Who owns Contessa?
Contessa is owned by Radico Khaitan (India, BSE: 532497).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Radico Khaitan Limited Annual Report 2025-26. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Radico Khaitan Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇳 India, New Delhi
- Origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- Category
- Beverages › Spirits › Rum
- Parent ticker
- BSE: 532497 NSE: RADICO
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Contessa
Contessa is a rum in Radico Khaitan's portfolio and one of the company's million-case brands. The company's 2025-26 annual report shows it ranked ninth-largest rum in the Millionaires' Club listing, alongside its 1965 Spirit of Victory rum, which the report ranks tenth. The report gives no further product detail for Contessa itself.
Ownership timeline of Contessa
- Current owner Radico Khaitan [1] reported
Where Contessa sits in Radico Khaitan
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Radico Khaitan ownership tree →
See the full Radico Khaitan brand portfolio (8) →
Other brands owned by Radico Khaitan
Radico Khaitan controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
Other brands in rum, and who owns them
The 48 brands in rum on Brandtree belong to 22 owners. The largest is Angostura, with 7.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Angostura rum | Angostura | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago |
| Blue Label Arrack | DCSL | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
| Admiral Rodney | GBH | 🇲🇶 Martinique |
| Black Cat | SAB | 🇸🇷 Suriname |
| Cavalier | Antigua Distillery | 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda |
| Bacardi | Bacardi | 🇧🇲 Bermuda |
| Diamond Reserve | Demerara Distillers | 🇬🇾 Guyana |
| Captain Morgan | Diageo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
About the owner: Radico Khaitan
Radico Khaitan is a publicly listed company headquartered in New Delhi, India, founded in 1943. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as BSE: 532497 and NSE: RADICO.
Radico Khaitan is an Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) manufacturer whose annual report traces it to Rampur Distillery, which began in 1943. Its registered office is at the Rampur distillery in Uttar Pradesh and its corporate office is in New Delhi. The company runs distillery campuses at Rampur and Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh plus a joint-venture distillery in Aurangabad, and describes a portfolio of more than 20 brands across whisky, vodka, gin, brandy and rum.
Radico Khaitan: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇮🇳 Contessa and other Indian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 255 brands that began in India. 9 of them (4%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Contessa is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Contessa?
The parent company of Contessa is Radico Khaitan, a publicly listed company headquartered in India.
Is Contessa Indian?
Yes. Contessa originated in India and its owner, Radico Khaitan, is also headquartered in India.
Is Contessa still owned by Radico Khaitan?
Yes. As of 3 October 2026, Contessa is still owned by Radico Khaitan. 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] Radico Khaitan Limited Annual Report 2025-26 — Radico Khaitan Limited, Annual report; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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