Who owns Carling?
Carling is owned by Molson Coors (the United States, NYSE: TAP).[1]
Evidence: Molson Coors Beverage Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-18, SEC EDGAR, 18 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Molson Coors Beverage Company verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Chicago, Illinois
- Origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Founded
- 1840
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Lager
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: TAP
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Carling
Carling is the best-selling lager in the United Kingdom, originally a Canadian brand founded in 1840 and brewed in Britain under licence from the 1950s. Molson Coors brews it there today, and it has sponsored English football competitions for much of its modern history.
What Molson Coors's annual report says about Carling
Sentences about Carling from Molson Coors's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
For example, in our EMEA&APAC segment, brands categorized in the Premium classification such as Carling would be described as core brands in the local market.
In addition, we have an agreement with Heineken whereby they sell, market and distribute Coors, Carling, Madr Excepcional and other brands in the Republic of Ireland, as well as agreements with ABI to brew and distribute Beck's , Stella Artois and Lowenbrau, and to distribute Hoegaarden , Leffe and Corona in Central Europe.
Our Coors Light and Miller Lite brands in the Americas represented approximately 55% of segment net sales in 2025 while, Carling, Staropramen, Coors, Madr Excepcional, O ujsko , and Bergenbier brands in EMEA&APAC represented approximately 45% of segment net sales in 2025, with several of our other brands representing a significant share of their respective markets.
How often Molson Coors names Carling 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.
Ownership timeline of Carling
- Current owner Molson Coors [1] verified
Where Carling sits in Molson Coors
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Molson Coors
Molson Coors controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Blue Moon (1995)
- Coors Light (1978)
- Miller Lite (1975)
- Molson Canadian (1959)
- Staropramen (1869)
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; Molson Coors has 5.
About the owner: Molson Coors
Molson Coors is a publicly listed company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States, founded in 2005. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: TAP.
Molson Coors was created in 2005 by the merger of Canada's Molson, founded 1786, and America's Coors, founded 1873. It bought out SABMiller's half of the MillerCoors joint venture in 2016 when SABMiller was sold to AB InBev.
Molson Coors: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇨🇦 Carling and other Canadian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 178 brands that began in Canada. 45 of them (25%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Carling among them.
- Big 8 — Empire 🇨🇦
- Black Velvet — Heaven Hill 🇺🇸
- Canada Dry — Keurig Dr Pepper 🇺🇸
- Crown Royal — Diageo 🇬🇧
- Fruité — Lassonde 🇨🇦
- Jones Soda — Jones Soda 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Carling?
The parent company of Carling is Molson Coors, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Carling Canadian or American?
Carling originated in Canada in 1840, but it is owned today by Molson Coors, which is headquartered in the United States. So Carling is a Canadian-origin brand under American ownership.
Is Carling still owned by Molson Coors?
Yes. As of 10 October 2026, Carling is still owned by Molson Coors. 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] Molson Coors Beverage Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-18 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 18 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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