Who owns Natural Light?
Natural Light is owned by AB InBev (Belgium, NYSE: BUD), which has owned the brand since 2008.[1]
Evidence: Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-03-03, SEC EDGAR, 3 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇧🇪 Belgium, Leuven
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1977
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Lager
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: BUD
- Trademark registrant
- ANHEUSER-BUSCH, LLC (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Natural Light
Natural Light was launched in 1977 as Anheuser-Busch's first light beer and is sold almost entirely on price, making it a fixture of American student drinking. Its Naturdays flavoured extension attracted attention in the late 2010s. The brand has also run stunts such as paying off student loan debt, aimed squarely at that audience.
How often AB InBev names Natural Light 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 less often than it was three years earlier.
Trademark record for Natural Light
The USPTO record for the Natural Light mark lists ANHEUSER-BUSCH, LLC as the owner of record (serial number 77941065). A trademark is often held by a group company rather than the listed parent, so the registrant's name can differ from the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Natural Light
Where Natural Light sits in AB InBev
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by AB InBev
AB InBev controls 21 brands on Brandtree, 21 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Aguila (1913)
- Beck's (1873)
- Brahma (1888)
- Bud Light (1982)
- Bud Light Seltzer (2020)
- Budweiser (1876)
- Busch (1955)
- Cass (1994)
- Castle Lager (1895)
- Corona (1925)
- Corona Cero (2020)
- Franziskaner
- Harbin (1900)
- Hoegaarden (1965)
- Jupiler (1966)
- Leffe (1952)
- Michelob Ultra (2002)
- Quilmes (1890)
Other brands in lager, and who owns them
AB InBev has more brands in lager on Brandtree than any other owner: 17 of 200.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 33 Export | Heineken | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Allsopps | EABL | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| Asahi Super Dry | Asahi Group | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| 333 | ThaiBev | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Cristal | CCU | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Cabro | Cervecería Centro Americana | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
| Beermix | Obolon | 🇺🇦 Ukraine |
| Bomonti Filtresiz | Anadolu Efes | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
About the owner: AB InBev
AB InBev is a publicly listed company headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, founded in 2008. Brandtree records 21 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: BUD.
AB InBev is the largest brewer in the world, formed in 2008 when the Belgian-Brazilian InBev acquired Anheuser-Busch and enlarged again in 2016 by taking over SABMiller. Its beers are sold in about 150 countries.
🇺🇸 Natural Light and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Natural Light among them.
- 7UP — PepsiCo 🇺🇸
- 7UP (United States) — Keurig Dr Pepper 🇺🇸
- Alani Nu — Celsius Holdings 🇺🇸
- André — Gallo 🇺🇸
- Angry Orchard — Boston Beer 🇺🇸
- Apple & Eve — Lassonde 🇨🇦
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Natural Light?
The parent company of Natural Light is AB InBev, a publicly listed company headquartered in Belgium.
Is Natural Light American or Belgian?
Natural Light originated in the United States in 1977, but it is owned today by AB InBev, which is headquartered in Belgium. So Natural Light is an American-origin brand under Belgian ownership.
Since when has AB InBev owned Natural Light?
AB InBev has owned Natural Light since 2008.
Is Natural Light still owned by AB InBev?
Yes. As of 2 October 2026, Natural Light is still owned by AB InBev. 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] Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-03-03 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 3 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: NATURAL LIGHT, serial 77941065, registration 3942852 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 2 October 2026.
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