Who owns Felix?
Felix, a pet-care brand, is owned by Nestlé (Switzerland, SIX: NESN).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Nestlé S.A. Annual Report 2025, 19 February 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Nestlé S.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland, Vevey
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1993
- Category
- Pet & animal care › Pet food › Cat food
- Parent ticker
- SIX: NESN
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Felix
Felix is a cat food brand sold in Europe by Nestlé Purina, recognisable from its black-and-white cartoon cat and from advertising built around the cat's attempts to get more food. It is one of the largest wet cat food brands in the United Kingdom and continental Europe.
Ownership timeline of Felix
Where Felix sits in Nestlé
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Nestlé
Nestlé controls 32 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in pet & animal care.
Also in pet & animal care
Founded in the 1990s
- Boost (1994)
- Fitness (1993)
- Garden Gourmet (1996)
Other brands in cat food, and who owns them
The 16 brands in cat food on Brandtree belong to 8 owners. The largest is Partner in Pet Food, with 4; Nestlé has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bozita | Partner in Pet Food | 🇭🇺 Hungary |
| CAT'S LOVE | VAFO | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic |
| Sheba | Mars | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Catmor | RCL FOODS | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Master Cat | Carozzi | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Nutriplan | Dongwon Industries | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Meow Mix | J.M. Smucker | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Italian Way | Partner in Pet Food | 🇭🇺 Hungary |
About the owner: Nestlé
Nestlé is a publicly listed company headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, founded in 1866. Brandtree records 32 brands under its control, and it is listed as SIX: NESN.
Nestlé is a Swiss food and drink company formed in 1905 by the merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company with Henri Nestlé's infant food business, and traces its origins to 1866. It is the largest food company in the world by revenue and is organised around coffee, pet care, nutrition, dairy, confectionery and water.
🇬🇧 Felix and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 552 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 291 of them (53%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Felix among them.
- Pedigree — Mars 🇺🇸
- Pooch & Mutt — VAFO 🇨🇿
- Thunderbrook Equestrian — ForFarmers 🇳🇱
- A.1. — Kraft Heinz 🇺🇸
- ASOS Design — ASOS 🇬🇧
- Air Partner — Wheels Up 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Felix?
The parent company of Felix is Nestlé, a publicly listed company headquartered in Switzerland.
Is Felix British or Swiss?
Felix originated in the United Kingdom in 1993, but it is owned today by Nestlé, which is headquartered in Switzerland. So Felix is a British-origin brand under Swiss ownership.
Is Felix still owned by Nestlé?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Felix is still owned by Nestlé. 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] Nestlé S.A. Annual Report 2025 — Nestlé S.A., Annual report, published 19 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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