Who owns Maxiban?
Maxiban is owned by Elanco (the United States, NYSE: ELAN).[1]
Evidence: Elanco Animal Health Incorporated Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-24, SEC EDGAR, 24 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Elanco Animal Health Incorporated verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Indianapolis
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Pet & animal care › Animal feed › Livestock & poultry feed
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: ELAN
- Trademark registrant
- ELANCO US INC. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Maxiban
Maxiban and Monteban are ionophores used as feed additives to prevent coccidiosis in broiler chickens, according to Elanco's 10-K, which says they have no patent protection. They are listed with the poultry products of the farm animal business next to Surmax, AviPro and Hemicell.
What Elanco's annual report says about Maxiban
Sentences about Maxiban from Elanco's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Key farm animal products Rumensin and Experior are used extensively in cattle, while our Maxiban and Monteban products are valuable offerings for the control and prevention of intestinal disease in poultry.
In 2025, our top five selling products and/or product families were our Advantage Family (cats and dogs), Seresto (cats and dogs), our Credelio Family (cats and dogs), Rumensin (cattle) and Maxiban / Monteban (poultry).
Some of our principal products, including certain products within our Advantage Family , Rumensin and Maxiban / Monteban do not have patent protection.
How often Elanco names Maxiban 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. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Trademark record for Maxiban
The USPTO record for the Maxiban mark lists ELANCO US INC. as the owner of record (serial number 73655082). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Maxiban
Where Maxiban sits in Elanco
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Elanco
Elanco controls 15 brands on Brandtree, 15 of them in pet & animal care.
Also in pet & animal care
Other brands in livestock & poultry feed, and who owns them
The 28 brands in livestock & poultry feed on Brandtree belong to 6 owners. The largest is Phibro, with 13; Elanco has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Aureomycin | Phibro | 🇺🇸 United States |
| CirQlar | ForFarmers | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Bábolna Takarmány | Bonafarm | 🇭🇺 Hungary |
| Hi-Pro | Jamaica Broilers | 🇯🇲 Jamaica |
| Producer's Pride | Tractor Supply | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Avatec | Phibro | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Aviax | Phibro | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bloat Guard | Phibro | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Elanco
Elanco is a publicly listed company headquartered in Indianapolis, United States, founded in 1954. Brandtree records 15 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: ELAN.
Elanco Animal Health is an Indianapolis animal health company with pet health and farm animal businesses. Its 10-K says it has a heritage dating to 1954 as a business unit of Eli Lilly and Company, was incorporated independently in September 2018 and separated in March 2019, and in August 2020 acquired Bayer Animal Health, which it calls the largest acquisition in industry history. It sells flea and tick, dermatology and pain products for pets and feed additives, vaccines and antibiotics for livestock.
🇺🇸 Maxiban and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Maxiban is not one of them.
- 4health — Tractor Supply 🇺🇸
- American Journey — Chewy 🇺🇸
- Apoquel — Zoetis 🇺🇸
- Aqueon — Central Garden & Pet 🇺🇸
- Aureomycin — Phibro 🇺🇸
- BARK — BARK 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Maxiban?
The parent company of Maxiban is Elanco, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Maxiban American?
Yes. Maxiban originated in the United States and its owner, Elanco, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Maxiban still owned by Elanco?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Maxiban is still owned by Elanco. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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] Elanco Animal Health Incorporated Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-24 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 24 February 2026; retrieved 2 October 2026.
- [2] USPTO: MAXIBAN, serial 73655082 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 2 October 2026.
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