Who owns Doritos?
Doritos is owned by PepsiCo (the United States, NASDAQ: PEP).[1]
Evidence: PepsiCo, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-03, SEC EDGAR, 3 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- PepsiCo, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Purchase, New York
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1966
- Category
- Food › Snacks › Salty snacks
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: PEP
- Trademark registrant
- FRITO-LAY NORTH AMERICA, INC. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Doritos
Doritos are seasoned tortilla chips launched by Frito-Lay in 1966, the first tortilla chip sold nationally in the United States. The story that they began as repurposed tortillas from a Disneyland restaurant is widely told; the taco and nacho cheese flavours that followed in the 1970s established the seasoned-chip category.
How often PepsiCo names Doritos in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central.
Trademark record for Doritos
The USPTO record for the Doritos mark lists FRITO-LAY NORTH AMERICA, INC. as the owner of record (serial number 72198545). A trademark is often held by a group company rather than the listed parent, so the registrant's name can differ from the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Doritos
Where Doritos sits in PepsiCo
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by PepsiCo
PepsiCo controls 29 brands on Brandtree, 16 of them in food.
Also in food
- Cheetos (1948)
- Doritos Dinamita (2011)
- Fritos (1932)
- Lay's (1932)
- Quaker (1877)
- Quaker Chewy (1986)
- Ruffles (1958)
- Sabra (1986)
- Siete Foods (2014)
- Smartfood (1985)
- Stacy's (1997)
- SunChips (1991)
- Tostitos (1980)
- Walkers (1948)
- Wotsits (1970)
Founded in the 1960s
- Diet Pepsi (1964)
- Gatorade (1965)
Other brands in salty snacks, and who owns them
PepsiCo has more brands in salty snacks on Brandtree than any other owner: 12 of 100.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Calbee Potato Chips | Calbee | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Boyki | Siantar Top | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Cape Cod | Campbell's | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bonitas | Vitaminka | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia |
| Act II | Conagra Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Diana | Diana | 🇸🇻 El Salvador |
| Chiki | Indofood | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Cuttlefish Peanut Balls | Orion | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
About the owner: PepsiCo
PepsiCo is a publicly listed company headquartered in Purchase, New York, United States, founded in 1965. Brandtree records 29 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: PEP.
PepsiCo was formed in 1965 by the merger of Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay. Roughly half its revenue comes from snacks rather than drinks, which distinguishes it from its main soft-drink competitor.
🇺🇸 Doritos 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; Doritos is not one of them.
Official recalls involving Doritos products
1 recall notice from government regulators matched to Doritos. Each applies to the specific products, sizes and lot codes named in the notice, not to every product sold under the name.
- Doritos Chilli Heatwave — UK FSA, · Allergy alert
Reason given: Allergen: Milk
Recalling firm: PepsiCo
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 Doritos?
The parent company of Doritos is PepsiCo, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Doritos American?
Yes. Doritos originated in the United States in 1966 and its owner, PepsiCo, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Doritos still owned by PepsiCo?
Yes. As of 26 September 2026, Doritos is still owned by PepsiCo. 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] PepsiCo, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-03 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 3 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: DORITOS, serial 72198545, registration 792667 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 26 September 2026.
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