Who owns Staropramen?
Staropramen is owned by Molson Coors (the United States, NYSE: TAP).[1]
Evidence: Molson Coors Beverage Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-18, SEC EDGAR, 18 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Molson Coors Beverage Company verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Chicago, Illinois
- Origin
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic, Prague
- Founded
- 1869
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Lager
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: TAP
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Staropramen
Staropramen has been brewed in the Smíchov district of Prague since 1869 and is the second-largest Czech beer brand after Pilsner Urquell. Molson Coors acquired it in 2012 with the central European business of StarBev, and it anchors the company's operations across the Czech Republic and neighbouring markets.
What Molson Coors's annual report says about Staropramen
Sentences about Staropramen from Molson Coors's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
In addition, during the third quarter of 2025, as we began updating our long-range plan based on current year results to date, we identified a triggering event for the Staropramen family of brands in the EMEA&APAC segment.
In conjunction with the impairment review of the Staropramen family of brands, we also reassessed the brand's indefinite-life classification and determined that certain factors supported the reclassification to a definite-lived intangible asset, and therefore we assigned a useful life of 50 years.
In addition, during the fourth quarter of 2023, a partial impairment charge of $160.7 million was recorded as a result of our 2023 annual impairment testing of the Staropramen family of brands.
How often Molson Coors names Staropramen 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. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Staropramen
- Current owner Molson Coors [1] verified
Where Staropramen sits in Molson Coors
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Molson Coors
Molson Coors controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Blue Moon (1995)
- Carling (1840)
- Coors Light (1978)
- Miller Lite (1975)
- Molson Canadian (1959)
Other brands in lager, and who owns them
The 200 brands in lager on Brandtree belong to 55 owners. The largest is AB InBev, with 17; Molson Coors has 5.
About the owner: Molson Coors
Molson Coors is a publicly listed company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States, founded in 2005. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: TAP.
Molson Coors was created in 2005 by the merger of Canada's Molson, founded 1786, and America's Coors, founded 1873. It bought out SABMiller's half of the MillerCoors joint venture in 2016 when SABMiller was sold to AB InBev.
Molson Coors: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇨🇿 Staropramen and other Czech brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 42 brands that began in the Czech Republic. 11 of them (26%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Staropramen among them.
- Becherovka — Maspex 🇵🇱
- Bernard — Duvel Moortgat 🇧🇪
- Holba — Kofola 🇨🇿
- Pilsner Urquell — Asahi Group 🇯🇵
- Allegro.cz — Allegro 🇵🇱
- Brit — VAFO 🇨🇿
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Staropramen?
The parent company of Staropramen is Molson Coors, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Staropramen Czech or American?
Staropramen originated in the Czech Republic in 1869, but it is owned today by Molson Coors, which is headquartered in the United States. So Staropramen is a Czech-origin brand under American ownership.
Is Staropramen still owned by Molson Coors?
Yes. As of 10 October 2026, Staropramen is still owned by Molson Coors. 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] Molson Coors Beverage Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-18 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 18 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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