Who owns A. Le Coq?
A. Le Coq is owned by Olvi (Finland, HEL: OLVAS).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Olvi Group Annual Report 2025, Olvi plc. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Olvi plc reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇮 Finland, Iisalmi
- Origin
- 🇪🇪 Estonia, Tartu
- Founded
- 1807
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Lager
- Parent ticker
- HEL: OLVAS
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About A. Le Coq
A. Le Coq is an Estonian brewery founded in 1807 and based in Tartu, wholly owned by Olvi. It is best known for beer, in which it leads the Estonian market, and for non-alcoholic drinks, with juices a significant product group made at its Estonian juice factory. It also holds 49 per cent of AS Karme and 20 per cent of Verska Mineraalvee.
Ownership timeline of A. Le Coq
Where A. Le Coq sits in Olvi
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Olvi
Olvi controls 10 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
Other brands in lager, and who owns them
The 200 brands in lager on Brandtree belong to 55 owners. The largest is AB InBev, with 17; Olvi has 4.
About the owner: Olvi
Olvi is a publicly listed company headquartered in Iisalmi, Finland, founded in 1878. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control, and it is listed as HEL: OLVAS.
Olvi is a Finnish beverage company founded in Iisalmi in 1878, still headquartered there and quoted on Nasdaq Helsinki. It produces about one billion litres a year of beer, water, cider, long drinks, soft drinks, juice and energy drinks, with subsidiaries in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark and Belarus. Net sales were EUR 665.3 million in 2025, and the Olvi Foundation held 52.67 per cent of the votes. It also makes and distributes international brands under partnerships, which it does not own.
🇪🇪 A. Le Coq and other Estonian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 18 brands that began in Estonia. 4 of them (22%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, A. Le Coq among them.
- Caribba — Liviko 🇪🇪
- Delice — TKM Grupp 🇪🇪
- Maks & Moorits — Atria 🇫🇮
- Port of Tallinn — Tallinna Sadam 🇪🇪
- R-kiosk — Reitan Retail 🇳🇴
- Skype — Microsoft 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of A. Le Coq?
The parent company of A. Le Coq is Olvi, a publicly listed company headquartered in Finland.
Is A. Le Coq Estonian or Finnish?
A. Le Coq originated in Estonia in 1807, but it is owned today by Olvi, which is headquartered in Finland. So A. Le Coq is an Estonian-origin brand under Finnish ownership.
Is A. Le Coq still owned by Olvi?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, A. Le Coq is still owned by Olvi. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Olvi Group Annual Report 2025 — Olvi plc, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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