Who owns Elephant House?
Elephant House is owned by Ceylon Cold Stores (Sri Lanka, CSE: CCS.N0000).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Ceylon Cold Stores PLC Integrated Annual Report 2025/26. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Ceylon Cold Stores PLC reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka, Colombo
- Origin
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Founded
- 1883
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Other carbonated soft drinks
- Parent ticker
- CSE: CCS.N0000
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Elephant House
Elephant House dates from 1883, when the company that became Ceylon Cold Stores introduced aerated water in bottles bearing an elephant trademark. The name now covers ginger beer, cream soda, Necto, lemonade, KIK Cola and other soft drinks as well as ice cream. Brand Finance ranked it first among Sri Lanka's most valuable non-alcoholic food and beverage brands in 2025, and Reliance Consumer Products makes and sells its soft drinks in India under a franchise.
Ownership timeline of Elephant House
- Current owner Ceylon Cold Stores [1] reported
Where Elephant House sits in Ceylon Cold Stores
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Ceylon Cold Stores ownership tree →
See the full Ceylon Cold Stores brand portfolio (4) →
Other brands owned by Ceylon Cold Stores
Ceylon Cold Stores controls 4 brands on Brandtree.
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.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Hamoud La Blanche | Hamoud Boualem | 🇩🇿 Algeria |
| 7UP (United States) | Keurig Dr Pepper | 🇺🇸 United States |
| 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 |
About the owner: Ceylon Cold Stores
Ceylon Cold Stores is a publicly listed company headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka, founded in 1866. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as CSE: CCS.N0000.
Ceylon Cold Stores began in 1866 as the Colombo Ice Company, founded by Arthur Von Possner around what it describes as the first ice-making machine used in the country, and took its present name in 1941. It came under John Keells Holdings in 1991 with the acquisition of the Whittalls Group, and John Keells held 70.66 per cent of it at 31 March 2026. It makes soft drinks and ice cream under Elephant House and runs the Keells supermarket chain through its wholly owned subsidiary Jaykay Marketing Services.
Ceylon Cold Stores: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇱🇰 Elephant House and other Sri Lankan brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 60 brands that began in Sri Lanka. 1 of them (2%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Elephant House is not one of them.
- Bison — DCSL 🇱🇰
- KIST — Cargills 🇱🇰
- Lion Lager — Lion Brewery 🇱🇰
- My Juicee — Lanka Milk Foods 🇱🇰
- Ran Kahata — Sunshine Holdings 🇱🇰
- Atlas — Hemas 🇱🇰
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Elephant House?
The parent company of Elephant House is Ceylon Cold Stores, a publicly listed company headquartered in Sri Lanka.
Is Elephant House Sri Lankan?
Yes. Elephant House originated in Sri Lanka in 1883 and its owner, Ceylon Cold Stores, is also headquartered in Sri Lanka.
Is Elephant House still owned by Ceylon Cold Stores?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Elephant House is still owned by Ceylon Cold Stores. 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] Ceylon Cold Stores PLC Integrated Annual Report 2025/26 — Ceylon Cold Stores PLC, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] Elephant House — Beverages — Ceylon Cold Stores PLC, Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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