lecaros 1
Imprenta y Litografía Universo 1
Impresores S.C.A. 1
Impresos Manrique 2
Impressão Régia 2 Impressão Régia

Impressão Règia, Real Fábrica de Lisboa.

The Real Fábrica de Cartas de Jogar was founded in 1769, along with a paper mill, by Royal Charter of King José, under the master craftsman Lorenzo Solezio, brother of Félix Solesio who ran the Spanish Real Fábrica at Macharaviaya. Lorenzo received permission to make cards and sell them in Portugal and overseas territories. The production and sale of playing cards was a profitable business. In 1769 the Royal Playing Card Factory was annexed to the Impressão Régia (Royal Press). The name changed to Imprenta Nacional in 1820.
Imprimerie Belles Impressions 1
Imprimerie de L’Entente 1
Industria Gráfica Papelera S.A. 5
Industria Gráfica Pesout 1 Industria Gráfica Pesout
Coimexpor Spanish-suited playing cards by Industria Gráfica Pesout, S.A., Buenos Aires, Argentina, c.2008.
Industrias Gráficas Castuera 1
Industrie Comptoir 6
Ines May-Publicity 1
infirrera 1
Ink Inc 1
Inkstone Design 5
Inky-Dinky 5
Insight Editions 2
Insight Institute 1
InterCol 8
Intercomarcals SA 1
Iohann Christoph Hes 1
IPC Magazines 2
Irish Playing Card Mfg Co 3 Irish Playing Card Mfg Co
Irish Playing Card Manufacturing Company.
Irish Tourist Association 1
Irish Tourist Board 1
Isafold printinghouse 1
Ismail Rasheed Souvenirs 1
Italcards 2
Ivory Tower 1
J & L Randall Ltd 1
J. G. Fritzsche 1
J. Mariette 1
J. Müller 10
J. Muñoz 1
J. Sabatas 1
J. Welch 3
J.-M. Simon 8
J.M.A. Inc 1
J.R. Clarke 1
Jacob Bagges 2
Jacob Jerger 1
Jacobo Peuser 1
Jaime Garcia Fossas 1
Jaime Margarit 1
Jamaican Playing Cards & Co. 1
James Cond Ltd 1
James English 9
James Y. Humphreys 2
Jan Mer 1
Jan Šrámek 1
Jaques 48
Játékkártyagyár és Nyomda 15
Jazaniah Ford 2
JDK Products 1
Jean Friedrich Mayer 1
Jean Noblet 1
Jean Pouns 1
Jegel 6
Jehan Volay 1
Jeux et Jouets Français 1
JK Productions 1
Joan Barbot 1
Johann Herrl 1
Johann Jobst Forster 3
Johann Nejedly 1
Johann Ziser 1
John Hinde 1
John McLean 1
John Sterling 1
Johnson Bros 2
Joker S.A. 5
Jonas Fouquet 1
José Cumplido 1
José Maria Durán 1
José Serrano 1
Josef Hohlweg 1
Josef Monjardín 1
Joseph Bardou & Fils 1
Joseph Estel 2
Joseph Losch 1
Joseph Sürch 1
JRC Industries 1
Juan de Brugada 1
Juegos Mundial 1
Juegos Victoria 1
Juegos y Fichas 1
Julio Laje 1
Just Playin’ Cards 1
Justo Rodero 7
Kalamazoo Paper Box & Card Co 1
Kalamazoo Playing Card Co 4 Kalamazoo Playing Card Co
This firm commenced producing playing cards with the name Kalamazoo Paper Box & Card Co in 1903.
