Who owns Fanta?
Fanta is owned by Coca-Cola (the United States, NYSE: KO).[1]
Evidence: The Coca-Cola Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-20, SEC EDGAR, 20 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- The Coca-Cola Company verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Atlanta, Georgia
- Origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Founded
- 1940
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Other carbonated soft drinks
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: KO
- Trademark registrant
- COCA-COLA COMPANY, THE (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Fanta
Fanta was created by Coca-Cola's German operation in 1940, when wartime trade restrictions cut off the supply of cola syrup and the local manager made a drink from whey and apple pomace, whatever was available. It survived the war and became a global fruit-flavoured range with different flavours by market.
How often Coca-Cola names Fanta 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.
Trademark record for Fanta
The USPTO record for the Fanta mark lists COCA-COLA COMPANY, THE as the owner of record (serial number 71510529). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Fanta
Where Fanta sits in Coca-Cola
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola controls 24 brands on Brandtree, 23 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Appletiser (1966)
- Aquarius (1983)
- Ayataka (2007)
- BodyArmor (2011)
- Coca-Cola (1886)
- Coca-Cola Light (1983)
- Coca-Cola Zero Sugar (2005)
- Dasani (1999)
- Diet Coke (1982)
- Fuze Tea (2001)
- Georgia (1975)
- Innocent (1999)
- Limca (1977)
- Maaza (1976)
- Minute Maid (1945)
- Powerade (1988)
- Simply (2001)
- Smartwater (1996)
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; Coca-Cola has 3.
| 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 |
| Hi-Malt | Heineken | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Jones Soda | Jones Soda | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Melo | Kasapreko | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
About the owner: Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola is a publicly listed company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, founded in 1892. Brandtree records 24 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: KO.
The Coca-Cola Company is an Atlanta beverage company incorporated in 1892. It owns brands and concentrate, and mostly does not bottle its own drinks: independent and partly owned bottlers such as Coca-Cola Europacific Partners handle production and distribution.
🇩🇪 Fanta and other German brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 252 brands that began in Germany. 93 of them (37%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Fanta among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Fanta?
The parent company of Fanta is Coca-Cola, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Fanta German or American?
Fanta originated in Germany in 1940, but it is owned today by Coca-Cola, which is headquartered in the United States. So Fanta is a German-origin brand under American ownership.
Is Fanta still owned by Coca-Cola?
Yes. As of 27 September 2026, Fanta is still owned by Coca-Cola. 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] The Coca-Cola Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-20 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 20 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: FANTA, serial 71510529, registration 513565 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 27 September 2026.
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