Who owns Gallo?
Gallo, a drinks brand, is owned by Cervecería Centro Americana (Guatemala).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Cervecería Centro Americana — Cervezas, Cervecería Centro Americana, S.A. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Cervecería Centro Americana, S.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇹 Guatemala, Guatemala City
- Origin
- 🇬🇹 Guatemala, Guatemala City
- Founded
- 1896
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Lager
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Gallo
Gallo is the beer of Guatemala, launched in 1896 and the brewery's leading product ever since. It is a five per cent lager of dark golden colour with a defined hop bitterness and a clear, stable head, and its brand furniture is national property: the Árbol Gallo, a Christmas tree the company has put up since 1985, marks the start of the holiday season in Guatemala. It won gold medals at Monde Selection in Brussels in 1967 and 1968 and entered the American Marketing Association's Marketing Hall of Fame in 2004.
Ownership timeline of Gallo
- Current owner Cervecería Centro Americana [1] reported
Where Gallo sits in Cervecería Centro Americana
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Cervecería Centro Americana ownership tree →
See the full Cervecería Centro Americana brand portfolio (6) →
Other brands owned by Cervecería Centro Americana
Cervecería Centro Americana controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Cabro
- Dorada
- Monte Carlo (1950)
- Moza (1934)
- Victoria
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; Cervecería Centro Americana has 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Aguila | AB InBev | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| 33 Export | Heineken | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Allsopps | EABL | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| Asahi Super Dry | Asahi Group | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| 333 | ThaiBev | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Cristal | CCU | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Beermix | Obolon | 🇺🇦 Ukraine |
| Bomonti Filtresiz | Anadolu Efes | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
About the owner: Cervecería Centro Americana
Cervecería Centro Americana is a privately held company headquartered in Guatemala City, Guatemala, founded in 1886. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control.
Cervecería Centro Americana is Guatemala's oldest industrial company, founded in 1886 by the brothers Mariano and Rafael Castillo Córdova, who brought German brewmasters to the Finca El Zapote in Guatemala City to industrialise a trade that had been done by hand. It launched Gallo, still its leading beer, in 1896, bought the Cervecería Nacional de Quetzaltenango in 1929 and became a sociedad anónima in 1946. It remains controlled by the founding family, and alongside its own beers it sells Heineken, Bohemia, Tecate and Carta Blanca, which it brews or imports under licence rather than owns.
Cervecería Centro Americana: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇬🇹 Gallo and other Guatemalan brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 14 brands that began in Guatemala. 2 of them (14%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Gallo is not one of them.
- Ron Zacapa — Diageo 🇬🇧
- Banco Agromercantil — Grupo Cibest 🇨🇴
- La Cantonesa — CMI 🇬🇹
- TAG Airlines — TAG Airlines 🇬🇹
- Pastas INA — CMI 🇬🇹
- Pollo Campero — CMI 🇬🇹
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Gallo?
The parent company of Gallo is Cervecería Centro Americana, a privately held company headquartered in Guatemala.
Is Gallo Guatemalan?
Yes. Gallo originated in Guatemala in 1896 and its owner, Cervecería Centro Americana, is also headquartered in Guatemala.
Is Gallo still owned by Cervecería Centro Americana?
Yes. As of 17 September 2026, Gallo is still owned by Cervecería Centro Americana. 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] Cervecería Centro Americana — Cervezas — Cervecería Centro Americana, S.A., Official document; retrieved 17 September 2026.
- [2] Cervecería Centro Americana — Historia — Cervecería Centro Americana, S.A., Official document; retrieved 17 September 2026.
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