Who owns Aqueon?
Aqueon is owned by Central Garden & Pet (the United States, NASDAQ: CENT).[1]
Evidence: Central Garden & Pet Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-11-26, SEC EDGAR, 26 November 2025. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Central Garden & Pet Company verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Walnut Creek, California
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 2007
- Category
- Pet & animal care › Pet supplies & services › Pet supplies
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: CENT
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Aqueon
Aqueon makes aquariums, filters and fish food, and competes with Tetra in a category driven by hobbyist rather than mass retail. It sits within Central Garden & Pet's pet segment. The business sells complete tank kits as well as individual components, which is how most customers enter the hobby before buying replacement parts separately.
What Central Garden & Pet's annual report says about Aqueon
Sentences about Aqueon from Central Garden & Pet's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
We are a leading manufacturer of aquariums and terrariums along with related fixtures and stands, water conditioners and supplements, water pumps and filters, advanced lighting systems and accessories marketed under the Aqueon, Coralife , and Zilla brands.
How often Central Garden & Pet names Aqueon in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Aqueon
- Current owner Central Garden & Pet [1] verified
Where Aqueon sits in Central Garden & Pet
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Central Garden & Pet brand portfolio (5) →
Other brands owned by Central Garden & Pet
Central Garden & Pet controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in pet & animal care.
Also in pet & animal care
Other brands in pet supplies, and who owns them
The 28 brands in pet supplies on Brandtree belong to 14 owners. The largest is Tractor Supply, with 3; Central Garden & Pet has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Frisco | Chewy | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Musti | Sonae | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
| 4health | Tractor Supply | 🇺🇸 United States |
| BarkBox | BARK | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Fresh Step | Clorox | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Melo Pet & Garden | Grupo Melo | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| Cat's Pride | Oil-Dri | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Reddy | Petco | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Central Garden & Pet
Central Garden & Pet is a publicly listed company headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, United States, founded in 1980. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: CENT.
Central Garden & Pet was founded in 1980 as a garden products distributor and moved into owning brands, acquiring dozens of niche names in pet supplies and lawn and garden. It is one of the largest suppliers to American pet specialty and garden retail.
Central Garden & Pet: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Aqueon and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Aqueon is not one of them.
- 4health — Tractor Supply 🇺🇸
- Advantage — Elanco 🇺🇸
- American Journey — Chewy 🇺🇸
- Apoquel — Zoetis 🇺🇸
- Aureomycin — Phibro 🇺🇸
- BARK — BARK 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Aqueon?
The parent company of Aqueon is Central Garden & Pet, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Aqueon American?
Yes. Aqueon originated in the United States in 2007 and its owner, Central Garden & Pet, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Aqueon still owned by Central Garden & Pet?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Aqueon is still owned by Central Garden & Pet. 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] Central Garden & Pet Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-11-26 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 26 November 2025; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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