Who owns Advantage?
Advantage is owned by Elanco (the United States, NYSE: ELAN), which has owned the brand since 1 August 2020.[1][2]
Evidence: Elanco Animal Health Incorporated Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-24, SEC EDGAR, 24 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Elanco Animal Health Incorporated verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Indianapolis
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Pet & animal care › Pet supplies & services › Veterinary services
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: ELAN
- Trademark registrant
- ELANCO US INC. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About Advantage
Advantage is a family of oral and topical products for cats and dogs that Elanco describes as giving broad-spectrum protection against and treatment of fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, lice and biting flies. Elanco's 10-K says the family made up approximately 10% of its total revenue in 2025 and that about 70% of its sales fall in the first half of the year. Elanco lists it in the animal-health portfolio described in its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended 31 December 2025.
What Elanco's annual report says about Advantage
Sentences about Advantage from Elanco's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
In 2025, our top five selling products and/or product families were our Advantage Family (cats and dogs), Seresto (cats and dogs), our Credelio Family (cats and dogs), Rumensin (cattle) and Maxiban / Monteban (poultry).
These products and product families combined to represent approximately 38% of our total revenue in 2025, with our largest product family, Advantage Family , representing approximately 10% of total revenue.
Information regarding our principal products and product families, those that represented 1% or more of our total revenue in 2025, is as follows: 7 Table of Contents Pet Health Products Product Description Primary Species Advantage Family Family of oral and topical applications that provide broad-spectrum protection against and treatment of fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, lice and biting flies.
Trademark record for Advantage
The USPTO record for the Advantage mark lists ELANCO US INC. as the owner of record (serial number 74668471). That name matches the owner named above.[3]
Ownership timeline of Advantage
Where Advantage sits in Elanco
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Elanco
Elanco controls 15 brands on Brandtree, 15 of them in pet & animal care.
Also in pet & animal care
Other brands in veterinary services, and who owns them
The 45 brands in veterinary services on Brandtree belong to 7 owners. The largest is Zoetis, with 17; Elanco has 10.
About the owner: Elanco
Elanco is a publicly listed company headquartered in Indianapolis, United States, founded in 1954. Brandtree records 15 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: ELAN.
Elanco Animal Health is an Indianapolis animal health company with pet health and farm animal businesses. Its 10-K says it has a heritage dating to 1954 as a business unit of Eli Lilly and Company, was incorporated independently in September 2018 and separated in March 2019, and in August 2020 acquired Bayer Animal Health, which it calls the largest acquisition in industry history. It sells flea and tick, dermatology and pain products for pets and feed additives, vaccines and antibiotics for livestock.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Advantage?
The parent company of Advantage is Elanco, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Advantage American?
Yes. Advantage originated in the United States and its owner, Elanco, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has Elanco owned Advantage?
Elanco has owned Advantage since 1 August 2020.
Is Advantage still owned by Elanco?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Advantage is still owned by Elanco. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (3) & 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] Elanco Animal Health Incorporated Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-24 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 24 February 2026; retrieved 2 October 2026.
- [2] Elanco Animal Health Incorporated Form 8-K filed 2020-08-03: completion of the acquisition of Bayer Animal Health — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 8-K, published 3 August 2020; retrieved 2 October 2026.
- [3] USPTO: ADVANTAGE, serial 74668471 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 2 October 2026.
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