Kamber Group 1
Kaplan 1
Kardify 1
KebekAmuse Inc 1
Keiblinger 2
Kem Plastic Playing Cards 1
Kidcorp 1
Kikkerland Design 2
Kimberley & Sons 5
King Cards 1
Kings Wild Project 5
Kingstar 1
Kit Producción y Diseño 1
Knowledgecards 1
Kolorit S.A. 1
Kombinat Tsvetnoi Pechati 4
Konami 1
Konrad Witz 1
Kratochvíl 1
KS Games 1
Kultquartett GmbH & Co 1
Kum-Bak Sports 6
Kunsthistorisches Museum 1
KZWP-Trefl 31
L Day 1
L N Mann 1
L. Jevison Junior 1
L.G. Kosheleva 2
La Cubana 20
La Ducale 12
La Primitiva 4
La Turnhoutoise 3
La Voz de Galicia 1
LabelFab 1
Laius 1
Lamarque 1
Lamperti 1
Land of Roses Ltd 3
Lark Books 1
Larmoyer 1
Larsen & Knudsen 1
Lattmann 5 Friedrich Adolf Lattmann
After the family printing business had been handed down for several generations, in 1794 Ernst Wilhelm Gottlieb Kircher founded a playing card factory in Goslar am Harz
Latvijas Vertspapiru Spiestuve 2
Laurence King Publishing 2
Laurenzo Propagine 1
Lawrence & Cohen 4
Le Ore 1
Le Triboulet 2
Leclaire 1
Legends 14
Lenthall 7
Les Produits T.B.J. 1
Letranger 1
Lever Bros 2
Lewis I. Cohen 2
Liberty Playing Card Company 2
Liberty Productions 1
Liceo Gráfico 1
Light Impressions 1
Lion Playing Cards 3
Lionhead Studios 1
Litho Garso 1
Lithographie Musicale de Boboeuf 1
Lito Goicochea Hnos 1
Litografía Fabbri 2
Litografía Fernández 1
Litografía Ferri 2
Litografía José Arimany Hijos 1
Litografía Madriguera 2
Litográfica del Perú 4
Liverpool Daily Post 1
Livingstone Press 1
Llewellyn 3
Llewellyn Publications 1
Lo Scarabeo 25
Logiriera 1
London College of Printing 1
London Playing Card Co. 1
Lorenzo Solezio 1
Los Remos S.R.L. 1
Lucasfilm Ltd 2
M. Rieder 1
M.F. Milward 1
M&C 1
Maciá 1
MacLin-Zimmer-McGill 1
Macmillan 1
Mactapes Ltd 1
Maestros Naiperos Españoles 2
Maia 3
Maillard 1
Maior 1
Majora 1
Makwell 1
Malcolm G. Read Limited 1
Malta Tourism Authority 1
Manos del Uruguay 1
Mansion 1
Mansion House 1
Mantnieka Kartografijas Instituts 1
MapStudio 1
Marcus Katz 1
Marcus Ward 1
Mardon 8
Margary 5
María González Rizzo 2
Mario Colombo 2
Marketing Store Worldwide (Asia) Ltd 1
Marks & Spencer 4
Martino Azzarello 1
Mary Whitmore Jones 1
Mas-Reynals 4
Masenghini 11
Mathias Koller 1
Mattel 2
Matthieu Lithographes 1
Mauritius Stationery Manufacturers Ltd 1
Mayall Press 1
Mazal Game Ltd 1
McLoughlin Bros. 5
Mednyi Vsadnik 3
Mercury Communications 1
Merrimack 3
Mesmaekers 19 Mesmaekers Frères
The Mesmaekers firm had been established in Turnhout in 1859 by the partnership of Gustaaf Mesmaekers and Louis-François Moentack.
Messent 1
Metropolitan Opera Guild 1
Michael Evans 1
Michael Metzler 1
Michael Stanfield 1
Michalis Toubis 3
Michel Ressy 1
Microsoft 2
Middle East Manufacturing Co 2
Mignon 1
Milano 1
Milhoff & Co. 1
Milton Bradley 2
Mirakel Spielkarten 1
Miro Company 1
Misk'i Alpaca and Cotton 1
Mitchell 5
Modiano 30
Molden Edition 1
Moliner 1
Monasta 1
Monic 1
Monty Gum 2
Morgan & Morgan 1
Morgan Press 2
Moryak 1
Moses Verlags 1
Mount Hood Playing Card Company 1
Movie Players 1
Moxon 1
MPC (makeplayingcards.com) 5
Mudie 3
Muir & Moodie 1
Müller & Cie 13
Mullord Brothers 6 Mullord Brothers
The Mullord Brothers, Alick and Henry Mullord, innovative game designers and manufacturers, were renowned for their successful "Multum in Parvo" company, which significantly advanced the trade in games with their creative and popular products.
