Who owns Harbin?
Harbin is owned by AB InBev (Belgium, NYSE: BUD), which has owned the brand since 1 June 2004.[1]
Evidence: Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-03-03, SEC EDGAR, 3 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇧🇪 Belgium, Leuven
- Origin
- 🇨🇳 China, Harbin
- Founded
- 1900
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Lager
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: BUD
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Harbin
Harbin is the oldest beer brand in China, founded in 1900 by a Polish brewer in the northeastern city of the same name. AB InBev acquired it in 2004, giving the company a substantial position in the largest beer market in the world.
How often AB InBev names Harbin 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. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Harbin
Where Harbin sits in AB InBev
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by AB InBev
AB InBev controls 21 brands on Brandtree, 21 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Aguila (1913)
- Beck's (1873)
- Brahma (1888)
- Bud Light (1982)
- Bud Light Seltzer (2020)
- Budweiser (1876)
- Busch (1955)
- Cass (1994)
- Castle Lager (1895)
- Corona (1925)
- Corona Cero (2020)
- Franziskaner
- Hoegaarden (1965)
- Jupiler (1966)
- Leffe (1952)
- Michelob Ultra (2002)
- Natural Light (1977)
- Quilmes (1890)
Other brands in lager, and who owns them
AB InBev has more brands in lager on Brandtree than any other owner: 17 of 200.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 33 Export | Heineken | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Allsopps | EABL | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| Asahi Super Dry | Asahi Group | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| 333 | ThaiBev | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Cristal | CCU | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Cabro | Cervecería Centro Americana | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
| Beermix | Obolon | 🇺🇦 Ukraine |
| Bomonti Filtresiz | Anadolu Efes | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
About the owner: AB InBev
AB InBev is a publicly listed company headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, founded in 2008. Brandtree records 21 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: BUD.
AB InBev is the largest brewer in the world, formed in 2008 when the Belgian-Brazilian InBev acquired Anheuser-Busch and enlarged again in 2016 by taking over SABMiller. Its beers are sold in about 150 countries.
🇨🇳 Harbin and other Chinese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 327 brands that began in China. 39 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Harbin among them.
- 17.5° — Nongfu Spring 🇨🇳
- AFIP — Changyu 🇨🇳
- Augerta — Tsingtao Brewery 🇨🇳
- Brave the World — CR Beer 🇨🇳
- Century-old Luzhou Laojiao Jiaoling — Luzhou Laojiao 🇨🇳
- Master Kong Iced Tea — Tingyi 🇨🇳
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Harbin?
The parent company of Harbin is AB InBev, a publicly listed company headquartered in Belgium.
Is Harbin Chinese or Belgian?
Harbin originated in China in 1900, but it is owned today by AB InBev, which is headquartered in Belgium. So Harbin is a Chinese-origin brand under Belgian ownership.
Since when has AB InBev owned Harbin?
AB InBev has owned Harbin since 1 June 2004.
Is Harbin still owned by AB InBev?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Harbin is still owned by AB InBev. 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] Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-03-03 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 3 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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