Who owns TABASCO?
TABASCO is owned by McIlhenny Company (the United States).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: TABASCO — our history, McIlhenny Company. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- McIlhenny Company reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Avery Island, Louisiana
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Avery Island, Louisiana
- Founded
- 1868
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Sauces & ketchup
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About TABASCO
Tabasco is made from peppers mashed with Avery Island salt and aged in oak barrels for three years before vinegar is added, a process essentially unchanged since 1868. It is sold in more than 190 countries and labelled in over twenty languages.
Ownership timeline of TABASCO
- Current owner McIlhenny Company [1] reported
Where TABASCO sits in McIlhenny Company
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands in sauces & ketchup, and who owns them
The 90 brands in sauces & ketchup on Brandtree belong to 52 owners. The largest is Develey, with 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bautz'ner | Develey | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Chungjungone | Daesang | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Haitian | Haitian | 🇨🇳 China |
| Búfalo | Grupo Herdez | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| A.1. | Kraft Heinz | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Las Palmas | B&G Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Erisco | Erisco Foods | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
| Hon Tsuyu | Kikkoman | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: McIlhenny Company
McIlhenny Company is a family-owned company headquartered in Avery Island, Louisiana, United States, founded in 1868. Brandtree records 1 brand under its control.
McIlhenny Company has made Tabasco on Avery Island, Louisiana since 1868, and is still owned and run by direct descendants of the founder. The island is a salt dome, and the company has produced sauce and mined salt from the same site for over 150 years.
McIlhenny Company: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 TABASCO 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; TABASCO is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of TABASCO?
The parent company of TABASCO is McIlhenny Company, a family-owned company headquartered in the United States.
Is TABASCO American?
Yes. TABASCO originated in the United States in 1868 and its owner, McIlhenny Company, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is TABASCO still owned by McIlhenny Company?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, TABASCO is still owned by McIlhenny Company. 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] TABASCO — our history — McIlhenny Company, Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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