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Who owns Quilmes?

Quilmes is owned by AB InBev (Belgium, NYSE: BUD).[1]

Evidence: Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-03-03, SEC EDGAR, 3 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .

Key facts

Current owner
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV verified
Owner HQ
🇧🇪 Belgium, Leuven
Origin
🇦🇷 Argentina
Founded
1890
Category
Beverages › Beer › Lager
Parent ticker
NYSE: BUD
Trademark registrant
CERVECERIA Y MALTERIA QUILMES SOCIEDAD ANONIMA, INDUSTRIAL, COMERCIAL, AGRICOLA Y GANADERA (USPTO)
Last verified
· 2 sources

About Quilmes

Quilmes is the dominant beer in Argentina, founded in 1890 by a German immigrant in the town of the same name, and its blue and white label matches the national football shirt. AB InBev holds it through its Ambev subsidiary.

How often AB InBev names Quilmes 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 more often than it was three years earlier.

Annual report filedTimes Quilmes is named
20269
20258
20248

Trademark record for Quilmes

The USPTO record for the Quilmes mark lists CERVECERIA Y MALTERIA QUILMES SOCIEDAD ANONIMA, INDUSTRIAL, COMERCIAL, AGRICOLA Y GANADERA as the owner of record (serial number 73546068). A trademark is often held by a group company rather than the listed parent, so the registrant's name can differ from the owner named above.[2]

Ownership timeline of Quilmes

Owners of Quilmes over 1890 to 2026 AB InBev start not recorded–present AB InBev (start not recorded) 1900192019401960198020002020
  1. Current owner AB InBev [1] verified

Where Quilmes sits in AB InBev

Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

Where Quilmes sits in AB InBev Tree of 21 brands under AB InBev. AB InBev Quilmes Aguila Beck's Brahma Bud Light Bud Light Seltzer and 15 more

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Other brands owned by AB InBev

AB InBev controls 21 brands on Brandtree, 21 of them in beverages.

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Other brands in lager, and who owns them

AB InBev has more brands in lager on Brandtree than any other owner: 17 of 200.

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About the owner: AB InBev

AB InBev is a publicly listed company headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, founded in 2008. Brandtree records 21 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: BUD.

AB InBev is the largest brewer in the world, formed in 2008 when the Belgian-Brazilian InBev acquired Anheuser-Busch and enlarged again in 2016 by taking over SABMiller. Its beers are sold in about 150 countries.

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🇦🇷 Quilmes 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, Quilmes among them.

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Frequently asked questions

Who is the parent company of Quilmes?

The parent company of Quilmes is AB InBev, a publicly listed company headquartered in Belgium.

Is Quilmes Argentine or Belgian?

Quilmes originated in Argentina in 1890, but it is owned today by AB InBev, which is headquartered in Belgium. So Quilmes is an Argentine-origin brand under Belgian ownership.

Is Quilmes still owned by AB InBev?

Yes. As of 2 October 2026, Quilmes is still owned by AB InBev. 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. [1] Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-03-03 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 3 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
  2. [2] USPTO: QUILMES, serial 73546068, registration 1548548 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 2 October 2026.

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