Who owns Mission Produce?
Mission Produce is owned by Mission Produce, Inc. (the United States, NASDAQ: AVO).[1]
Evidence: Mission Produce, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-12-18, SEC EDGAR, 18 December 2025. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Mission Produce, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Oxnard, California
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1983
- Category
- Food › Fresh produce › Fresh fruit
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: AVO
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Mission Produce
Mission Produce is both the company and the name on its cartons of avocados and mangos, registered as a word mark beside a Mission label with a tower design. It sells the fruit to retailers, wholesalers and foodservice customers at five ordered stages of ripeness, from hard to ripe, using its own network of ripening centres, and it grows part of the supply on its own farms in Peru. The business dates from 1983, when two California produce men began selling local avocados.
Ownership timeline of Mission Produce
- Current owner Mission Produce [1] verified
Where Mission Produce sits in Mission Produce
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Mission Produce
Mission Produce controls 2 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in food.
Also in food
- Calavo (1924)
Other brands in fresh fruit, and who owns them
The 20 brands in fresh fruit on Brandtree belong to 11 owners. The largest is Zespri, with 6; Mission Produce has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Zespri | Zespri | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| Kachina | Limoneira | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Wonderful Halos | The Wonderful Company | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Al Foah | Agthia | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
| Chiquita | Chiquita | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Dole | Dole | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
| Arivera Fruit | Fortenova Group | 🇭🇷 Croatia |
| Del Monte (fresh produce) | Fresh Del Monte | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Mission Produce
Mission Produce is a publicly listed company headquartered in Oxnard, California, United States, founded in 1983. Brandtree records 2 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: AVO.
Mission Produce sources, grows, packs, ripens and distributes Hass avocados, and describes itself as a world leader in doing so. It began in California in 1983, when Steve Barnard and Ed Williams started selling fresh California avocados, and it now farms its own avocados and mangos in Peru as well as buying fruit from growers in Mexico and elsewhere. On 28 May 2026 it completed the acquisition of Calavo Growers, paying about 17.5 million of its own shares and $266 million in cash. It also holds minority interests it does not control: 49 per cent of the distributor Henry Avocado, about 28 per cent of Mr. Avocado in China and about 30 per cent of the Colombian grower Copaltas.
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🇺🇸 Mission Produce 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; Mission Produce is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Mission Produce?
The parent company of Mission Produce is Mission Produce, Inc., a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Mission Produce American?
Yes. Mission Produce originated in the United States in 1983 and its owner, Mission Produce, Inc., is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Mission Produce still owned by Mission Produce, Inc.?
Yes. As of 2 October 2026, Mission Produce is still owned by Mission Produce, Inc. 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] Mission Produce, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-12-18 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 18 December 2025; retrieved 2 October 2026.
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