Who owns Heineken (French Polynesia)?
Heineken (French Polynesia) is made and sold by Brasserie de Tahiti (French Polynesia) under licence, an arrangement in place since 1976; Brasserie de Tahiti does not own the name.[1] The Heineken name is owned by Heineken N.V.
Evidence: La Brasserie de Tahiti — Our brands. Last checked .
Key facts
- Licensed to
- La Brasserie de Tahiti reported
- Since
- Headquarters
- 🇵🇫 French Polynesia, Papeete
- Origin
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Lager
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Heineken (French Polynesia)
La Brasserie de Tahiti obtained the Heineken manufacturing licence in 1976 and has brewed the Dutch lager in Tahiti ever since, which is why Heineken sold in French Polynesia is made a few kilometres from where Hinano is. The arrangement puts the company on both sides of its own market: it brews the imported-tasting premium lager and the local one, and owns only the local one.
Ownership timeline of Heineken (French Polynesia)
Where Heineken (French Polynesia) sits in Brasserie de Tahiti
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Brasserie de Tahiti
Brasserie de Tahiti controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Eau Royale
- Hinano (1955)
- Manuia
- Pia Tahiti
- Rotui (1981)
- Tabu (2003)
- Tahiti Drink
- Vaiti
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; Brasserie de Tahiti has 3.
About the owner: Brasserie de Tahiti
Brasserie de Tahiti is a privately held company headquartered in Papeete, French Polynesia, founded in 1914.
La Brasserie de Tahiti is the largest food and drink manufacturer in French Polynesia. It was created in 1914 in a wooden building on Place Notre Dame in central Papeete, where a handful of Polynesians made the first industrial beer of the Fenua, and it became the property of the Martin group in 1937. It brews at Punaruu and bottles spring water at Arue, reported turnover of 16.4 billion CFP francs in 2024, and sells about thirty drinks: beers, waters, juices and soft drinks, some of them its own and some made under licence for Coca-Cola, Schweppes, Orangina and Heineken.
Brasserie de Tahiti: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇳🇱 Heineken (French Polynesia) and other Dutch brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 68 brands that began in the Netherlands. 39 of them (57%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Heineken (French Polynesia) among them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who makes Heineken (French Polynesia)?
Brasserie de Tahiti makes and sells Heineken (French Polynesia) under a licensing agreement that has been in place since 1976.
Does Brasserie de Tahiti own Heineken (French Polynesia)?
No. Brasserie de Tahiti holds a licence to make and sell Heineken (French Polynesia), which is not the same as owning it.
Where did Heineken (French Polynesia) come from?
Heineken (French Polynesia) originated in the Netherlands.
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] La Brasserie de Tahiti — Our brands — La Brasserie de Tahiti, Official document; retrieved 22 September 2026.
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