Who owns Carnex?
Carnex is owned by MK Group (Serbia), which has owned the brand since 2011.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: MK Group — corporate website, MK Group d.o.o. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- MK Group d.o.o. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇷🇸 Serbia, Belgrade
- Origin
- 🇷🇸 Serbia
- Founded
- 1958
- Category
- Food › Meat, poultry & seafood › Processed & packaged meat
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Carnex
Carnex was founded in Vrbas in 1958 and is now, under MK Group, the largest pig producer in Serbia and one of the country's leading meat processors, vertically integrated with its own farms and animal-feed plants supplying more than 2,000 employees' production lines. Its range runs to more than 150 meat products across five categories — cured and semi-cured meats, pâtés, ready meals, canned meat and fresh meat — including smoked products, fermented dry sausages, boiled sausages and canned meat in aluminium foil and tins, plus a pâté line sold in chicken, spicy chicken and turkey variants. MK Group took control of Carnex in 2011.
Ownership timeline of Carnex
Where Carnex sits in MK Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by MK Group
MK Group controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in food.
Also in food
- Dijamant (1961)
- Dobro Jutro
- Sunoko
Other brands in processed & packaged meat, and who owns them
The 103 brands in processed & packaged meat on Brandtree belong to 45 owners. The largest is Atria, with 8.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 3-Stjernet | Atria | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Dalsjöfors | Danish Crown | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| Fantino & Mondello | Maple Leaf Foods | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Bar-S | Sigma Foods | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| Aidells | Tyson Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| KMOTR | AGROFERT | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic |
| Freybe | Premium Brands | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Abraham | Bell Food Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
About the owner: MK Group
MK Group is a privately held company headquartered in Belgrade, Serbia, founded in 1983. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control.
MK Group grew out of a small private trading business Miodrag Kostić started in Novi Sad, Serbia in 1983, importing and exporting spare parts for the sugar industry; it now describes itself as investing €1.6 billion in expansion and employing around 7,000 people across agriculture, sugar, meat, bioprocessing, oil, hospitality, real estate and energy divisions, headquartered in Belgrade. Its consumer-facing businesses have mostly come through acquisition of established regional food producers — sugar mills from 2000, the meat company Carnex in 2011, and the oils and margarine maker Dijamant from Croatia's Fortenova Group in June 2026 — rather than from brands it built itself. Miodrag Kostić died in November 2024; the company continues under the family's ownership.
🇷🇸 Carnex and other Serbian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 29 brands that began in Serbia. 10 of them (34%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Carnex is not one of them.
- Bananica — Atlantic Grupa 🇭🇷
- Banat 1894 — Swisslion-Takovo 🇷🇸
- Tomatello — Nectar Group 🇷🇸
- Air Serbia — Air Serbia 🇷🇸
- IDEA — Fortenova Group 🇭🇷
- OTP Bank Serbia — OTP Bank 🇭🇺
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Carnex?
The parent company of Carnex is MK Group, a privately held company headquartered in Serbia.
Is Carnex Serbian?
Yes. Carnex originated in Serbia in 1958 and its owner, MK Group, is also headquartered in Serbia.
Since when has MK Group owned Carnex?
MK Group has owned Carnex since 2011.
Is Carnex still owned by MK Group?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, Carnex is still owned by MK Group. 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] MK Group — corporate website — MK Group d.o.o., Official document; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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