Who owns carpo (Americana)?
carpo (Americana) is operated by Americana Restaurants (the United Arab Emirates, ADX: AMR) under licence, an arrangement in place since 2025; Americana Restaurants does not own the name.[1][2][3] The carpo name is owned by carpo World Ltd.
Evidence: Americana Restaurants International PLC — Annual Report 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Licensed to
- Americana Restaurants International PLC reported
- Since
- Headquarters
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi
- Origin
- 🇬🇷 Greece, Athens
- Founded
- 1991
- Category
- Restaurants & foodservice › Quick-service restaurants › Coffee & café chains
- Parent ticker
- ADX: AMR Tadawul: 6015
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About carpo (Americana)
carpo is a premium food retail brand founded in Athens in 1991, selling globally sourced nuts, handcrafted chocolates and freshly roasted coffee from high-end stores in Greece, the United Kingdom and Dubai. On 3 July 2025 Americana Restaurants signed an exclusive franchise agreement giving it the right to build and operate carpo stores in Kuwait and Qatar, with Bahrain and Saudi Arabia to follow. The brand belongs to carpo World Ltd, not to Americana.
Ownership timeline of carpo (Americana)
Where carpo (Americana) sits in Americana Restaurants
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Americana Restaurants
Americana Restaurants controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in restaurants & foodservice.
Also in restaurants & foodservice
- Chicken Tikka (1972)
- Wimpy (Middle East) (1969)
Other brands in coffee & café chains, and who owns them
The 24 brands in coffee & café chains on Brandtree belong to 18 owners. The largest is Jollibee Group, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Compose Coffee | Jollibee Group | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
| Coffee Couture | Famous Brands | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Mikka Coffee Roaster | After You | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Elios Craft Cafe | BMMI | 🇧🇭 Bahrain |
| CHAGEE | Chagee | 🇨🇳 China |
| Costa Coffee | Coca-Cola | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Dutch Bros | Dutch Bros | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Dunkin' | Inspire Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Americana Restaurants
Americana Restaurants is a publicly listed company headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, founded in 1964.
Americana Restaurants is the largest out-of-home dining and quick service restaurant operator in the Middle East, North Africa and Kazakhstan, with operations in twelve countries including the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, Qatar, Lebanon, Morocco and Iraq. The group traces its business to Americana Group, founded in Kuwait in 1964, but the listed company is an Abu Dhabi Global Market entity incorporated on 27 May 2022 and quoted on both the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange and Tadawul, with Adeptio AD Investments holding 66.03 per cent. Its 2025 annual report states that it owns exactly two of the brands it runs.
Americana Restaurants: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇬🇷 carpo (Americana) and other Greek brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 48 brands that began in Greece. 6 of them (13%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, carpo (Americana) among them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who makes carpo (Americana)?
Americana Restaurants makes and sells carpo (Americana) under a licensing agreement that has been in place since 2025.
Does Americana Restaurants own carpo (Americana)?
No. Americana Restaurants holds a licence to make and sell carpo (Americana), which is not the same as owning it.
Where did carpo (Americana) come from?
carpo (Americana) originated in Greece in 1991, in Athens.
Sources (3) & 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] Americana Restaurants International PLC — Annual Report 2025 — Americana Restaurants International PLC, Annual report; retrieved 23 September 2026.
- [2] Americana Restaurants Expands into Premium Retail with carpo World Ltd Franchise Agreement — Americana Restaurants International PLC, Official press release, published 3 July 2025; retrieved 23 September 2026.
- [3] Americana Restaurants — our brands — Americana Restaurants International PLC, Official document; retrieved 23 September 2026.
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