Who owns Primor?
Primor, a food brand from Venezuela, is owned by Empresas Polar (Venezuela).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Empresas Polar — Hitos Históricos. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Empresas Polar reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇻🇪 Venezuela, Caracas
- Origin
- 🇻🇪 Venezuela
- Founded
- 1987
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Pasta
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Primor
Primor is Empresas Polar's Venezuelan rice and pasta brand, launched in 1987 when the company built a rice plant in Calabozo and bought a pasta mill in Maracaibo that it then upgraded into, on its own account, the most technologically advanced in the country. Polar's history states that Primor pasta soon took first place in consumer preference ahead of established multinational brands. The name is shared with, but unrelated to, the Primor sold in Peru, which is a separate brand owned by Alicorp.
Ownership timeline of Primor
- Current owner Empresas Polar [1] reported
Where Primor sits in Empresas Polar
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Empresas Polar
Empresas Polar controls 17 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in pasta, and who owns them
The 121 brands in pasta on Brandtree belong to 63 owners. The largest is Ebro Foods, with 15.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bertagni | Ebro Foods | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| Indomie | Indofood | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Camil | Camil | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Mimee | Dufil Prima Foods | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
| Don Vicente | Molinos | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Corticella | Newlat Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Chikin Ramen | Nissin Foods | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| La Cantonesa | CMI | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
About the owner: Empresas Polar
Empresas Polar is a privately held company headquartered in Caracas, Venezuela, founded in 1941. Brandtree records 17 brands under its control.
Empresas Polar is Venezuela's largest privately held company, founded in Caracas in 1941 around what became Polar Pilsen beer and grown since into the country's dominant food and beverage group. Its own history describes deliberate diversification along the corn value chain from Harina P.A.N. precooked flour, into rice, pasta, snacks, dairy, oils and packaging, and a major expansion in 2001 when it bought food conglomerate Mavesa and inherited that company's margarine, condiment, cold-cuts and home-care brands. It now also operates P.A.N. flour plants and joint ventures outside Venezuela, in Colombia, the United States, Mexico, Spain and elsewhere, describing itself as the first global mass-consumption brand to come out of Venezuela.
Empresas Polar: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇻🇪 Primor and other Venezuelan brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 25 brands that began in Venezuela. 3 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Primor is not one of them.
- Club Social — Mondelēz 🇺🇸
- Angostura aromatic bitters — Angostura 🇹🇹
- Avior Airlines — Avior Airlines 🇻🇪
- Conviasa — Conviasa 🇻🇪
- Estelar — Estelar 🇻🇪
- Fabuloso — Colgate-Palmolive 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Primor?
The parent company of Primor is Empresas Polar, a privately held company headquartered in Venezuela.
Is Primor owned by Alicorp?
No. Primor is owned by Empresas Polar, not Alicorp.
Is Primor Venezuelan?
Yes. Primor originated in Venezuela in 1987 and its owner, Empresas Polar, is also headquartered in Venezuela.
Is Primor still owned by Empresas Polar?
Yes. As of 21 September 2026, Primor is still owned by Empresas Polar. 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] Empresas Polar — Hitos Históricos — Empresas Polar, Official document; retrieved 21 September 2026.
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