Who owns Maître CoQ?
Maître CoQ 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
- Founded
- 1969
- Category
- Food › Meat, poultry & seafood › Fresh meat & poultry
- Parent ticker
- EPA: LOUP
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Maître CoQ
Maître CoQ is a poultry and prepared-poultry brand on LDC's brand page, which says the business has operated since 1969 and that its poultry is born, reared and prepared in France. The page describes quick, balanced recipes and says the brand has had a nutritional charter since 2014 and a packaging charter since 2022. LDC's annual report names it as a core poultry brand.
Ownership timeline of Maître CoQ
Where Maître CoQ 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.
🇫🇷 Maître CoQ 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; Maître CoQ is not one of them.
- Actimel — Danone 🇫🇷
- Babybel — Bel Group 🇫🇷
- Bonduelle — Bonduelle 🇫🇷
- Béghin Say — Tereos 🇫🇷
- Candia — Sodiaal 🇫🇷
- Caprice des Dieux — Savencia Fromage & Dairy 🇫🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Maître CoQ?
The parent company of Maître CoQ is LDC, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Is Maître CoQ French?
Yes. Maître CoQ originated in France in 1969 and its owner, LDC, is also headquartered in France.
Is Maître CoQ still owned by LDC?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Maître CoQ 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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