Who owns Ayer?
Ayer is owned by Ghanim International (Brunei).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Ghanim — BruneiHalalFoods, Ghanim International Corporation Sdn Bhd. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Ghanim International Corporation Sdn Bhd reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇧🇳 Brunei, Kampong Salambigar
- Origin
- 🇧🇳 Brunei
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Bottled water
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Ayer
Ayer is Ghanim's bottled water brand — the word simply means water in Malay — and it is sold in two distinct products rather than one. Ayer Oxygenated Water comes in 330 millilitre, 600 millilitre and 1.5 litre bottles, and Ayer Natural Spring Water in 600 millilitre and 1.5 litre. Both sit in the beverage range Ghanim markets under bruneihalalfoods alongside its Serenitea and Cordia drinks.
Ownership timeline of Ayer
- Current owner Ghanim International [1] reported
Where Ayer sits in Ghanim International
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Ghanim International
Ghanim International controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
Other brands in bottled water, and who owns them
The 123 brands in bottled water on Brandtree belong to 74 owners. The largest is Spadel, with 5.
About the owner: Ghanim International
Ghanim International is a state-owned company headquartered in Kampong Salambigar, Brunei, founded in 2009. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control.
Ghanim International Corporation was set up by the Government of Brunei Darussalam in 2009 to build a food industry in a country whose economy runs on oil and gas, and to turn Brunei's standing as a Muslim state into a halal export brand. Most of what it sells is made by partner manufacturers across Brunei rather than by Ghanim itself: it develops products with local businesses and markets them under the bruneihalalfoods name, now more than 80 stock-keeping units across 26 ranges, audited against the Brunei Religious Council's halal accreditation system. It works from the Brunei Food Industry Development facility at Salambigar Industrial Park and sells into China, Singapore, Malaysia, the UAE, Bangladesh, the Philippines and Japan.
Ghanim International: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇧🇳 Ayer and other Bruneian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 6 brands that began in Brunei. All of them are controlled from Brunei.
- Royal Brunei Airlines — Royal Brunei Airlines 🇧🇳
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Ayer?
The parent company of Ayer is Ghanim International, a state-owned company headquartered in Brunei.
Is Ayer Bruneian?
Yes. Ayer originated in Brunei and its owner, Ghanim International, is also headquartered in Brunei.
Is Ayer still owned by Ghanim International?
Yes. As of 22 September 2026, Ayer is still owned by Ghanim International. 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] Ghanim — BruneiHalalFoods — Ghanim International Corporation Sdn Bhd, Official document; retrieved 22 September 2026.
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