Who owns Le Gaulois?
Le Gaulois is owned by LDC (France, EPA: LOUP).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: LDC annual report 2025-2026 (rapport annuel, financial year ended 28 February 2026). Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- LDC reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France, Sablé-sur-Sarthe
- Origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- Category
- Food › Meat, poultry & seafood › Fresh meat & poultry
- Parent ticker
- EPA: LOUP
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Le Gaulois
Le Gaulois is one of the national poultry brands on the LDC group brand page, which presents it with the slogan about the pleasure of being French at the table. LDC's annual report names it with Loué and Maître CoQ as a poultry brand and includes it in the group's charter commitments on origin and nutrition. A separate Le Gaulois Professionnel range serves restaurants and caterers.
Ownership timeline of Le Gaulois
Where Le Gaulois sits in LDC
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by LDC
LDC controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in fresh meat & poultry, and who owns them
LDC has more brands in fresh meat & poultry on Brandtree than any other owner: 6 of 56.
About the owner: LDC
LDC is a publicly listed company headquartered in Sablé-sur-Sarthe, France. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as EPA: LOUP.
LDC is a French poultry and prepared-meals group listed on Euronext Paris, with its registered office at Sablé-sur-Sarthe. Its 2025-2026 annual report describes Loué, Le Gaulois and Maître CoQ in poultry and Marie and Pierre Martinet in prepared foods as its main brands, and shows the Polish company Drosed as a wholly owned subsidiary. The Fermiers de Loué cooperative (CAFEL) is a shareholder with 9.35 per cent of the capital and the group's long-standing partner for label-quality poultry. The Pierre Martinet group joined on 1 June 2025 and is not listed here because its brand is not described on the group brand page.
🇫🇷 Le Gaulois and other French brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 318 brands that began in France. 99 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Le Gaulois is not one of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Le Gaulois?
The parent company of Le Gaulois is LDC, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Is Le Gaulois French?
Yes. Le Gaulois originated in France and its owner, LDC, is also headquartered in France.
Is Le Gaulois still owned by LDC?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Le Gaulois is still owned by LDC. 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] LDC annual report 2025-2026 (rapport annuel, financial year ended 28 February 2026) — LDC, Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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