Krug is owned by LVMH (France, EPA: MC), which acquired the brand in 1999.[1][2] Krug was founded in 1843 in Reims and was independent until 1999.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: LVMH Universal Registration Document 2025, 1 March 2026. Last checked .
Krug makes only prestige champagne, with no entry-level bottling at all, and ferments every plot separately in small oak casks before blending. LVMH acquired it in 1999. LVMH owns it, and the house numbers each release so buyers can look up which harvests went into the blend, which no other major champagne producer does.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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LVMH controls 20 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in beverages.
The 34 brands in champagne & sparkling wine on Brandtree belong to 10 owners. The largest is Lanson-BCC, with 11; LVMH has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Bonnet | Lanson-BCC | 🇫🇷 France |
| Charles Lafitte | Maison Pommery & Associés | 🇫🇷 France |
| Champagne de Castellane | Laurent-Perrier | 🇫🇷 France |
| André | Gallo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| G.H. Mumm | Pernod Ricard | 🇫🇷 France |
| Val | 13. jul Plantaže | 🇲🇪 Montenegro |
| Cosmopolitan Diva | Amber Beverage Group | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg |
| Frizzé | Grupo Peñaflor | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
LVMH is a publicly listed company headquartered in Paris, France, founded in 1987. Brandtree records 20 brands under its control, and it is listed as EPA: MC.
LVMH was formed in 1987 by the merger of Louis Vuitton with Moët Hennessy and is the largest luxury group in the world. It is controlled by the Arnault family through the holding company Christian Dior SE.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 322 brands that began in France. 100 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Krug is not one of them.
LVMH acquired Krug, a champagne house that makes only prestige cuvees with no entry-level bottling at all, fermenting every plot separately in small oak casks before blending. Only the year is documented here and the price was not disclosed.
The parent company of Krug is LVMH, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Yes. Krug originated in France in 1843 and its owner, LVMH, is also headquartered in France.
LVMH completed its acquisition of Krug in 1999, after announcing the deal in 1999. The price was not disclosed.
Krug was an independent company from its founding in 1843 in Reims until LVMH acquired it in 1999.
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Krug is still owned by LVMH. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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