Multum in Parvo 12
Munguia 1
Murari 2
Murphy Games Ltd 1
Museo Internazionale dei Tarocchi 1
Myers 1
Nacadi S.R.L. 1
Nage Cards 4
Naipes Comas NEGSA 27
Naipes de la Cigüeña 3
Naipes La Banca 2
Naipes La Española 2
Nascal S.R.L. 2
Nassovia-Verlag 1
National Card Co 4 National Card Co
The National Card Co. was formed in c.1886 by Samuel J Murray, who as a young man had worked in England in Charles Goodall's playing card factory.
National Gay and Lesbian Taskforce 1
National Geographic 2
National Trust 6
Nederlandsche Speelkaartenfabriek 2
Nederlandse Spellenfabriek 1
Neil Macleod Prints & Enterprises Ltd 3
Nelostuote Oy 2
New Internationalist 1
New York Consolidated Card Co 16 New York Consolidated Card Company
The New York Consolidated Card Company was formed in 1871 by the merging of Lawrence & Cohen, Samuel Hart & Co and John J. Levy.
NewsMax Media Inc 3
Newt’s Playing Cards 9
Niagara Playing Card Co 1
Nickelodeon 1
Nicotinell 1
Nimit Publishing 1
Nintendo 33 Nintendo Playing Cards Co. Ltd
In 1889, Fusajirô Yamauchi began manufacturing “Hanafuda” or “flower cards” under the brand name Nintendo Koppai. Cards were hand crafted using the bark from mulberry and mitsu-mata trees. Around 1902 the firm began producing Western style playing cards.
Nippon Yugi-Gangu Co 1
Nisse 1
Nitestar Productions 2
No Name Exhibitions 1
No Props 2
Noir Arts 9
Nordisk 1
Norfolk House Enterprises 1
Norvic Mill 4
Nossagraf 1
Novelty Corp 1
Novelty Playing Cards 2
Novograf 1
Noyes & Snow 1
Nunes 4
Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag 2
NV Boek 1
Nyborg 1
Obchodní Tiskárny 16
OBD 1
Öbergs 4
Obsequios Empresarios Argentinos 2 Obsequios Empresarios Argentinos
Naipes Argentinos 'La Partida' y 'Aparcero' published by Obsequios Empresarios Argentinos, Santa Fe.
Ocean Promotion 1
Offason 6
Offset Cecil S.A. 1
Ogilvy 6
Olea Rodolfo 2
Olea Segundo 1
OM Naipes 1
Onlineprint 1
Onward Kashiyama Co 1
Oppenheimer und Sulzbacher 8 Oppenheimer und Sulzbacher
Card games produced in Germany by Oppenheimer und Sulzbacher.
Orange UK 1
Orient-Express 1
Originals Only Co. 1
Orija 2
Ormond Printing Co 3
Orpamex 1
Österreichische Post AG 1
Otago University Printery 1
Otermin Ediciones 1
Oxford Press 1
Ozone Productions Ltd 1
P. Steinmann 1
P.P.W Interactive Co. 1
PA Images 1
PaçoPrint 1
Padnall Printers 1
Paisanito S.R.L 4
Palladin Paperworks 1
Panco-Carta Editions 1
Papier Arti e Mestieri 1
Paramount Pictures 1
Parker Bros 11
Parkinson’s 1
Parksons 2
Parody Productions 12
Pasatiempos Gallo 5
Passione 1
Patricia Kirk 1
Paul Lamond Games 1
Paulson 2
Paumier 1
Pavias 1
Pavilion Books Ltd 1
Pawan Printers 1
Pedro Varangot 1
Peliko/Martinex Oy 1
Pellerin & Cie 2
Penco 1
Penguin Books Ltd 1
Perfection Playing Card Co 2
Perrier Jouet 1
Perry & Co 2
Peru Rail 1
Peter Gurney 2
Peter Pan Playthings 1
Peter Pfeiffer 1
Peterhof State Museum 2
Petr Mičánek 1
PGD Publishing 1
Philibert 8 Éditions Philibert
Éditions Philibert published an outstanding series of exotic, artistic playing cards in Paris from 1954 to 1960
Phillips Bazaars 1
Philopater Press 1
Piatnik 116 Ferd Piatnik & Sons
Ferdinand Piatnik was born in Ofen on October 14, 1819.
