Who owns Almacenes AV?
Almacenes AV is owned by Dos Pinos (Costa Rica).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Dos Pinos — Reporte de Sostenibilidad 2024, Cooperativa de Productores de Leche Dos Pinos R.L. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Cooperativa de Productores de Leche Dos Pinos R.L. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇷 Costa Rica, Coyol de Alajuela
- Origin
- 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Retailer own brands › General merchandise own brands
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Almacenes AV
Almacenes AV is the chain of eighteen agro-veterinary stores Dos Pinos runs in Costa Rica's farming districts, selling animal feed, medicines, agricultural inputs, hardware, hygiene products and veterinary equipment. It exists because the co-operative's members are dairy farmers who need those supplies, and it distributes the balanced feed Dos Pinos has produced since its second year of operation.
Ownership timeline of Almacenes AV
Where Almacenes AV sits in Dos Pinos
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Dos Pinos
Dos Pinos controls 11 brands on Brandtree.
- Coronado
- Delactomy
- Deligurt
- Dos Pinos (1947)
- Gallito
- La Chiricana
- La Estación (2017)
- La Granja (2021)
- Lula
- Nevada
Other brands in general merchandise own brands, and who owns them
The 162 brands in general merchandise own brands on Brandtree belong to 68 owners. The largest is JD Sports, with 15.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Blacks | JD Sports | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Bebemundo | Corporación Favorita | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| Innom | Reitan Retail | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| B&Q | Kingfisher | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Anko | Wesfarmers | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Basualdo | Cencosud | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Bike Republic | Colruyt Group | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| Glans | Hagar | 🇮🇸 Iceland |
Every brand in general merchandise own brands and its owner →
About the owner: Dos Pinos
Dos Pinos is a cooperative headquartered in Coyol de Alajuela, Costa Rica, founded in 1947. Brandtree records 11 brands under its control.
Dos Pinos is a dairy co-operative founded in 1947 by twenty-five Costa Rican milk producers and owned today by around 1,300 producer members, under a commitment to collect every litre their farms produce, 365 days a year. Its head office and main industrial complex are at Coyol de Alajuela. It runs seven production plants, nine branches, eighteen agro-veterinary stores, seventeen La Estación ice cream parlours and six self-service shops in Costa Rica, and operates plants or distribution businesses in Panama, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and the Dominican Republic. Kantar ranked Dos Pinos the preferred brand in Costa Rica in its 2024 Brand Footprint Latam study.
🇨🇷 Almacenes AV and other Costa Rican brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 13 brands that began in Costa Rica. 3 of them (23%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Almacenes AV is not one of them.
- Cemaco — Corporación Favorita 🇪🇨
- Liberty Costa Rica — Liberty Latin America 🇧🇲
- Pet's Market — Grupo Melo 🇵🇦
- SANSA — SANSA 🇨🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Almacenes AV?
The parent company of Almacenes AV is Dos Pinos, a cooperative headquartered in Costa Rica.
Is Almacenes AV Costa Rican?
Yes. Almacenes AV originated in Costa Rica and its owner, Dos Pinos, is also headquartered in Costa Rica.
Is Almacenes AV still owned by Dos Pinos?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, Almacenes AV is still owned by Dos Pinos. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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] Dos Pinos — Reporte de Sostenibilidad 2024 — Cooperativa de Productores de Leche Dos Pinos R.L., Annual report; retrieved 20 September 2026.
- [2] Dos Pinos — Reporte de Sostenibilidad 2022 — Cooperativa de Productores de Leche Dos Pinos R.L., Annual report; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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