Who owns Dost?
Dost is owned by BİM (Turkey, BIST: BIMAS).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: BİM 2025 Entegre Faaliyet Raporu (TSRS Uyumlu), BİM Birleşik Mağazalar A.Ş. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- BİM Birleşik Mağazalar A.Ş. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇹🇷 Turkey, Istanbul
- Origin
- 🇹🇷 Turkey
- Founded
- 1997
- Category
- Food › Dairy & alternatives › Milk & cream
- Parent ticker
- BIST: BIMAS
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Dost
Dost is the dairy name BİM introduced in 1997 as "Dost Süt", which its annual report calls the product that first brought own-label goods to Turkish retail. Ipsos household panel data cited in the 2025 report make Dost the most bought brand of packaged plain yoghurt and packaged plain milk in Turkey.
Ownership timeline of Dost
Where Dost sits in BİM
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full BİM brand portfolio (9) →
Other brands owned by BİM
BİM controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in milk & cream, and who owns them
The 165 brands in milk & cream on Brandtree belong to 76 owners. The largest is Dairy Farmers of America, with 10.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Alta Dena Dairy | Dairy Farmers of America | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Angkormilk | Vinamilk | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
| Betta Milk | Bega | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Coronado | Dos Pinos | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| Ambewela | Lanka Milk Foods | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
| Hi High | SUU | 🇲🇳 Mongolia |
| Guliduo | Yili | 🇨🇳 China |
| Campina | FrieslandCampina | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
About the owner: BİM
BİM is a publicly listed company headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey, founded in 1995. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as BIST: BIMAS.
BİM is the Turkish discount grocer whose 2025 integrated annual report says it began in 1995 with 21 stores and ended 2025 with 14,473 stores across Turkey, Morocco and Egypt. It sells mostly goods made to order under its own names, which the report puts at 55 per cent of net sales in 2025, up from 46 per cent in 2005, the year it listed. It also runs the FİLE supermarket chain and the Bimcell mobile service.
🇹🇷 Dost and other Turkish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 89 brands that began in Turkey. 11 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Dost is not one of them.
- Albeni — Ülker Bisküvi 🇹🇷
- Eti Browni — Eti 🇹🇷
- Polonez — Siniora 🇯🇴
- Pınar Beyaz — Pınar Süt 🇹🇷
- Tat — Tat Gıda 🇹🇷
- AJet — Turkish Airlines 🇹🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Dost?
The parent company of Dost is BİM, a publicly listed company headquartered in Turkey.
Is Dost Turkish?
Yes. Dost originated in Turkey in 1997 and its owner, BİM, is also headquartered in Turkey.
Is Dost still owned by BİM?
Yes. As of 14 October 2026, Dost is still owned by BİM. 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] BİM 2025 Entegre Faaliyet Raporu (TSRS Uyumlu) — BİM Birleşik Mağazalar A.Ş., Annual report; retrieved 14 October 2026.
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