Who owns Bretaña?
Bretaña is owned by Postobón (Colombia).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Postobón — Informe de Sostenibilidad 2025, Postobón S.A. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Postobón S.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇴 Colombia
- Origin
- 🇨🇴 Colombia
- Founded
- 1918
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Bottled water
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Bretaña
Bretaña began in 1918 as a mixer for cocktails and is now Postobón's premium water, sold on experience rather than on price. In 2025 it appeared at concerts by international artists including Andrea Bocelli, ran a campaign with the actress Ester Expósito, launched a 1.25 litre bottle for families and won an Effie Oro for sustained success.
Ownership timeline of Bretaña
Where Bretaña sits in Postobón
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Postobón
Postobón controls 12 brands on Brandtree, 12 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Agua Cristal (1917)
- Colombiana
- Hatsu
- Hipinto
- Hit (1997)
- Manzana Postobón (1954)
- Mr Tea (2005)
- Postobón (1904)
- Speed Max
- Squash (1999)
- Tutti Frutti
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; Postobón has 2.
About the owner: Postobón
Postobón is a privately held company headquartered in Colombia, founded in 1904. Brandtree records 12 brands under its control.
Postobón was founded in Medellín in 1904 by Valerio Tobón Olarte and Gabriel Posada, whose partnership Posada & Tobón gave the company the name it still uses. It belongs to the Organización Ardila Lülle and is the dominant Colombian soft drinks business, with more than fifty brands across sodas, bottled water, fruit drinks, teas, energy and hydration drinks, malts and beer. It also distributes and sells brands made by other companies, among them Pepsi, Gatorade, 7UP and Red Bull, which it does not own.
🇨🇴 Bretaña and other Colombian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 108 brands that began in Colombia. 10 of them (9%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Bretaña is not one of them.
- Activade — Quala 🇨🇴
- Aguila — AB InBev 🇧🇪
- Almendra Tropical — CasaLuker 🇨🇴
- La Bastilla — Grupo Nutresa 🇨🇴
- Airplan — ASUR 🇲🇽
- Alpina — Alpina 🇨🇴
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Bretaña?
The parent company of Bretaña is Postobón, a privately held company headquartered in Colombia.
Is Bretaña Colombian?
Yes. Bretaña originated in Colombia in 1918 and its owner, Postobón, is also headquartered in Colombia.
Is Bretaña still owned by Postobón?
Yes. As of 22 September 2026, Bretaña is still owned by Postobón. 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] Postobón — Informe de Sostenibilidad 2025 — Postobón S.A., Annual report; retrieved 22 September 2026.
- [2] Postobón — La historia — Postobón S.A., Official document; retrieved 22 September 2026.
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