Who owns PrimaCat?
PrimaCat is owned by VAFO (the Czech Republic), which has owned the brand since 2021.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: VAFO Group — Our Brands, VAFO Group a.s. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- VAFO Group a.s. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic, Chrášťany
- Origin
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- Category
- Pet & animal care › Pet food › Cat food
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About PrimaCat
PrimaCat is the cat half of Prima Pet Premium's grocery range, sold on the line that feeding a cat is an art form and designed, the company says, after listening to the people who know most about it: cat owners. The food is heavy on fresh meat and carries no wheat, no corn and no added sugar, with grain-free dry varieties alongside the standard ones. It has been a VAFO brand since 2021.
Ownership timeline of PrimaCat
Where PrimaCat sits in VAFO
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by VAFO
VAFO controls 12 brands on Brandtree, 12 of them in pet & animal care.
Also in pet & animal care
Other brands in cat food, and who owns them
The 19 brands in cat food on Brandtree belong to 11 owners. The largest is Partner in Pet Food, with 4; VAFO has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bozita | Partner in Pet Food | 🇭🇺 Hungary |
| Sheba | Mars | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Felix | Nestlé | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Catmor | RCL FOODS | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Master Cat | Carozzi | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Toptrees | China Pet Foods | 🇨🇳 China |
| Nutriplan | Dongwon Industries | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| CIAO | Inaba Foods | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: VAFO
VAFO is a privately held company headquartered in Chrášťany, Czech Republic, founded in 1994. Brandtree records 12 brands under its control.
VAFO Group is a European maker of premium pet food that began in 1994 as Vafo Praha and is now a second-generation Czech family business headquartered outside Prague. It runs nine dry food, wet food, snack and supplement factories with capacity above 220,200 tonnes a year, employs around 1,600 people and has factories and branches in Finland, Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Estonia, Poland, France and Austria, with sales above €700 million and brands sold in more than 90 countries. Its growth has come from buying established national brands — Prima Pet Premium in Finland, Pooch & Mutt in Britain, Berlin's Pets Deli — and continuing to sell them under their own names rather than folding them into Brit.
🇫🇮 PrimaCat and other Finnish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 67 brands that began in Finland. 23 of them (34%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, PrimaCat among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of PrimaCat?
The parent company of PrimaCat is VAFO, a privately held company headquartered in the Czech Republic.
Is PrimaCat Finnish or Czech?
PrimaCat originated in Finland, but it is owned today by VAFO, which is headquartered in the Czech Republic. So PrimaCat is a Finnish-origin brand under Czech ownership.
Since when has VAFO owned PrimaCat?
VAFO has owned PrimaCat since 2021.
Is PrimaCat still owned by VAFO?
Yes. As of 23 September 2026, PrimaCat is still owned by VAFO. 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] VAFO Group — Our Brands — VAFO Group a.s., Official document; retrieved 23 September 2026.
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