Who owns Pollo Indio?
Pollo Indio is owned by CMI (Guatemala).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: CMI — Corporación Multi Inversiones — Our History. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Corporación Multi Inversiones reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇹 Guatemala, Guatemala City
- Origin
- 🇸🇻 El Salvador
- Category
- Food › Meat, poultry & seafood › Fresh meat & poultry
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Pollo Indio
Pollo Indio is CMI's raw, fresh poultry brand in El Salvador, sold from the group's own poultry processing plant there, which CMI reported investing USD 7 million to upgrade in 2023 for more efficient processing and quality assurance. The same 2021 brand-recall study that covers Pollo Rey in Guatemala records Pollo Indio at 75% recognition in El Salvador's raw chicken category, CMI's own benchmark for a regional "super brand."
Ownership timeline of Pollo Indio
Where Pollo Indio sits in CMI
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by CMI
CMI controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in fresh meat & poultry, and who owns them
The 60 brands in fresh meat & poultry on Brandtree belong to 29 owners. The largest is LDC, with 6; CMI has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Doux | LDC | 🇫🇷 France |
| Assilah | MHP | 🇨🇾 Cyprus |
| Bostock's | Inghams | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Sopraval | Agrosuper | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Kaišiadorių Paukštynas | Akola Group | 🇱🇹 Lithuania |
| Friboi | JBS | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Mr. Chancho | Pronaca | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| Dalnie Dali | Rusagro | 🇷🇺 Russia |
About the owner: CMI
CMI is a privately held company headquartered in Guatemala City, Guatemala, founded in 1920. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control.
Corporación Multi Inversiones is a Guatemalan family conglomerate that traces itself to a small store Juan Bautista Gutiérrez opened in San Cristóbal Totonicapán in 1920 and a grain mill he founded in 1936. It grew from milling into poultry farming in 1964 and, in 1971, into the fried-chicken restaurant chain Pollo Campero, and has since expanded regionally into pasta, processed and fresh poultry and meat, renewable energy, real estate and financial services. By its own account it now operates in 15 countries across Latin America and the United States with more than 54,000 employees, organised since 2018 into two business groups, CMI Foods and CMI Capital.
🇸🇻 Pollo Indio and other Salvadoran brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 5 brands that began in El Salvador. 2 of them (40%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Pollo Indio among them.
- Diana — Diana 🇸🇻
- Banco Agrícola — Grupo Cibest 🇨🇴
- Orígenes — Diana 🇸🇻
- Toztecas — Diana 🇸🇻
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Pollo Indio?
The parent company of Pollo Indio is CMI, a privately held company headquartered in Guatemala.
Is Pollo Indio Salvadoran or Guatemalan?
Pollo Indio originated in El Salvador, but it is owned today by CMI, which is headquartered in Guatemala. So Pollo Indio is a Salvadoran-origin brand under Guatemalan ownership.
Is Pollo Indio still owned by CMI?
Yes. As of 21 September 2026, Pollo Indio is still owned by CMI. 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] CMI — Corporación Multi Inversiones — Our History — Corporación Multi Inversiones, Official document; retrieved 21 September 2026.
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