Who owns Dr Pepper?
Dr Pepper is owned by Keurig Dr Pepper (the United States, NASDAQ: KDP).[1]
Evidence: Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-24, SEC EDGAR, 24 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Burlington, Massachusetts and Frisco, Texas
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Waco, Texas
- Founded
- 1885
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Other carbonated soft drinks
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: KDP
- Trademark registrant
- DR PEPPER/SEVEN UP, INC. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Dr Pepper
Dr Pepper was created in a Waco, Texas pharmacy in 1885, a year before Coca-Cola, making it the oldest of the major American soft drinks. Its blend of flavours has never been disclosed and is not identifiable as any single fruit, and the period after Dr was dropped from the logo in the 1950s.
What Keurig Dr Pepper's annual report says about Dr Pepper
Sentences about Dr Pepper from Keurig Dr Pepper's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
We have a broad portfolio of iconic beverage brands, including Dr Pepper, Canada Dry, Mott's, A&W, Pe afiel, GHOST, 7UP, Snapple, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Clamato, The Original Donut Shop, and Core Hydration, as well as the Keurig brewing system.
For example, the Dr Pepper trademark and formula is owned by Coca-Cola in some countries outside North America.
How often Keurig Dr Pepper names Dr Pepper 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.
Trademark record for Dr Pepper
The USPTO record for the Dr Pepper mark lists DR PEPPER/SEVEN UP, INC. as the owner of record (serial number 75438280). 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 Dr Pepper
- Current owner Keurig Dr Pepper [1] verified
Where Dr Pepper sits in Keurig Dr Pepper
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Keurig Dr Pepper ownership tree →
See the full Keurig Dr Pepper brand portfolio (15) →
Other brands owned by Keurig Dr Pepper
Keurig Dr Pepper controls 15 brands on Brandtree, 15 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- 7UP (United States) (1929)
- A&W Root Beer (1919)
- Canada Dry (1904)
- Douwe Egberts (1753)
- Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (1981)
- Jacobs (1895)
- Kenco (1923)
- Keurig (1998)
- L'OR (1992)
- Moccona (1964)
- Peet's Coffee (1966)
- Pilão (1957)
- Snapple (1972)
- Tassimo (2004)
Other brands in other carbonated soft drinks, and who owns them
The 80 brands in other carbonated soft drinks on Brandtree belong to 47 owners. The largest is PepsiCo, with 4; Keurig Dr Pepper has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Hamoud La Blanche | Hamoud Boualem | 🇩🇿 Algeria |
| 7UP | PepsiCo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Colombiana | Postobón | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| Faxe Kondi | Royal Unibrew | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| Fanta | Coca-Cola | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Hi-Malt | Heineken | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Jones Soda | Jones Soda | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Melo | Kasapreko | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
About the owner: Keurig Dr Pepper
Keurig Dr Pepper is a publicly listed company headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts and Frisco, Texas, United States, founded in 2018. Brandtree records 15 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: KDP.
Keurig Dr Pepper was formed in 2018 when JAB Holding's Keurig Green Mountain merged with Dr Pepper Snapple. It combines single-serve coffee systems with the third-largest soft drinks portfolio in the United States.
Keurig Dr Pepper: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Dr Pepper 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; Dr Pepper is not one of them.
- 7UP — PepsiCo 🇺🇸
- Alani Nu — Celsius Holdings 🇺🇸
- André — Gallo 🇺🇸
- Angry Orchard — Boston Beer 🇺🇸
- Apple & Eve — Lassonde 🇨🇦
- Archery Summit — Crimson Wine Group 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Dr Pepper?
The parent company of Dr Pepper is Keurig Dr Pepper, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Dr Pepper American?
Yes. Dr Pepper originated in the United States in 1885 and its owner, Keurig Dr Pepper, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Dr Pepper still owned by Keurig Dr Pepper?
Yes. As of 10 October 2026, Dr Pepper is still owned by Keurig Dr Pepper. 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] Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-24 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 24 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: DR PEPPER, serial 75438280 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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