Who owns Georgia?
Georgia 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
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1975
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Ready-to-drink tea & coffee
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: KO
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Georgia
Georgia is Coca-Cola's canned coffee brand in Japan, launched in 1975 and named after the company's home state. Canned coffee is a far larger category in Japan than elsewhere, sold hot and cold from vending machines, and Georgia is one of the largest brands in it.
How often Coca-Cola names Georgia 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.
Ownership timeline of Georgia
Where Georgia sits in Coca-Cola
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Coca-Cola brand portfolio (24) →
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)
- Fanta (1940)
- Fuze Tea (2001)
- Innocent (1999)
- Limca (1977)
- Maaza (1976)
- Minute Maid (1945)
- Powerade (1988)
- Simply (2001)
- Smartwater (1996)
Founded in the 1970s
- Costa Coffee (1971)
Other brands in ready-to-drink tea & coffee, and who owns them
Coca-Cola has more brands in ready-to-drink tea & coffee on Brandtree than any other owner: 3 of 39.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| East Leaf | Nongfu Spring | 🇨🇳 China |
| Cordia | Ghanim International | 🇧🇳 Brunei |
| Barista Rules | Maeil Dairies | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Hatsu | Postobón | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| VITA | Vitasoy | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
| Justea | Yeo's | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
| Free Tea | AJE | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| Ice Leaf | Almarai | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia |
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.
🇯🇵 Georgia and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 448 brands that began in Japan. 22 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Georgia among them.
- Asahi Super Dry — Asahi Group 🇯🇵
- Blendy — Ajinomoto 🇯🇵
- Café au Lait — Glico 🇯🇵
- Gogo no Kocha — Kirin 🇯🇵
- Hibiki — Suntory 🇯🇵
- ITO EN Matcha Green Tea — ITO EN 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Georgia?
The parent company of Georgia is Coca-Cola, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Georgia Japanese or American?
Georgia originated in Japan in 1975, but it is owned today by Coca-Cola, which is headquartered in the United States. So Georgia is a Japanese-origin brand under American ownership.
Is Georgia still owned by Coca-Cola?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Georgia is still owned by Coca-Cola. 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] 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.
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