Who owns Beck's?
Beck's is owned by AB InBev (Belgium, NYSE: BUD), which has owned the brand since 2002.[1]
Evidence: Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-03-03, SEC EDGAR, 3 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇧🇪 Belgium, Leuven
- Origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany, Bremen
- Founded
- 1873
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Lager
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: BUD
- Trademark registrant
- BRAUEREI BECK & CO. GMBH (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Beck's
Beck's has been brewed in Bremen since 1873 and is among the largest German beer exports, sold in more than 90 countries. It is brewed to the Reinheitsgebot, the German purity requirement limiting ingredients to water, barley, hops and yeast, which the label states prominently in export markets.
What AB InBev's annual report says about Beck's
Sentences about Beck's from AB InBev's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Since 2000, we have completed the following major combinations, acquisitions and sales: In 2002, Interbrew acquired Beck's for 3.5 billion German marks.
How often AB InBev names Beck's 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.
Trademark record for Beck's
The USPTO record for the Beck's mark lists BRAUEREI BECK & CO. GMBH as the owner of record (serial number 71651145). A trademark is often held by a group company rather than the listed parent, so the registrant's name can differ from the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Beck's
Where Beck's sits in AB InBev
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by AB InBev
AB InBev controls 21 brands on Brandtree, 21 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Aguila (1913)
- Brahma (1888)
- Bud Light (1982)
- Bud Light Seltzer (2020)
- Budweiser (1876)
- Busch (1955)
- Cass (1994)
- Castle Lager (1895)
- Corona (1925)
- Corona Cero (2020)
- Franziskaner
- Harbin (1900)
- Hoegaarden (1965)
- Jupiler (1966)
- Leffe (1952)
- Michelob Ultra (2002)
- Natural Light (1977)
- Quilmes (1890)
Other brands in lager, and who owns them
AB InBev has more brands in lager on Brandtree than any other owner: 17 of 200.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 33 Export | Heineken | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Allsopps | EABL | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| Asahi Super Dry | Asahi Group | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| 333 | ThaiBev | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Cristal | CCU | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Cabro | Cervecería Centro Americana | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
| Beermix | Obolon | 🇺🇦 Ukraine |
| Bomonti Filtresiz | Anadolu Efes | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
About the owner: AB InBev
AB InBev is a publicly listed company headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, founded in 2008. Brandtree records 21 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: BUD.
AB InBev is the largest brewer in the world, formed in 2008 when the Belgian-Brazilian InBev acquired Anheuser-Busch and enlarged again in 2016 by taking over SABMiller. Its beers are sold in about 150 countries.
🇩🇪 Beck's and other German brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 252 brands that began in Germany. 93 of them (37%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Beck's among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Beck's?
The parent company of Beck's is AB InBev, a publicly listed company headquartered in Belgium.
Is Beck's German or Belgian?
Beck's originated in Germany in 1873, but it is owned today by AB InBev, which is headquartered in Belgium. So Beck's is a German-origin brand under Belgian ownership.
Since when has AB InBev owned Beck's?
AB InBev has owned Beck's since 2002.
Is Beck's still owned by AB InBev?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Beck's is still owned by AB InBev. 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] Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-03-03 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 3 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: BECK'S, serial 71651145, registration 600471 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 2 October 2026.
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