Who owns John Ross Jr?
John Ross Jr is owned by PRFoods (Estonia, Nasdaq Tallinn: PRF1T), which has owned the brand since 2017.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: AS PRFoods Consolidated Audited Annual Report 2024/2025, 1 September 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- AS PRFoods reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇪🇪 Estonia, Saaremaa
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Aberdeen
- Founded
- 1857
- Category
- Food › Meat, poultry & seafood › Fish & seafood
- Parent ticker
- Nasdaq Tallinn: PRF1T
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About John Ross Jr
John Ross Jr is a Scottish smoked salmon producer founded in Aberdeen in 1857, still using the original red-brick kilns, listed for their historic significance, to cold-smoke salmon over oak and beech chippings for up to 24 hours. PRFoods bought the business in 2017. It holds the Royal Warrant as Fish Merchant and Curer to King Charles III after 30 years holding the same warrant under Queen Elizabeth II, has twice won the Queen's Award for Export, and sells to more than 25 countries.
Ownership timeline of John Ross Jr
Where John Ross Jr sits in PRFoods
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by PRFoods
PRFoods controls 2 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in food.
Also in food
- Coln Valley Smokery (1974)
Other brands in fish & seafood, and who owns them
The 38 brands in fish & seafood on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is Bakkafrost, with 6; PRFoods has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Islands | Bakkafrost | 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands |
| Fisher Boy | High Liner Foods | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Isabel | Bolton Group | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| La Monégasque | Unimer | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
| Ōra King | NZ King Salmon | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| Mushroom | QL Resources | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Ducktrap River of Maine | Mowi | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| Nutaaq | Royal Greenland | 🇬🇱 Greenland |
About the owner: PRFoods
PRFoods is a publicly listed company headquartered in Saaremaa, Estonia, founded in 2008. Brandtree records 2 brands under its control, and it is listed as Nasdaq Tallinn: PRF1T.
AS PRFoods is an Estonian fish processing group headquartered at Kärsa on the island of Saaremaa, producing and selling smoked and fresh salmon and rainbow trout products from factories in Estonia and Great Britain. Formerly AS Premia Foods, it has been listed on Nasdaq Tallinn since 5 May 2010 and moved to the exchange's Baltic Secondary List in September 2025. For the year to 30 June 2025 the United Kingdom supplied 73.5% of the group's EUR 18.8 million revenue and Estonia the rest, and the group spent the year working through a debt restructuring that extended its liabilities' maturity to 31 March 2028.
🇬🇧 John Ross Jr and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 571 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 297 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, John Ross Jr among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of John Ross Jr?
The parent company of John Ross Jr is PRFoods, a publicly listed company headquartered in Estonia.
Is John Ross Jr British or Estonian?
John Ross Jr originated in the United Kingdom in 1857, but it is owned today by PRFoods, which is headquartered in Estonia. So John Ross Jr is a British-origin brand under Estonian ownership.
Since when has PRFoods owned John Ross Jr?
PRFoods has owned John Ross Jr since 2017.
Is John Ross Jr still owned by PRFoods?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, John Ross Jr is still owned by PRFoods. 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] AS PRFoods Consolidated Audited Annual Report 2024/2025 — AS PRFoods, Annual report, published 1 September 2025; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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