Who owns Manantial?
Manantial is owned by CCU (Chile, NYSE: CCU), which has owned the brand since 1 December 2012.[1]
Evidence: Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-29, SEC EDGAR, 29 April 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇱 Chile, Santiago
- Origin
- 🇨🇱 Chile
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Bottled water
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: CCU
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Manantial
Manantial is purified water sold in returnable bottles with dispensers and delivered to homes and offices rather than bought in shops, a category CCU entered in December 2012 by acquiring 51.01% of the company behind the brand. A call option in the shareholders' agreement was exercised in January 2016, and CCU has held the business in full since then.
What CCU's annual report says about Manantial
Sentences about Manantial from CCU's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
In December 2012, Aguas CCU completed an acquisition of 51.01% of the company Manantial S.A. ("Manantial"), a Home and Office Delivery ("HOD") business of purified water in bottles with the use of dispensers.
The shareholders agreement of Manantial included a call option to purchase the remaining shares.
On January 29, 2016, Aguas CCU and ECUSA exercised the call option, acquiring 48.07% and 0.92% of the shares of Manantial respectively.
How often CCU names Manantial in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central.
Ownership timeline of Manantial
Where Manantial sits in CCU
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
- Austral (50%)
- Bilz y Pap
- Cachantún (50.1%)
- Cristal
- Escudo
- Gato Negro (85.15%)
- Graffigna (85.15%)
- Isenbeck
- Kunstmann
- Levité (50.1%)
- Manantial
- Mistral (80%)
- Palermo
- Royal Guard
- Schneider
- Sidra Real
- Villavicencio (50.1%)
- Viña Tarapacá (85.15%)
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Other brands owned by CCU
CCU controls 18 brands on Brandtree, 18 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Austral
- Bilz y Pap (1905)
- Cachantún (1920)
- Cristal (1978)
- Escudo (1942)
- Gato Negro
- Graffigna (1870)
- Isenbeck
- Kunstmann (1989)
- Levité
- Mistral
- Palermo (1897)
- Royal Guard (1974)
- Schneider
- Sidra Real
- Villavicencio (1904)
- Viña Tarapacá (1874)
Other brands in bottled water, and who owns them
The 123 brands in bottled water on Brandtree belong to 74 owners. The largest is Spadel, with 5; CCU has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bru | Spadel | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| Al Ain Water | Agthia | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
| Dasani | Coca-Cola | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Jamnica | Fortenova Group | 🇭🇷 Croatia |
| Ondrášovka | Kofola | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic |
| Aïn Atlas | Oulmès | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
| Garci | SFBT | 🇹🇳 Tunisia |
| Melgaço | Super Bock Group | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
About the owner: CCU
CCU is a publicly listed company headquartered in Santiago, Chile, founded in 1902. Brandtree records 18 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: CCU.
Compañía Cervecerías Unidas is a Chilean multi-category beverage company whose oldest predecessor was the brewery Joaquín Plagemann opened in Valparaíso in 1850; the present company was organised by public deed in January 1902 out of a merger of two breweries. It sells beer, soft drinks, bottled water, wine, pisco, rum and cider in Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay and Uruguay, and reported more than 180 brands when it marked its 175th anniversary in 2025. Chile produces roughly two-thirds of its sales. Its controlling shareholder, IRSA, holds 65.87% of the company and is itself split evenly between Quiñenco and Heineken.
🇨🇱 Manantial and other Chilean brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 69 brands that began in Chile. 8 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Manantial is not one of them.
- Almaviva — Concha y Toro 🇨🇱
- Carmen — Viña Santa Rita 🇨🇱
- Chateau Los Boldos — Sogrape 🇵🇹
- Guallarauco — Coca-Cola Andina 🇨🇱
- Indomita — Changyu 🇨🇳
- Santa Carolina — Watt's 🇨🇱
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Manantial?
The parent company of Manantial is CCU, a publicly listed company headquartered in Chile.
Is Manantial Chilean?
Yes. Manantial originated in Chile and its owner, CCU, is also headquartered in Chile.
Since when has CCU owned Manantial?
CCU has owned Manantial since 1 December 2012.
Is Manantial still owned by CCU?
Yes. As of 29 October 2026, Manantial is still owned by CCU. 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] Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-29 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 29 April 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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