Who owns San Mateo?
San Mateo is owned by Gloria (Peru, BVL: GLORIAI1), which has owned the brand since 3 November 2025.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Leche Gloria S.A. Memoria Anual 2025 (filed with the Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores), 19 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Leche Gloria S.A. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇵🇪 Peru, Lima
- Origin
- 🇵🇪 Peru
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Bottled water
- Parent ticker
- BVL: GLORIAI1
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About San Mateo
San Mateo is a Peruvian bottled mineral water made by Manantial SM S.A.C., formerly NABs S.A.C. Leche Gloria signed the purchase with Unión de Cervecerías Peruanas Backus y Johnston on 1 August 2025, received Indecopi approval on 16 October and completed the deal on 3 November 2025. It paid US$89.2 million for all the shares, saying the brand widens its beverage portfolio.
Ownership timeline of San Mateo
Where San Mateo sits in Gloria
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Gloria
Gloria controls 3 brands on Brandtree.
Other brands in bottled water, and who owns them
The 123 brands in bottled water on Brandtree belong to 74 owners. The largest is Spadel, with 5.
About the owner: Gloria
Gloria is a publicly listed company headquartered in Lima, Peru, founded in 1941. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control, and it is listed as BVL: GLORIAI1.
Leche Gloria is Peru's leading dairy company, incorporated in 1941 and controlled through Gloria Foods S.A., which holds 75.54 per cent of its common shares, within the Rodríguez family's Grupo Gloria. Its investment shares trade on the Lima Stock Exchange. In 2025 it had net sales of S/4,660 million, more than half from evaporated milk, and it bought the San Mateo water business.
🇵🇪 San Mateo and other Peruvian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 57 brands that began in Peru. 12 of them (21%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; San Mateo is not one of them.
- Amayu — AJE 🇵🇪
- Alacena — Alicorp 🇵🇪
- Banco de Crédito del Perú — Credicorp 🇵🇪
- Bazo Velarde — Laive 🇵🇪
- Braedt — Sigma Foods 🇲🇽
- Costeño — Camil 🇧🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of San Mateo?
The parent company of San Mateo is Gloria, a publicly listed company headquartered in Peru.
Is San Mateo Peruvian?
Yes. San Mateo originated in Peru and its owner, Gloria, is also headquartered in Peru.
Since when has Gloria owned San Mateo?
Gloria has owned San Mateo since 3 November 2025.
Is San Mateo still owned by Gloria?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, San Mateo is still owned by Gloria. 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] Leche Gloria S.A. Memoria Anual 2025 (filed with the Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores) — Leche Gloria S.A., Annual report, published 19 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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