Pierrat 1
Pierre Leroux 1
Pierre Marechal 4
Pierre Roiné 1
Pierre-François Basan 1
Pietro de Santi 1
Pignalosa 8
Pilgrims Book House 1
Pittner 1
Planet Three Collection 1
Plastic Cards 2
Plasticos Pardo 1
Plastigal Juegos S.R.L 1
Playboy 1
PlayingCardDecks.com 12
PlayingCards.net 1
Playwell Playing Card Co. 1
Pocket SF 1
Polaires 1
Political Parody 1
Popular Fine Art Litho Works 1
Porterprint Ltd 2
Post Danmark 1
PostCardusa 4
Pou y Cía 1
Power Casinos 3
Premier Portfolio International Ltd 1
Press of the Woolly Whale 1
Printissa 4
Printworks Gallery 1
Pro Graf 1
Pro Publishing Inc 2
Producciónes Gráficas Arco Iris 1
Productora de Naipes y Confetti 3
Productos Artisticos Osiris 1
Productos Camacho 1
Productos Gacela 1
Productos Leo 6
Productos Nacaral C.A. 1
PromoGames 1
Prospero Art 6
Protea 4
Publishing Goblin 1
Publistar 1
Punch Studio 1
Purnell 2
Puse Plus Ltd 1
Pyramid PCC 2
Quarter Press 1
Quelle Histoire 1
Quercia y Possi 1
Quirk Books 1
R. Billingsley 3
R. Turner 1
R.J. Waters 1
Raconteur Press 1
Radical Tea Towel 1
Radiolandia 1
Randal Taylor 2
Random House 1
Ravensburg 1
Ravi Varma Press 1
RCI Playing-cards 2
Real Fábrica de Macharaviaya 4
Real Fabrica de Madrid 2
Reclamos Cimadevilla 1
Reed Paper Products 1
Release 1
Rembrandthuis 1
Reo Rex 1
Reuter 2
Rex Pitts 2
Reynolds 22 Joseph Reynolds
Joseph Reynolds had been producing playing cards in the traditional method since c.1809.
Rheinberger 1
Richard Blome’ 1
Richard Edward Ltd 8
Rider 1
Riffle Shuffle Playing Card Co. 2
Rigel Press Limited 1
Ripe Digital 1
Ripley 1
Risch-Lau 1
Ritter 3
Rix Products LLC 1
Robert Davies Publishing 1
Robert Hardwicke 1
Robert Morden 1
Robert Whitfield 3 Robert Whitfield
Robert Whitfield, who is recorded as Master of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing cards in 1671 and again from 1685-7.
Roberts Bros 5
Roddy Somerville 2
Roem Speelkaarten 1
Roland Offset 1
Roldan y Cía 3
Romero y Cía 1
Rose & Pentagram Design (historicgames.com) 1
Rossi 1
Rotalsele 1
Rotxotxo 4
Roura 5
Rowley & Co. 3
Royal Hawaiian Playing Card Co. 1
Royal Mail 1
RP Studio 1
Rudolf Bechtold and Co 1
Rudolph Forkel 3
RusJoker 1
Russell & Morgan 16 Russell, Morgan & Co
The distinctive Ace of Spades features the Statue of the Goddess of Freedom, based on the bronze statue designed by Thomas Crawford (1814-1857) that, since 1863, has crowned the dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Russell Manufacturing Company 1
Russell Playing Card Co. 3
Russimco 1
S. S. Adams Co 1
Saarijarven Offset 1
Sabine 1
Safari Limited 2
Safer Publications UK 1
Saint-Sauveur 3
Saladee 1
Sally Line UK 1
Salmon & Gluckstein 1
Salomon & Co 2
Sampson Low 1
Sanchez 1
Sands & McDougall 6
Sanmartí 2
Sanrio 2
Sanyo Enterprise Co 1
Sapra Studio 3
Sasakti 1
Savir S.A. 1
ScanRus 1
Schiffer Publishing 1
Schmid F.X. 25
Schneider & Co 5
Scott & Turner Ltd 1
Sel Reklam 1
Sendero Coleccionismo 1
Sergio Bonelli Editore 1
Servicio de Hidrografía Naval 1
Seven Stories Press 1
Shackman 2
Shamrock Gift Co 2
Sharples 1
Sherpa 1
Sherson Publishing House 1
Shuffled Ink 1
Siam Oracle 1
Siamese Imports Co 1
Simon Wintle 2
Siren International 1
Sky News 1
Skyline Chess 1
Sleeperhold Publications 1
Sloan 3 L. G. Sloan, Ltd
'Thames Side' Playing Cards manufactured by The Universal Playing Card Co., Ltd for L. G. Sloan, Ltd., 1930s.
