Who owns Walkers?
Walkers is owned by PepsiCo (the United States, NASDAQ: PEP), which has owned the brand since 1989.[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
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Purchase, New York
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Leicester
- Founded
- 1948
- Category
- Food › Snacks › Salty snacks
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: PEP
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Walkers
Walkers is the largest crisp brand in the United Kingdom, founded in Leicester in 1948 by a butcher who turned to potatoes during meat rationing. PepsiCo acquired it in 1989 and sells Lay's products under the Walkers name there. Its long-running advertising with the footballer Gary Lineker began in 1995 and ran for decades.
How often PepsiCo names Walkers 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. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Walkers
Where Walkers 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 (1966)
- 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)
- Wotsits (1970)
Founded in the 1940s
- Mountain Dew (1940)
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.
🇬🇧 Walkers and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 552 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 291 of them (53%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Walkers among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Walkers?
The parent company of Walkers is PepsiCo, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Walkers British or American?
Walkers originated in the United Kingdom in 1948, but it is owned today by PepsiCo, which is headquartered in the United States. So Walkers is a British-origin brand under American ownership.
Since when has PepsiCo owned Walkers?
PepsiCo has owned Walkers since 1989.
Is Walkers still owned by PepsiCo?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Walkers is still owned by PepsiCo. 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] 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.
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