Who owns Sprite?
Sprite is owned by Coca-Cola (the United States, NYSE: KO).[1]
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 .
Key facts
- Current owner
- The Coca-Cola Company verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Atlanta, Georgia
- Origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Founded
- 1959
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Other carbonated soft drinks
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: KO
- Trademark registrant
- COCA-COLA COMPANY, THE (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Sprite
Sprite is a lemon-lime soft drink launched in West Germany in 1959 as Fanta Klare Zitrone and introduced in the United States in 1961 to compete with 7UP. It became the leading lemon-lime drink in many markets and has been closely associated with basketball and hip-hop sponsorship since the 1990s.
How often Coca-Cola names Sprite in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central.
Trademark record for Sprite
The USPTO record for the Sprite mark lists COCA-COLA COMPANY, THE as the owner of record (serial number 71681501). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Sprite
Where Sprite sits in Coca-Cola
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola controls 24 brands on Brandtree, 23 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Appletiser (1966)
- Aquarius (1983)
- Ayataka (2007)
- BodyArmor (2011)
- Coca-Cola (1886)
- Coca-Cola Light (1983)
- Coca-Cola Zero Sugar (2005)
- Dasani (1999)
- Diet Coke (1982)
- Fanta (1940)
- Fuze Tea (2001)
- Georgia (1975)
- Innocent (1999)
- Limca (1977)
- Maaza (1976)
- Minute Maid (1945)
- Powerade (1988)
- Simply (2001)
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; Coca-Cola has 3.
| 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 |
| Hi-Malt | Heineken | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Jones Soda | Jones Soda | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Melo | Kasapreko | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
About the owner: Coca-Cola
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.
🇩🇪 Sprite and other German brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 252 brands that began in Germany. 93 of them (37%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Sprite among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Sprite?
The parent company of Sprite is Coca-Cola, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Sprite German or American?
Sprite originated in Germany in 1959, but it is owned today by Coca-Cola, which is headquartered in the United States. So Sprite is a German-origin brand under American ownership.
Is Sprite still owned by Coca-Cola?
Yes. As of 27 September 2026, Sprite is still owned by Coca-Cola. 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] The Coca-Cola Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-20 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 20 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: SPRITE, serial 71681501, registration 704043 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 27 September 2026.
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