Who owns Palermo?
Palermo is owned by CCU (Chile, NYSE: CCU), which has owned the brand since 2008.[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
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Founded
- 1897
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Lager
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: CCU
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Palermo
Palermo came to CCU in April 2008 with the purchase of the Argentine brewer Inversora Cervecera for 88 million dollars, a deal that also brought the Imperial and Bieckert names and a brewery at Luján in Buenos Aires province with capacity for 270 million litres a year. The three brands together held about 5.8% of the Argentine beer market at the time.
How often CCU names Palermo 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.
Ownership timeline of Palermo
Where Palermo 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%)
Open the full CCU ownership tree →
See the full CCU brand portfolio (18) →
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
- Manantial
- Mistral
- Royal Guard (1974)
- Schneider
- Sidra Real
- Villavicencio (1904)
- Viña Tarapacá (1874)
Other brands in lager, and who owns them
The 200 brands in lager on Brandtree belong to 55 owners. The largest is AB InBev, with 17; CCU has 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Aguila | AB InBev | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| 33 Export | Heineken | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Allsopps | EABL | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| Asahi Super Dry | Asahi Group | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| 333 | ThaiBev | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Cabro | Cervecería Centro Americana | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
| Beermix | Obolon | 🇺🇦 Ukraine |
| Bomonti Filtresiz | Anadolu Efes | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
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.
🇦🇷 Palermo and other Argentine brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 117 brands that began in Argentina. 30 of them (26%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Palermo among them.
- BC — Arcor 🇦🇷
- Bodega San Telmo — Grupo Peñaflor 🇦🇷
- Bonafide — Carozzi 🇨🇱
- Doña Paula — Viña Santa Rita 🇨🇱
- Etchart — Molinos 🇦🇷
- Finca Flichman — Sogrape 🇵🇹
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Palermo?
The parent company of Palermo is CCU, a publicly listed company headquartered in Chile.
Is Palermo Argentine or Chilean?
Palermo originated in Argentina in 1897, but it is owned today by CCU, which is headquartered in Chile. So Palermo is an Argentine-origin brand under Chilean ownership.
Since when has CCU owned Palermo?
CCU has owned Palermo since 2008.
Is Palermo still owned by CCU?
Yes. As of 29 October 2026, Palermo is still owned by CCU. 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] 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.
- [2] CCU Argentina: Palermo — Compañía Cervecerías Unidas Argentina S.A., Official document; retrieved 27 September 2026. The original address no longer opens it, so the link goes to an archived copy (original address).
Report a correction Opens a pre-filled GitHub issue. See our corrections policy.