Who owns Lieken Urkorn?
Lieken Urkorn is owned by AGROFERT (the Czech Republic), which has owned the brand since 1 June 2013.[1]
AGROFERT owns 94% of Lieken Urkorn rather than all of it.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: AGROFERT Group Annual Report Consolidated 2025, AGROFERT, a.s. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- AGROFERT, a.s. (94% stake) reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic, Prague
- Origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Category
- Food › Bakery › Bread & buns
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Lieken Urkorn
Lieken Urkorn is the wholemeal bread brand of the German baker Lieken, which joined the AGROFERT group on 1 June 2013 and which AGROFERT holds at 94 per cent rather than in full. It sits beside Golden Toast in a business that also bakes a large volume of supermarket private label, and the group is building a new line for lye bakery products at Lieken Brot und Backwaren as part of its 2026 capital spending.
Ownership timeline of Lieken Urkorn
Where Lieken Urkorn sits in AGROFERT
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by AGROFERT
AGROFERT controls 15 brands on Brandtree, 14 of them in food.
Also in food
- Florian (1994)
- Golden Toast (1963)
- Grande
- HYZA (2007)
- KMOTR (2001)
- Kostelec (1917)
- Krahulík (1928)
- OLMA
- PENAM (2000)
- Tatra (1964)
- Vitacelia
- Vodňanské kuře (2004)
- Vysočina Hodice
Other brands in bread & buns, and who owns them
The 43 brands in bread & buns on Brandtree belong to 28 owners. The largest is Grupo Bimbo, with 4; AGROFERT has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Elite | ELBISCO | 🇬🇷 Greece |
| Arnold | Grupo Bimbo | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| Dave's Killer Bread | Flowers Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Delicados | GRUMA | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| Korvbrödsbagarn | Lantmännen | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| New York Bakery | Marzetti | 🇺🇸 United States |
| L'usine | Almarai | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia |
| Harrys | Barilla | 🇮🇹 Italy |
About the owner: AGROFERT
AGROFERT is a privately held company headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic. Brandtree records 15 brands under its control.
AGROFERT is a Czech concern that its 2025 consolidated annual report describes as the parent company plus 209 subsidiaries, 19 jointly controlled companies and 6 associates, working in chemicals, agriculture, food processing, forestry, land technology, logistics and renewable energy. It reported consolidated revenues of CZK 212.2 billion in 2025 and more than 28,000 employees, which makes it the largest private employer in the Czech Republic, and it is the second largest producer of nitrogen fertilizers in Europe. Its food companies are the reason it appears here: bakeries, dairies, meat plants and poultry businesses whose brands are on Czech, Slovak, Hungarian and German shelves. Since 20 February 2026 the rights of the sole shareholder over all of its shares have been exercised by Wilfried Reinhard Elbs, the trustee of the RSVP TRUST private trust fund.
🇩🇪 Lieken Urkorn and other German brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 265 brands that began in Germany. 96 of them (36%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Lieken Urkorn among them.
- 3 Glocken — Princes Group 🇬🇧
- Abraham — Bell Food Group 🇨🇭
- Aldi (Nord) — Aldi Nord 🇩🇪
- Aldi (Süd) — Aldi Süd 🇩🇪
- Almette — Hochland 🇩🇪
- Aptamil — Danone 🇫🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Lieken Urkorn?
The parent company of Lieken Urkorn is AGROFERT, a privately held company headquartered in the Czech Republic.
Is Lieken Urkorn German or Czech?
Lieken Urkorn originated in Germany, but it is owned today by AGROFERT, which is headquartered in the Czech Republic. So Lieken Urkorn is a German-origin brand under Czech ownership.
Since when has AGROFERT owned Lieken Urkorn?
AGROFERT has owned Lieken Urkorn since 1 June 2013.
Is Lieken Urkorn still owned by AGROFERT?
Yes. As of 21 September 2026, Lieken Urkorn is still owned by AGROFERT (94% stake). 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] AGROFERT Group Annual Report Consolidated 2025 — AGROFERT, a.s., Annual report; retrieved 21 September 2026.
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