Who owns Carlsberg (Malta)?
Carlsberg (Malta) is made and sold by Farsons (Malta, MSE: SFC) under licence, an arrangement in place since 1978; Farsons does not own the name.[1] The Carlsberg name is owned by Carlsberg.
Evidence: Simonds Farsons Cisk p.l.c. Annual Report for the year ended 31 January 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Licensed to
- Simonds Farsons Cisk p.l.c. reported
- Since
- Headquarters
- 🇲🇹 Malta, Birkirkara
- Origin
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Lager
- Parent ticker
- MSE: SFC
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Carlsberg (Malta)
Carlsberg sold in Malta is brewed, packaged and distributed by Farsons under an exclusive licence it secured in 1978, a partnership the 2026 annual report describes as now exceeding 40 years. The beer is made at Farsons Brewery rather than imported, and the company treats the arrangement as evidence of its brewing capability. The Carlsberg name itself belongs to the Danish group, not to Farsons.
Ownership timeline of Carlsberg (Malta)
Where Carlsberg (Malta) sits in Farsons
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Farsons
Farsons controls 11 brands on Brandtree, 11 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; Farsons has 2.
About the owner: Farsons
Farsons is a publicly listed company headquartered in Birkirkara, Malta, founded in 1928.
Farsons is Malta's brewer and soft drinks bottler, and traces its origins to 1928, when L. Farrugia & Sons built a brewery in Hamrun and launched Farsons Pale Ale on 19 April. It merged with the British brewer H & G Simonds a year later and with the Malta Export Brewery, makers of Cisk, in 1948, which gave the company the three-part name it still carries. It was the first private-sector company to list on the Malta Stock Exchange, in 1995. In the year to 31 January 2026 it spun off its food business — Quintano Foods and the Maltese Pizza Hut, Burger King and KFC franchises — as Quinco Holdings p.l.c., distributed to its own shareholders as a dividend in kind and separately listed in October 2025, which the company describes as returning it to its original roots as a brewer, bottler and importer of beverages. Turnover from continuing operations was €106.5 million.
🇩🇰 Carlsberg (Malta) and other Danish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 106 brands that began in Denmark. 27 of them (25%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Carlsberg (Malta) among them.
- Albani — Royal Unibrew 🇩🇰
- Carlsberg — Carlsberg 🇩🇰
- Jolly Cola — Olvi 🇫🇮
- Merrild — Lavazza 🇮🇹
- Rynkeby — Eckes-Granini 🇩🇪
- 3-Stjernet — Atria 🇫🇮
Frequently asked questions
Who makes Carlsberg (Malta)?
Farsons makes and sells Carlsberg (Malta) under a licensing agreement that has been in place since 1978.
Does Farsons own Carlsberg (Malta)?
No. Farsons holds a licence to make and sell Carlsberg (Malta), which is not the same as owning it.
Where did Carlsberg (Malta) come from?
Carlsberg (Malta) originated in Denmark.
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] Simonds Farsons Cisk p.l.c. Annual Report for the year ended 31 January 2026 — Simonds Farsons Cisk p.l.c., Annual report; retrieved 18 September 2026.
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