Who owns Purina?
Purina is owned by Nestlé (Switzerland, SIX: NESN), which has owned the brand since 12 December 2001.[1][2]
Evidence: Nestlé S.A. Annual Report 2025, 19 February 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Nestlé S.A. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland, Vevey
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, St. Louis
- Founded
- 1894
- Category
- Pet & animal care › Pet food › Dog food
- Parent ticker
- SIX: NESN
- Trademark registrant
- Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About Purina
Purina is a pet food brand whose Checkerboard Square trademark dates to 1894, when the company made livestock feed. Nestlé acquired Ralston Purina in 2001 for around $10 billion and merged it with its Friskies business to form Nestlé Purina PetCare, now one of the company's largest divisions by revenue.
Trademark record for Purina
The USPTO record for the Purina mark lists Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. as the owner of record (serial number 98011671). That name matches the owner named above.[3]
Ownership timeline of Purina
Where Purina sits in Nestlé
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Nestlé
Nestlé controls 32 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in pet & animal care.
Also in pet & animal care
Founded in the 1890s
- Carnation (1899)
- S.Pellegrino (1899)
Other brands in dog food, and who owns them
The 36 brands in dog food on Brandtree belong to 17 owners. The largest is VAFO, with 8.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Brit | VAFO | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic |
| Cesar | Mars | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Club 4 Paws | Kormotech | 🇺🇦 Ukraine |
| Bobtail | RCL FOODS | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| American Journey | Chewy | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Sojos | WellPet | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Master Dog | Carozzi | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Hill's Pet Nutrition | Colgate-Palmolive | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Nestlé
Nestlé is a publicly listed company headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, founded in 1866. Brandtree records 32 brands under its control, and it is listed as SIX: NESN.
Nestlé is a Swiss food and drink company formed in 1905 by the merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company with Henri Nestlé's infant food business, and traces its origins to 1866. It is the largest food company in the world by revenue and is organised around coffee, pet care, nutrition, dairy, confectionery and water.
🇺🇸 Purina 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, Purina among them.
- 4health — Tractor Supply 🇺🇸
- Advantage — Elanco 🇺🇸
- American Journey — Chewy 🇺🇸
- Apoquel — Zoetis 🇺🇸
- Aqueon — Central Garden & Pet 🇺🇸
- Aureomycin — Phibro 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Purina?
The parent company of Purina is Nestlé, a publicly listed company headquartered in Switzerland.
Is Purina American or Swiss?
Purina originated in the United States in 1894, but it is owned today by Nestlé, which is headquartered in Switzerland. So Purina is an American-origin brand under Swiss ownership.
Since when has Nestlé owned Purina?
Nestlé has owned Purina since 12 December 2001.
Is Purina still owned by Nestlé?
Yes. As of 26 September 2026, Purina is still owned by Nestlé. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (3) & 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] Nestlé S.A. Annual Report 2025 — Nestlé S.A., Annual report, published 19 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] Ralston Purina Company Form 8-K — Item 1, Changes in Control of Registrant — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 8-K, published 12 December 2001; retrieved 26 September 2026.
- [3] USPTO: PURINA, serial 98011671, registration 8296213 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 26 September 2026.
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