Smash Hits 1
Smeraldi Edizioni 1
SNOB 1
SNP Ausprint Pty 2
Sociedad de San Pablo 1
Societé Malagasy asa Printy Miloko 1
Soimca 4
Solesio 1
Solleone 26
Sorensen 1
South Wales Electricity Board 1
Souvart 1
SPCC 4
Spears Games 17 J. W. Spear and Sons
Jacob Wolfe Spear founded his company manufacturing fancy goods in 1879 near Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany
Speelkaartenfabriek Nederland 5
Spicer & Detmold 3
Spicers Paper 3
Spin Master PAW Productions Inc 1
Spindulys 7
Spiriant 1
Sprint 1
Stampa GMC 1
Stancraft 7 Stancraft
Stancraft Playing Cards were manufactured by Brown & Bigelow of whom they were a subsidiary.
Standard Playing Card Co. 6
Steendrukkerij de Jong 1
Stils 1
Stonerware 1
Stonewall Enterprises 1
Stopforth 5
Strauss & Trier 1
Studio on Fire 2
Subafilms Ltd 1
Sum-It Card Games Ltd 1
Summer Dream Editions 1
Süss 1
Süsz & Kunz 1
Sweetule 1
Swisscard 1
Syarikat Duasama 1
SynHeme Inc. 2
System 6 1
Système Création Pratique 1
T&G Signorelli 1
Tai Wah Ltd 1
Taller 4 1
Taller Fotolitográfico 1
Talleres Gráficos Ifdeas 1
Talleres Gráficos Irández 1
Tarot Productions Inc 1
TCC Playing Cards 1
TDC Inc 3
Tesco Stores 1
Thai Playing Cards Manufacturing Factory 1
That Company Called If 1
The Design & Print Partnership 1
The Gamekeepers 1
The Movie Souvenir Card Co. 1
The Nixon Deck 1
The Peerless Playing Card Company 5
Theodor Oswald Weigel 2
Theodor Wegener 1
Theory11 9
Thill 1
Third Drawer Down 1
Thirdway Industries 1
Tho Poole 1
Thomas & Co 2
Thomas éditions 1
Thomas Rap 1
Thomson-Leng 1
Tilgmann 1
Titze & Schinkay 1
TM Cards 3
Tobago Casino Club 1
Tongheng Printing 1
Top Munro Ltd 1
Torras y Lleó 1
Torras y Sanmartí 1
Touch of Ginger Ltd 1
Tourist Products Ltd 1
Tower Philatelic 1
Tower Press 9 Tower Press
A series of card games for children published by Tower Press during the 1950s which evoke the optimism and love of fun of that era.
Tozer & Co 1
Tree Brand 1
Treviño Narro 1
Trient Playing Cards 1
Tringham 2
trzes-art 1
Tsumura Juntendo 1
Tul Co Ltd 1
Turnbull 2
Twankie LLC 1
Two’s Company 2
U.S. Games Systems 16
Uğur Plastik Kart 1
Union Playing Card Co. 2
Unisex Playing Card Co. 1
United Empire Box Company 1
United Games (Industries) Ltd 1
United States Playing Card Co. 163 United States Playing Card Co.
