Who owns Bud Light Seltzer?
Bud Light Seltzer is owned by AB InBev (Belgium, NYSE: BUD).[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
- Owner HQ
- 🇧🇪 Belgium, Leuven
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 2020
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Cider
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: BUD
- Trademark registrant
- ANHEUSER-BUSCH, LLC (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Bud Light Seltzer
Bud Light Seltzer launched in 2020 into the hard seltzer boom, extending the largest beer brand in the United States into a category that had grown from nothing in three years and then contracted almost as quickly. The line was cut back sharply once seltzer sales fell, and it now covers a much narrower range than at launch.
How often AB InBev names Bud Light Seltzer 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 Bud Light Seltzer
The USPTO record for the Bud Light Seltzer mark lists ANHEUSER-BUSCH, LLC as the owner of record (serial number 88671034). 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 Bud Light Seltzer
Where Bud Light Seltzer 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)
- Beck's (1873)
- Brahma (1888)
- Bud Light (1982)
- 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 cider, and who owns them
The 22 brands in cider on Brandtree belong to 12 owners. The largest is C&C Group, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bulmers | C&C Group | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
| Thatchers Cider | Thatchers | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Angry Orchard | Boston Beer | 🇺🇸 United States |
| La Benedicta | Heineken | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Ciber | Obolon | 🇺🇦 Ukraine |
| Wild Wave | Adnams | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Somersby | Carlsberg | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| Sidra Real | CCU | 🇨🇱 Chile |
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.
🇺🇸 Bud Light Seltzer and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Bud Light Seltzer among them.
- 7UP — PepsiCo 🇺🇸
- 7UP (United States) — Keurig Dr Pepper 🇺🇸
- Alani Nu — Celsius Holdings 🇺🇸
- André — Gallo 🇺🇸
- Angry Orchard — Boston Beer 🇺🇸
- Apple & Eve — Lassonde 🇨🇦
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Bud Light Seltzer?
The parent company of Bud Light Seltzer is AB InBev, a publicly listed company headquartered in Belgium.
Is Bud Light Seltzer American or Belgian?
Bud Light Seltzer originated in the United States in 2020, but it is owned today by AB InBev, which is headquartered in Belgium. So Bud Light Seltzer is an American-origin brand under Belgian ownership.
Is Bud Light Seltzer still owned by AB InBev?
Yes. As of 2 October 2026, Bud Light Seltzer 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: BUD LIGHT SELTZER, serial 88671034, registration 6207174 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 2 October 2026.
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