Who owns Spam?
Spam is owned by Hormel Foods (the United States, NYSE: HRL).[1]
Evidence: Hormel Foods Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-12-05, SEC EDGAR, 5 December 2025. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Hormel Foods Corporation verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Austin, Minnesota
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Austin, Minnesota
- Founded
- 1937
- Category
- Food › Meat, poultry & seafood › Processed & packaged meat
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: HRL
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Spam
Spam is canned cooked pork launched in 1937 and shipped in enormous quantities to Allied forces and civilians during the Second World War, which is why it became a lasting staple in Hawaii, the Philippines, South Korea and Britain. Its name gave the internet its term for unwanted email.
Ownership timeline of Spam
- Current owner Hormel Foods [1] verified
Where Spam sits in Hormel Foods
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Hormel Foods
Hormel Foods controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in processed & packaged meat, and who owns them
The 100 brands in processed & packaged meat on Brandtree belong to 42 owners. The largest is Atria, with 8; Hormel Foods has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 3-Stjernet | Atria | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Dalsjöfors | Danish Crown | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| Fantino & Mondello | Maple Leaf Foods | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Bar-S | Sigma Foods | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| Aidells | Tyson Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| KMOTR | AGROFERT | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic |
| Freybe | Premium Brands | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Abraham | Bell Food Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
About the owner: Hormel Foods
Hormel Foods is a publicly listed company headquartered in Austin, Minnesota, United States, founded in 1891. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: HRL.
Hormel Foods was founded in Austin, Minnesota in 1891 as a pork processor and is best known for Spam, which it invented in 1937. The Hormel Foundation holds a controlling block of shares, an arrangement set up to keep the company independent and headquartered in its home town.
Hormel Foods: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Spam and other American brands
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; Spam is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Spam?
The parent company of Spam is Hormel Foods, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Spam American?
Yes. Spam originated in the United States in 1937 and its owner, Hormel Foods, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Spam still owned by Hormel Foods?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Spam is still owned by Hormel Foods. 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] Hormel Foods Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-12-05 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 5 December 2025; retrieved 23 October 2026.
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