Smartwater is owned by Coca-Cola (the United States, NYSE: KO), which acquired the brand on 7 June 2007, as part of a $4.1 billion deal that also included Vitaminwater.[1][2] Smartwater was founded in 1996 in the United States and was independent until 2007.
Evidence: The Coca-Cola Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-20, SEC EDGAR, 20 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Smartwater is vapour-distilled water with added electrolytes, launched in 1996 by Energy Brands and sold on a purity claim, with a bottle designed to look pharmaceutical rather than natural. Coca-Cola acquired it with the Glacéau business in 2007 for $4.1 billion.
The USPTO record for the Smartwater mark lists Energy Brands, Inc. as the owner of record (serial number 76174464). 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.[3]
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Coca-Cola controls 24 brands on Brandtree, 23 of them in beverages.
The 121 brands in bottled water on Brandtree belong to 72 owners. The largest is Spadel, with 5; Coca-Cola has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bru | Spadel | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| Al Ain Water | Agthia | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
| Cachantún | CCU | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Jamnica | Fortenova Group | 🇭🇷 Croatia |
| Ondrášovka | Kofola | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic |
| Aïn Atlas | Oulmès | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
| Garci | SFBT | 🇹🇳 Tunisia |
| Melgaço | Super Bock Group | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
Coca-Cola is a publicly listed company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, founded in 1892. Brandtree records 24 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: KO.
The Coca-Cola Company is an Atlanta beverage company incorporated in 1892. It owns brands and concentrate, and mostly does not bottle its own drinks: independent and partly owned bottlers such as Coca-Cola Europacific Partners handle production and distribution.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Smartwater is not one of them.
Coca-Cola acquired Energy Brands, known as Glacéau, for $4.1 billion in cash, buying vitaminwater and smartwater. It was the company's largest acquisition to that point and a bet that growth would come from outside carbonated drinks.
The parent company of Smartwater is Coca-Cola, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Yes. Smartwater originated in the United States in 1996 and its owner, Coca-Cola, is also headquartered in the United States.
Coca-Cola completed its acquisition of Smartwater on 7 June 2007, after announcing the deal on 25 May 2007. The deal, which also included Vitaminwater, was valued at $4.1 billion (enterprise value).
Smartwater was an independent company from its founding in 1996 until Coca-Cola acquired it in 2007.
Yes. As of 27 September 2026, Smartwater is still owned by Coca-Cola. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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