Who owns Simbat?
Simbat is owned by BİM (Turkey, BIST: BIMAS).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: BİM 2025 Entegre Faaliyet Raporu (TSRS Uyumlu), BİM Birleşik Mağazalar A.Ş. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- BİM Birleşik Mağazalar A.Ş. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇹🇷 Turkey, Istanbul
- Origin
- 🇹🇷 Turkey
- Category
- Food › Snacks › Nuts & seeds
- Parent ticker
- BIST: BIMAS
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Simbat
Simbat is one of BİM's own brands and sells packaged nuts. The company's 2025 integrated report, citing Ipsos household panel data for September 2024 to October 2025, says it was the most bought brand in the packaged nuts category in Turkey.
Ownership timeline of Simbat
Where Simbat sits in BİM
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by BİM
BİM controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in nuts & seeds, and who owns them
The 17 brands in nuts & seeds on Brandtree belong to 14 owners. The largest is John B. Sanfilippo & Son, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher | John B. Sanfilippo & Son | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Abu Auf | Agthia | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
| Al Rifai | Al Rifai | 🇱🇧 Lebanon |
| Blue Diamond | Blue Diamond Growers | 🇺🇸 United States |
| FMF Peas | FMF | 🇫🇯 Fiji |
| Garuda | Garudafood | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Planters | Hormel Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Treets | Katjes International | 🇩🇪 Germany |
About the owner: BİM
BİM is a publicly listed company headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey, founded in 1995. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as BIST: BIMAS.
BİM is the Turkish discount grocer whose 2025 integrated annual report says it began in 1995 with 21 stores and ended 2025 with 14,473 stores across Turkey, Morocco and Egypt. It sells mostly goods made to order under its own names, which the report puts at 55 per cent of net sales in 2025, up from 46 per cent in 2005, the year it listed. It also runs the FİLE supermarket chain and the Bimcell mobile service.
🇹🇷 Simbat and other Turkish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 89 brands that began in Turkey. 11 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Simbat is not one of them.
- Albeni — Ülker Bisküvi 🇹🇷
- Eti Browni — Eti 🇹🇷
- Polonez — Siniora 🇯🇴
- Pınar Beyaz — Pınar Süt 🇹🇷
- Tat — Tat Gıda 🇹🇷
- AJet — Turkish Airlines 🇹🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Simbat?
The parent company of Simbat is BİM, a publicly listed company headquartered in Turkey.
Is Simbat Turkish?
Yes. Simbat originated in Turkey and its owner, BİM, is also headquartered in Turkey.
Is Simbat still owned by BİM?
Yes. As of 14 October 2026, Simbat is still owned by BİM. 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] BİM 2025 Entegre Faaliyet Raporu (TSRS Uyumlu) — BİM Birleşik Mağazalar A.Ş., Annual report; retrieved 14 October 2026.
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