Who owns SOCA?
SOCA is owned by Demerara Distillers (Guyana, GASCI: DDL).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Demerara Distillers Limited Annual Report 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Demerara Distillers Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇾 Guyana, Georgetown
- Origin
- 🇬🇾 Guyana
- Founded
- 1991
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Other carbonated soft drinks
- Parent ticker
- GASCI: DDL
- Trademark registrant
- DEMERARA DISTILLERS LIMITED (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About SOCA
SOCA is the carbonated soft drink range Demerara Distillers launched in 1991, when it decided to use the carbon dioxide produced as a by-product of distillation rather than vent it, and entered the beverage business on the strength of it. The flavours are local in character — fruit punch, banana, cream soda, pineapple, ginger beer, green, bubblegum — and it is sold in 14oz, 20oz, one-litre and two-litre formats, with a ginger ale sold as a mixer.
Trademark record for SOCA
The USPTO record for the SOCA mark lists DEMERARA DISTILLERS LIMITED as the owner of record (serial number 90857463). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of SOCA
- Current owner Demerara Distillers [1] reported
Where SOCA sits in Demerara Distillers
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Demerara Distillers
Demerara Distillers controls 13 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
Other brands in other carbonated soft drinks, and who owns them
The 80 brands in other carbonated soft drinks on Brandtree belong to 47 owners. The largest is PepsiCo, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Hamoud La Blanche | Hamoud Boualem | 🇩🇿 Algeria |
| 7UP (United States) | Keurig Dr Pepper | 🇺🇸 United States |
| 7UP | PepsiCo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Colombiana | Postobón | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| Faxe Kondi | Royal Unibrew | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| Fanta | Coca-Cola | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Hi-Malt | Heineken | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Jones Soda | Jones Soda | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Demerara Distillers
Demerara Distillers is a publicly listed company headquartered in Georgetown, Guyana, founded in 1952. Brandtree records 13 brands under its control, and it is listed as GASCI: DDL.
Demerara Distillers owns and operates the Diamond Distillery at Plantation Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara, the last distillery left in Guyana, and with it the wooden and metal stills carried over from estates that closed decades ago. It was incorporated on 17 November 1952 as Guyana Distilleries Limited and took its present name in 1983 on merging with Diamond Liquors Limited. It is the largest supplier of bulk rum and alcohol from the Caribbean to brand owners in Europe and North America, and from 1991 onwards deliberately turned itself from a commodity business into a branded one — first by using the carbon dioxide from distillation to enter soft drinks, then by launching El Dorado in 1992. It also runs distribution, shipping and technical services subsidiaries in Guyana and distribution companies in St Kitts, the United States and the Netherlands.
Demerara Distillers: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇬🇾 SOCA and other Guyanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 13 brands that began in Guyana. All of them are controlled from Guyana.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of SOCA?
The parent company of SOCA is Demerara Distillers, a publicly listed company headquartered in Guyana.
Is SOCA Guyanese?
Yes. SOCA originated in Guyana in 1991 and its owner, Demerara Distillers, is also headquartered in Guyana.
Is SOCA still owned by Demerara Distillers?
Yes. As of 3 October 2026, SOCA is still owned by Demerara Distillers. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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] Demerara Distillers Limited Annual Report 2025 — Demerara Distillers Limited, Annual report; retrieved 20 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: SOCA, serial 90857463 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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