Who owns Kotayk?
Kotayk is owned by Multi Group (Armenia).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: "Multi Group" Concern — Companies. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- "Multi Group" Concern reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇦🇲 Armenia, Yerevan
- Origin
- 🇦🇲 Armenia
- Founded
- 1995
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Lager
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Kotayk
Kotayk is the beer Multi Group brews at the former Abovyan brewery, which came into operation in January 1978 on a 6.5-hectare site chosen for the quality of the water flowing from Katnaghbyur and which was one of the leading manufacturers of Soviet Armenia. The brand itself dates from the mid-1990s reorganisation of the plant under Gagik Tsarukyan. It is brewed on Czech equipment from a mix of domestic and imported raw materials, and the brewery has collected a Platinum Star in Madrid in 1999, a Diamond Star in 2000 and a New York beverage quality award in 2001.
Ownership timeline of Kotayk
- Current owner Multi Group [1] reported
Where Kotayk sits in Multi Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Multi Group
Multi Group controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Artsakh (1995)
- Gorna Bania
- Noy
- Serdika
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; Multi Group has 2.
About the owner: Multi Group
Multi Group is a privately held company headquartered in Yerevan, Armenia, founded in 1995. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control.
Multi Group Concern is an Armenian conglomerate founded by Gagik Tsarukyan, whose constituent meeting took place on 9 November 1995 and which now runs more than thirty enterprises from an office on Tsovakal Isakov Street in Yerevan. It was assembled largely out of Soviet-era industrial plants taken on at or after privatisation and restarted — the Abovyan brewery, the Yerevan Ararat brandy, wine and vodka factory, the Yerevan chemical-pharmaceutical firm, the Ararat cement works — and extended into businesses that had not existed in Armenia before, including a mineral water bottler in Bulgaria, a resort hotel in Tsaghkadzor, an urban wellness complex, a wholesale mall at Arinj and vehicle dealerships. Its consumer brands sit mostly in drinks: beer, brandy and bottled water. Much of the rest of the group is industrial, service or dealership business that carries no brand of its own.
🇦🇲 Kotayk and other Armenian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 8 brands that began in Armenia. 2 of them (25%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Kotayk is not one of them.
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- Zvartnots International Airport — Corporación América Airports 🇱🇺
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Kotayk?
The parent company of Kotayk is Multi Group, a privately held company headquartered in Armenia.
Is Kotayk Armenian?
Yes. Kotayk originated in Armenia in 1995 and its owner, Multi Group, is also headquartered in Armenia.
Is Kotayk still owned by Multi Group?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, Kotayk is still owned by Multi Group. 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] "Multi Group" Concern — Companies — "Multi Group" Concern, Official document; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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