Klosterman Baking Company

Employee size

501-1,000

Organization type

Privately Held

Headquarters

Cincinnati, OH

Founded

1892

Founded in Covington in 1892 by Frank Klosterman and Charlie Thiewald, Klosterman Baking Company grew from a small delivery bakeshop into a major Midwest bakery while remaining closely associated with its founding family for four generations. Though the family transferred ownership in 2022, the company continues its legacy of supplying fresh bread to commercial customers across the region and frozen products nationwide.

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