Who owns Belikin?
Belikin is owned by Bowen & Bowen (Belize).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Bowen & Bowen — Our History, Bowen & Bowen, Ltd. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Bowen & Bowen, Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇧🇿 Belize, Belize City
- Origin
- 🇧🇿 Belize, Ladyville
- Founded
- 1969
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Lager
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Belikin
Belikin is the beer of Belize and the flagship of Belize Brewing Company, which Eric Bowen and his son Barry established in 1969 in partnership with Cerveceria Hondureña of Honduras; Barry Bowen bought out the Honduran shareholding in 1981, the year Belize became independent. International experts gave the brewery little chance of success at the outset. It is now brewed on a Krones-Steinecker plant at Ladyville built in 2000 and sized for regional export, and since 2022 the company has run a brewery visitor centre, Di Bruwry, around it.
Ownership timeline of Belikin
- Current owner Bowen & Bowen [1] reported
Where Belikin sits in Bowen & Bowen
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Bowen & Bowen
Bowen & Bowen controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
Other brands in lager, and who owns them
The 200 brands in lager on Brandtree belong to 55 owners. The largest is AB InBev, with 17; Bowen & Bowen has 2.
About the owner: Bowen & Bowen
Bowen & Bowen is a privately held company headquartered in Belize City, Belize, founded in 1932. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control.
Bowen & Bowen is Belize's largest privately held consumer goods group, founded in Belize City in 1932 by Eric W. M. Bowen and his brother Fredrick as a general trading company. It introduced carbonated flavoured drinks under the Crystal name in 1944, acquired the right to bottle Coca-Cola in Belize in 1961 and built the Ladyville plant in 1965, and established Belize Brewing Company in 1969 in partnership with Cerveceria Hondureña, whose shares Barry Bowen bought out in 1981. The group now spans brewing, soft drinks, imports and distribution, aquaculture, agro-industry, power generation, security, restaurants and retail. Its Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite, Schweppes, Powerade, Minute Maid and Fuze volumes are produced under franchise from The Coca-Cola Company, and Guinness Foreign Extra Stout has been brewed under licence since 1989: none of those names belongs to Bowen.
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🇧🇿 Belikin and other Belizean brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 9 brands that began in Belize. All of them are controlled from Belize.
- Maya Island Air — Maya Island Air 🇧🇿
- Tropic Air — Tropic Air 🇧🇿
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Belikin?
The parent company of Belikin is Bowen & Bowen, a privately held company headquartered in Belize.
Is Belikin Belizean?
Yes. Belikin originated in Belize in 1969 and its owner, Bowen & Bowen, is also headquartered in Belize.
Is Belikin still owned by Bowen & Bowen?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, Belikin is still owned by Bowen & Bowen. 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] Bowen & Bowen — Our History — Bowen & Bowen, Ltd., Official document; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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