Over the years the pressures of competition and other market forces have led to many smaller manufacturers being taken over by larger ones. The outcome is that the U.S.P.C.C. is now the largest manufacturer in the United States.
Universal Pictures 2
Universal Publications Ltd 2
University Games 1
University of Massachusetts 1
Uusi 3
V&A 1
Vaco Press Graphic Industry 1
Vagrius 1
Valentine Publishing Co 2
Valentine’s Games 7
Van den Berghs 2
Van Genechten 20 Van Genechten
A. Van Genechten ran a flourishing business, supplying various kinds of cards both inside the country and abroad including England, Spain, France, Denmark, South-East Asia, China and Japan.
Vandenborre 1
Vannini 1
Varitemas 3
Vda. de Antonio Comas 1
Vereinigte Stralsunder Spielkartenfabrik 1
Verlag der Neuen Photographischen Gesellschaft 1
Verlag für Lehrmittel 6
Veuve Gueffier 2
Viassone 2
Victoria P.C.C. 10
Vigor 13
Viuda e Hijos de Heraclio Fournier 2
Voskresen’e 1
Vprojekt 1
VVKSM 1
W & G Baird Ltd 3
W F Jackson & Sons 1
W. Cremer 1
Waddingtons 96 John Waddington Ltd
John Waddington Limited was a leading producer of playing cards and card games in the UK during the period 1922-1995. The company had been founded in the nineteenth century by Mr John Waddington and Wilson Barratt as Waddingtons Ltd.
Walker Books 1
Wallie Dorr Company 1
Walter Scharff 1
Warner Bros. 5
Warren Paper Products 6 Warren Paper Products
Warren Paper Products Co., Lafayette, Indiana, publishers of Built-Rite toys, games and puzzles.
Watilliaux 1
Wayland 3
WCMPC 46 The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards (WCMPC)
The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards was founded by Royal Charter in 1628.
Weedon Enterprises 2
Wenyu Paper Products 1
West & Lee 1
Western Playing Card Company 2
Westnedge 4
Wheeler 6
Whitman 15
Whitney 1
Whittaker 1
Wild and Wolf Ltd 1
Wilhelm Hegenauer 1
Willeb 2
William Bowes 1
William Sessions Ltd 1
William Warter 1
Willis & Co. 23 W.H. Willis & Co.
Willis & Company was formed in 1869, having been preceded by Charles Steer at the same address (80 Long Acre, London), who also manufactured playing cards during the 1850s and 60s.
Willis W. Russell 1
Willow Press 1
Wimmera Mail-Times 1
Windmill Playing Card Co 4
Wink 1
Winning Moves 9
Winstanley 1
Winters Art Lithographing Co 1
Wizards of the Coast 3
WJPC 4 Shenzhen Wangjing Printing Company (WJPC)
WJPC is a custom offset printing company specializing in the printing of custom playing cards, custom tarot cards, custom gaming and board games, and educational flashcards. The Acelion brand is a high-end brand under the WJPC Corporation. Acelion Corporation and WJPC company are owned by the same owner - Jack Yang.
Wolfgang Rösch 1
Woodpecker Press 2 Woodpecker Press
Woodpecker Press is believed to have started up in 1987 as a spin-off from the closure of Astra Games.
Woolley & Co 23 Woolley & Co
The firm of Thomas Woolley lasted for many years from 1836-1904 in several different guises.
Woolson Spice Company 1
Word Nerd Games 1
World Without Criminals Organization 1
Worldwide Co 2
Wu Roi Co 1
Wulff 4
Wüst 31 Conrad Ludwig Wüst
SPIELKARTENFABRIEK VON C.L. WÜST, 1811 - 1927. A short history of the Wüst factory by Martin Shaw & Paul Symons.
Wuyi Giant Colour Printing Co. 1
Wydawnictwo Turystyczne PLAN 1
Xiang Fa Company 1
Yong Guan Heng & Co 2
Youthscape 1
Yuan Ho Xing 1
Zandrox Producciones 1
Zebra A/S 1
Zeixs 1
Zingarello 1