Who owns Coca-Cola?
Coca-Cola is owned by The Coca-Cola Company (the United States, NYSE: KO).[1]
Evidence: The Coca-Cola Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-20, SEC EDGAR, 20 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- The Coca-Cola Company verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Atlanta, Georgia
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Atlanta, Georgia
- Founded
- 1886 by John Stith Pemberton
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Cola
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: KO
- Trademark registrant
- Coca Cola Company, The (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola was formulated by Atlanta pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in 1886 and sold at a soda fountain as a patent medicine before Asa Candler bought the formula and built it into a national brand. The contour bottle dates to 1915 and the 1985 attempt to replace the formula with New Coke was abandoned within three months.
Trademark record for Coca-Cola
The USPTO record for the Coca-Cola mark lists Coca Cola Company, The as the owner of record (serial number 70022406). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Coca-Cola
Where Coca-Cola sits in Coca-Cola
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Coca-Cola brand portfolio (24) →
Other brands owned by Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola controls 24 brands on Brandtree, 23 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Appletiser (1966)
- Aquarius (1983)
- Ayataka (2007)
- BodyArmor (2011)
- Coca-Cola Light (1983)
- Coca-Cola Zero Sugar (2005)
- Dasani (1999)
- Diet Coke (1982)
- Fanta (1940)
- Fuze Tea (2001)
- Georgia (1975)
- Innocent (1999)
- Limca (1977)
- Maaza (1976)
- Minute Maid (1945)
- Powerade (1988)
- Simply (2001)
- Smartwater (1996)
Other brands in cola, and who owns them
Coca-Cola has more brands in cola on Brandtree than any other owner: 5 of 23.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Coca-Cola Almaty Bottlers | Coca-Cola İçecek | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
| Diet Pepsi | PepsiCo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| BIG Cola | AJE | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| Hamoud Cola | Hamoud Boualem | 🇩🇿 Algeria |
| Kofola | Kofola | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic |
| Smart Cola | Obolon | 🇺🇦 Ukraine |
| Jolly Cola | Olvi | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Maxx Cola | PRAN-RFL | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh |
About the owner: Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola is a publicly listed company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, founded in 1892. Brandtree records 24 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: KO.
The Coca-Cola Company is an Atlanta beverage company incorporated in 1892. It owns brands and concentrate, and mostly does not bottle its own drinks: independent and partly owned bottlers such as Coca-Cola Europacific Partners handle production and distribution.
🇺🇸 Coca-Cola 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; Coca-Cola is not one of 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 Coca-Cola?
The parent company of Coca-Cola is The Coca-Cola Company, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Coca-Cola owned by PepsiCo?
No. Coca-Cola is owned by The Coca-Cola Company, not PepsiCo.
Is Coca-Cola American?
Yes. Coca-Cola originated in the United States in 1886 and its owner, The Coca-Cola Company, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Coca-Cola still owned by The Coca-Cola Company?
Yes. As of 27 September 2026, Coca-Cola is still owned by The Coca-Cola Company. 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] The Coca-Cola Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-20 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 20 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: COCA-COLA, serial 70022406, registration 22406 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 27 September 2026.
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