Who owns Bel Pils?
Bel Pils is owned by Duvel Moortgat (Belgium).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Duvel Moortgat: Who we are (company history). Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Duvel Moortgat NV reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- Origin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- Founded
- 1930
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Lager
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Bel Pils
Bel Pils is the luxury pilsner of Duvel Moortgat. It was created in 1930 under the name Extra Blond, was called Extra Pilsner from 1976 to 1991 and took its present name in 1991. The company describes it as one of the more authentic traditional Belgian pilsners, with a bitter taste that it attributes to Saaz hops.
Ownership timeline of Bel Pils
- Current owner Duvel Moortgat [1] reported
Where Bel Pils sits in Duvel Moortgat
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Duvel Moortgat
Duvel Moortgat controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
Other brands in lager, and who owns them
The 199 brands in lager on Brandtree belong to 54 owners. The largest is AB InBev, with 17; Duvel Moortgat has 2.
About the owner: Duvel Moortgat
Duvel Moortgat is a privately held company headquartered in Belgium, founded in 1871. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control.
Belgian family-owned brewing group, founded in 1871 by Jan-Leonard Moortgat as a farm brewery and now in its fourth family generation. Its own history page says it was listed on Euronext Brussels in 1999 and left the exchange in March 2013 at the family shareholders' wish. It runs 13 breweries in Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, the USA, the Czech Republic, France and China. Maredsous beers are brewed under licence from the abbey and are not listed here as owned brands; Firestone Walker and Brouwerij 't IJ are held through shareholdings of undisclosed size and are also left out.
Duvel Moortgat: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇧🇪 Bel Pils and other Belgian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 53 brands that began in Belgium. 19 of them (36%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Bel Pils is not one of them.
- Bru — Spadel 🇧🇪
- Domaine Lez-Envies — Colruyt Group 🇧🇪
- Grimbergen — Carlsberg 🇩🇰
- Hoegaarden — AB InBev 🇧🇪
- Alpro — Danone 🇫🇷
- Ardennes-étape — Awaze 🇬🇧
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Bel Pils?
The parent company of Bel Pils is Duvel Moortgat, a privately held company headquartered in Belgium.
Is Bel Pils Belgian?
Yes. Bel Pils originated in Belgium in 1930 and its owner, Duvel Moortgat, is also headquartered in Belgium.
Is Bel Pils still owned by Duvel Moortgat?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Bel Pils is still owned by Duvel Moortgat. 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] Duvel Moortgat: Who we are (company history) — Duvel Moortgat, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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