Who owns Mahou?
Mahou is owned by Mahou San Miguel (Spain).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Mahou San Miguel — Nosotros (history and key figures). Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Mahou San Miguel reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇪🇸 Spain, Madrid
- Origin
- 🇪🇸 Spain, Madrid
- Founded
- 1890
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Lager
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Mahou
Mahou is the Madrid beer brand whose first production centre, El Barril, opened on Calle Amaniel in 1890, the start of what became Mahou San Miguel. Its range is led by Mahou Cinco Estrellas, a 5.5 per cent pale lager, alongside Clásica, Mahou Sin, the Mixta shandy launched in 2005, Maestra, barrel-aged Barrica beers and alcohol-free Mahou 0,0 Tostada.
Ownership timeline of Mahou
- Current owner Mahou San Miguel [1] reported
Where Mahou sits in Mahou San Miguel
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Mahou San Miguel ownership tree →
See the full Mahou San Miguel brand portfolio (8) →
Other brands owned by Mahou San Miguel
Mahou San Miguel controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Alhambra (1925)
- Avery Brewing Company (1993)
- Founders Brewing Co. (1997)
- Nómada Brewing (2011)
- Reina
- San Miguel (1957)
- Solán de Cabras
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; Mahou San Miguel has 4.
About the owner: Mahou San Miguel
Mahou San Miguel is a privately held company headquartered in Madrid, Spain, founded in 1890. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control.
Mahou San Miguel is a family-owned, independent Spanish beer and beverage company whose history starts in 1890, when the Mahou family opened the El Barril brewery on Calle Amaniel in Madrid. It bought San Miguel in 2000, Alhambra in 2007 and Solán de Cabras in 2011, and completed full ownership of US craft brewers Founders and Avery in 2025. Revenue was EUR 1,895.6 million in 2025. It has more than 4,400 staff and 31 per cent of Spanish beer production, and it also produces and distributes AB InBev brands in Spain, which it does not own.
Mahou San Miguel: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇪🇸 Mahou and other Spanish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 122 brands that began in Spain. 59 of them (48%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Mahou is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Mahou?
The parent company of Mahou is Mahou San Miguel, a privately held company headquartered in Spain.
Is Mahou Spanish?
Yes. Mahou originated in Spain in 1890 and its owner, Mahou San Miguel, is also headquartered in Spain.
Is Mahou still owned by Mahou San Miguel?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Mahou is still owned by Mahou San Miguel. 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] Mahou San Miguel — Nosotros (history and key figures) — Mahou San Miguel, Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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