Who owns Diva?
Diva is owned by Hemas (Sri Lanka, CSE: HHL.N0000).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Hemas Holdings PLC Annual Report 2025/26. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Hemas Holdings PLC reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka, Colombo
- Origin
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Founded
- 2003
- Category
- Home care › Laundry › Laundry detergent
- Parent ticker
- CSE: HHL.N0000
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Diva
Diva is a laundry brand launched in Sri Lanka in 2003 as a detergent powder, which Hemas says brought local floral fragrances to Sri Lankan laundry for the first time. It added liquid detergents under the name Diva Power in October 2020, with Germ Guard and Colour Guard variants and the category's first liquid refill pack, and it also sells a Diva Fresh soap. The range was relaunched in the year to March 2026 after home care volumes fell.
Ownership timeline of Diva
Where Diva sits in Hemas
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Hemas
Hemas controls 10 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in home care.
Also in home care
Other brands in laundry detergent, and who owns them
The 49 brands in laundry detergent on Brandtree belong to 26 owners. The largest is Alicorp, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bolívar | Alicorp | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| Dr. Wool | Jyothy Labs | 🇮🇳 India |
| Ciclón | La Fabril | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| Ariel | Procter & Gamble | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Savon Étoile | SCS | 🇨🇲 Cameroon |
| Magic | Sulfo Rwanda | 🇷🇼 Rwanda |
| LIQ | Aekyung | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Msafi | Bidco Africa | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
About the owner: Hemas
Hemas is a publicly listed company headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka, founded in 1948. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control, and it is listed as CSE: HHL.N0000.
Hemas Holdings is a Colombo group incorporated in 1948 that works in three sectors: consumer brands, healthcare and mobility. Consumer brands earned 36.9 per cent of group revenue in the year to 31 March 2026, from household and personal care products made by Hemas Manufacturing, a hair oil business in Bangladesh and Atlas school stationery, and Hemas has proposed buying a stationery maker in Kenya. Healthcare covers pharmaceutical distribution, the drug maker Morison and hospitals. No shareholder controls the company: its four largest each held between 14.8 and 15.7 per cent.
🇱🇰 Diva and other Sri Lankan brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 60 brands that began in Sri Lanka. 1 of them (2%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Diva is not one of them.
- Ambewela — Lanka Milk Foods 🇱🇰
- Bison — DCSL 🇱🇰
- Cargills Food City — Cargills 🇱🇰
- Causeway Paints — Asian Paints 🇮🇳
- Cinnamon Air — Saffron Aviation 🇱🇰
- Daintee — Sunshine Holdings 🇱🇰
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Diva?
The parent company of Diva is Hemas, a publicly listed company headquartered in Sri Lanka.
Is Diva Sri Lankan?
Yes. Diva originated in Sri Lanka in 2003 and its owner, Hemas, is also headquartered in Sri Lanka.
Is Diva still owned by Hemas?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Diva is still owned by Hemas. 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] Hemas Holdings PLC Annual Report 2025/26 — Hemas Holdings PLC, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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