Who owns Bernard?
Bernard is half-owned by Duvel Moortgat (Belgium), which has held that half since 2001.[1]
Duvel Moortgat owns 50% of Bernard rather than all of it.
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 (50% stake) reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- Origin
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic, Humpolec
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Lager
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Bernard
Bernard is a Czech brewery in Humpolec that Duvel Moortgat describes as a niche player in premium pilsner beers. In 2001 Duvel Moortgat took a 50% holding, which it presented as a base for expanding into Central Europe and for exchanging production and marketing know-how. The stake is a half share, not full ownership.
Ownership timeline of Bernard
- 2001 – present Duvel Moortgat (50%) [1] reported
Where Bernard 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
- Bel Pils (1930)
- Birrificio del Ducato
- Boulevard Brewing Company (1984)
- De Koninck
- Duvel (1923)
- La Chouffe (1982)
- Liefmans
- Ommegang
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 →
🇨🇿 Bernard and other Czech brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 42 brands that began in the Czech Republic. 11 of them (26%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Bernard among them.
- Becherovka — Maspex 🇵🇱
- Holba — Kofola 🇨🇿
- Pilsner Urquell — Asahi Group 🇯🇵
- Staropramen — Molson Coors 🇺🇸
- Allegro.cz — Allegro 🇵🇱
- Brit — VAFO 🇨🇿
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Bernard?
Bernard has no sole parent company: it is half-owned by Duvel Moortgat, a privately held company headquartered in Belgium.
Is Bernard Czech or Belgian?
Bernard originated in the Czech Republic, but it is half-owned today by Duvel Moortgat, which is headquartered in Belgium. So Bernard is a Czech-origin brand that is half Belgian-owned.
Since when has Duvel Moortgat owned Bernard?
Duvel Moortgat has held half of Bernard since 2001.
Is Bernard still owned by Duvel Moortgat?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Bernard is still half-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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