Who owns Efes Pilsen?
Efes Pilsen is owned by Anadolu Efes (Turkey, BIST: AEFES).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Anadolu Efes — Integrated Annual Report 2025, Anadolu Efes Biracılık ve Malt Sanayii A.Ş. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Anadolu Efes Biracılık ve Malt Sanayii A.Ş. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇹🇷 Turkey
- Origin
- 🇹🇷 Turkey
- Founded
- 1969
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Lager
- Parent ticker
- BIST: AEFES
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Efes Pilsen
Efes Pilsen was Anadolu Efes' first brand, launched when the company began brewing in two Turkish breweries in 1969, and it quickly became the first beer brand that comes to mind in Türkiye. It sits in the mainstream segment at home, and is sold abroad as Efes Pilsener, including in Germany through Anadolu Efes' wholly owned subsidiary Efes Deutschland.
Ownership timeline of Efes Pilsen
- Current owner Anadolu Efes [1] reported
Where Efes Pilsen sits in Anadolu Efes
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Anadolu Efes
Anadolu Efes controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
Other brands in lager, and who owns them
The 200 brands in lager on Brandtree belong to 55 owners. The largest is AB InBev, with 17; Anadolu Efes has 5.
About the owner: Anadolu Efes
Anadolu Efes is a publicly listed company headquartered in Turkey, founded in 1969. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as BIST: AEFES.
Anadolu Efes is Türkiye's largest brewer, founded in 1969 as part of the Anadolu Group, and runs beer operations in Kazakhstan, Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine through its Dutch subsidiary Efes Breweries International. AB InBev holds 24 per cent of the company, and Anadolu Efes in turn holds 50.3 per cent of Coca-Cola İçecek, which bottles Coca-Cola in Türkiye, Pakistan, Central Asia and the Middle East. Its Russian breweries were placed under temporary external management in December 2024 and are no longer consolidated. It brews several international beers in Türkiye under licence.
Anadolu Efes: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇹🇷 Efes Pilsen and other Turkish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 97 brands that began in Turkey. 11 of them (11%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Efes Pilsen is not one of them.
- Alpin — Agthia 🇦🇪
- Anadolu Etap — Coca-Cola İçecek 🇹🇷
- AJet — Turkish Airlines 🇹🇷
- Actisoft — BİM 🇹🇷
- Albeni — Ülker Bisküvi 🇹🇷
- Aras Kargo — Austrian Post 🇦🇹
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Efes Pilsen?
The parent company of Efes Pilsen is Anadolu Efes, a publicly listed company headquartered in Turkey.
Is Efes Pilsen Turkish?
Yes. Efes Pilsen originated in Turkey in 1969 and its owner, Anadolu Efes, is also headquartered in Turkey.
Is Efes Pilsen still owned by Anadolu Efes?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Efes Pilsen is still owned by Anadolu Efes. 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] Anadolu Efes — Integrated Annual Report 2025 — Anadolu Efes Biracılık ve Malt Sanayii A.Ş., Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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