Who owns Rubicon?
Rubicon is owned by A.G. Barr (the United Kingdom, LSE: BAG), which has owned the brand since 1 August 2008.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: A.G. Barr p.l.c. Annual Report and Accounts 2025, 29 April 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- A.G. Barr p.l.c. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Cumbernauld, Scotland
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1981
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Juice & juice drinks
- Parent ticker
- LSE: BAG
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Rubicon
Rubicon makes exotic fruit drinks including mango, guava and passion fruit, founded in 1981 to serve British South Asian communities and later sold nationally. A.G. Barr acquired the business in 2008. Its mango drink in particular moved from specialist grocers into mainstream supermarkets over the following decade.
Ownership timeline of Rubicon
Where Rubicon sits in A.G. Barr
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by A.G. Barr
A.G. Barr controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
Other brands in juice & juice drinks, and who owns them
The 139 brands in juice & juice drinks on Brandtree belong to 82 owners. The largest is Eckes-Granini, with 11.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Brämhults | Eckes-Granini | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Apple & Eve | Lassonde | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Appletiser | Coca-Cola | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Kagome Tomato Juice | Kagome | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Fructal | Nectar Group | 🇷🇸 Serbia |
| All Coco | Sappe | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Amayu | AJE | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| Kiddy Pack | Kasapreko | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
About the owner: A.G. Barr
A.G. Barr is a publicly listed company headquartered in Cumbernauld, Scotland, United Kingdom, founded in 1875. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: BAG.
A.G. Barr was founded in Falkirk in 1875 and is one of the few soft drinks companies anywhere to outsell Coca-Cola in its home market, which Irn-Bru did in Scotland for decades. The Barr family has been involved in the business for five generations.
🇬🇧 Rubicon and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 552 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 291 of them (53%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Rubicon is not one of them.
- Badger — Hall & Woodhouse 🇬🇧
- Balblair — ThaiBev 🇹🇭
- Beefeater — Pernod Ricard 🇫🇷
- Bishops Finger — Shepherd Neame 🇬🇧
- Bombay Sapphire — Bacardi 🇧🇲
- Bruichladdich — Rémy Cointreau 🇫🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Rubicon?
The parent company of Rubicon is A.G. Barr, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Rubicon British?
Yes. Rubicon originated in the United Kingdom in 1981 and its owner, A.G. Barr, is also headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Since when has A.G. Barr owned Rubicon?
A.G. Barr has owned Rubicon since 1 August 2008.
Is Rubicon still owned by A.G. Barr?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Rubicon is still owned by A.G. Barr. 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] A.G. Barr p.l.c. Annual Report and Accounts 2025 — A.G. Barr p.l.c., Annual report, published 29 April 2025; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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