Who owns Red Horse?
Red Horse is owned by San Miguel Food and Beverage (the Philippines, PSE: FB), which has owned the brand since 2018.[1]
San Miguel Food and Beverage owns 51.16% of Red Horse rather than all of it.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: San Miguel Food and Beverage, Inc. Annual Report (SEC Form 17-A) for the year ended December 31, 2025, 16 April 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- San Miguel Food and Beverage, Inc. (51.16% stake) reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇵🇭 Philippines, Mandaluyong
- Origin
- 🇵🇭 Philippines
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Lager
- Parent ticker
- PSE: FB
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Red Horse
Red Horse is the strong beer of San Miguel Brewery, which SMFB owns 51.16 per cent of with Kirin holding 48.54 per cent. It is one of the brewer's top brands in the Philippines, where it competes with Colt 45 and Tiger, and it is also sold in Thailand, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Vietnam, with Red Horse Super sold in key African export markets.
Ownership timeline of Red Horse
- 2018 – present San Miguel Food and Beverage (51.16%) [1] reported
Where Red Horse sits in San Miguel Food and Beverage
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
- Dari Crème
- Ginebra San Miguel (75.78%)
- Magnolia
- Monterey
- Purefoods
- Red Horse (51.16%)
- San Mig Light (51.16%)
- San Miguel Pale Pilsen (51.16%)
- Star Margarine
Open the full San Miguel Food and Beverage ownership tree →
See the full San Miguel Food and Beverage brand portfolio (9) →
Other brands owned by San Miguel Food and Beverage
San Miguel Food and Beverage controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Ginebra San Miguel (1834)
- San Mig Light
- San Miguel Pale Pilsen (1890)
Other brands in lager, and who owns them
The 200 brands in lager on Brandtree belong to 55 owners. The largest is AB InBev, with 17; San Miguel Food and Beverage has 3.
About the owner: San Miguel Food and Beverage
San Miguel Food and Beverage is a publicly listed company headquartered in Mandaluyong, Philippines, founded in 1956. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as PSE: FB.
San Miguel Food and Beverage was incorporated in 1956 as a processed meats maker and, as San Miguel Pure Foods, has been listed in the Philippines since 1973. It took its present name in 2018, when San Miguel Corporation consolidated its stakes in San Miguel Brewery and Ginebra San Miguel into it. It is a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation, ultimately controlled by Top Frontier Investment Holdings, and had consolidated sales of 419.1 billion pesos in 2025.
San Miguel Food and Beverage: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇵🇭 Red Horse and other Filipino brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 97 brands that began in the Philippines. 4 of them (4%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Red Horse is not one of them.
- C2 — URC 🇵🇭
- Emperador Brandy — Emperador 🇵🇭
- Fit 'n Right — Del Monte Pacific 🇻🇬
- 2GO Express — 2GO 🇵🇭
- 555 — Century Pacific 🇵🇭
- AirAsia Philippines — AirAsia X 🇲🇾
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Red Horse?
The parent company of Red Horse is San Miguel Food and Beverage, a publicly listed company headquartered in the Philippines.
Is Red Horse Filipino?
Yes. Red Horse originated in the Philippines and its owner, San Miguel Food and Beverage, is also headquartered in the Philippines.
Since when has San Miguel Food and Beverage owned Red Horse?
San Miguel Food and Beverage has owned Red Horse since 2018.
Is Red Horse still owned by San Miguel Food and Beverage?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Red Horse is still owned by San Miguel Food and Beverage (51.16% stake). 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] San Miguel Food and Beverage, Inc. Annual Report (SEC Form 17-A) for the year ended December 31, 2025 — San Miguel Food and Beverage, Inc., Stock exchange filing, published 16 April 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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