Who owns Danone?
Danone is owned by Danone S.A. (France, EPA: BN).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Danone Universal Registration Document 2025, Danone S.A, 4 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Danone S.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France, Paris
- Origin
- 🇪🇸 Spain, Barcelona
- Founded
- 1919
- Category
- Food › Dairy & alternatives › Yogurt
- Parent ticker
- EPA: BN
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Danone
The Danone yoghurt brand is sold as Dannon in the United States, a spelling adopted in 1942 to look more American. It is the largest yoghurt brand in the world and the business from which the entire company grew. It was founded in Barcelona in 1919 by a man who named it after his son Daniel, and the name means little Daniel in Catalan.
Ownership timeline of Danone
Where Danone sits in Danone
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Danone
Danone controls 13 brands on Brandtree, 11 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in yogurt, and who owns them
Danone has more brands in yogurt on Brandtree than any other owner: 5 of 83.
About the owner: Danone
Danone is a publicly listed company headquartered in Paris, France, founded in 1919. Brandtree records 13 brands under its control, and it is listed as EPA: BN.
Danone began in Barcelona in 1919 when Isaac Carasso started making yoghurt with cultures from the Pasteur Institute, naming it after his son Daniel. It is now a French company focused on dairy and plant-based products, waters and specialised nutrition.
🇪🇸 Danone and other Spanish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 119 brands that began in Spain. 55 of them (46%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Danone among them.
Official recalls involving Danone products
1 recall notice from government regulators matched to Danone. Each applies to the specific products, sizes and lot codes named in the notice, not to every product sold under the name.
- Dannon Plain Yogurt packaged in 32oz plastic carton with lid - 6 cartons per case — FDA, · Class II
Reason given: Potential contamination with sanitizer
Recalling firm: DANONE US LLC
Matched automatically from FDA, USDA FSIS, UK Food Standards Agency and CPSC records only when the recalling firm corresponds to this ownership record and, for a brand, the brand name appears in the product description. Check the linked notice for exact products and lots. Method.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Danone?
The parent company of Danone is Danone S.A., a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Is Danone Spanish or French?
Danone originated in Spain in 1919, but it is owned today by Danone S.A., which is headquartered in France. So Danone is a Spanish-origin brand under French ownership.
Is Danone still owned by Danone S.A.?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Danone is still owned by Danone S.A. 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] Danone Universal Registration Document 2025 — Danone S.A., Annual report, published 4 March 2026; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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