Who owns Tennent's?
Tennent's is owned by C&C Group (Ireland, LSE: CCR).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: C&C Group plc Annual Report 2026 (year ended 28 February 2026). Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- C&C Group plc reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇪 Ireland, Dublin
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Glasgow
- Founded
- 1885 by Hugh Tennent
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Lager
- Parent ticker
- LSE: CCR
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Tennent's
Tennent's Lager has been brewed at the Wellpark Brewery in Glasgow since 1885, when Hugh Tennent set out to make a Scottish lager to rival the beers he had tasted in Bavaria. C&C calls it Scotland's favourite lager, made with water from Loch Katrine and Scottish malted barley and sold in more than 60 countries. In C&C's 2026 financial year it grew share of Scotland's On-Trade lager market and launched Tennent's Bavarian Pilsner, the brand's first new product in several years.
Ownership timeline of Tennent's
Where Tennent's sits in C&C Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by C&C Group
C&C Group controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Bulmers (1935)
- Drygate (2014)
- Innis & Gunn
- Magners
- Orchard Pig
- Outcider (2017)
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.
About the owner: C&C Group
C&C Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: CCR.
C&C Group is a drinks company with its registered office in Dublin that makes, markets and distributes beer, cider, wine, spirits and soft drinks across the UK and Ireland, and calls itself the number one distributor to hospitality in both markets. It brews Tennent's at Wellpark in Glasgow and makes Bulmers and Magners cider in Clonmel, and it reported net revenue of €1,569.8 million in the year to 28 February 2026. Its Matthew Clark and Bibendum wholesale business sells many brands it does not own.
🇬🇧 Tennent's and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 571 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 297 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Tennent's among them.
- Badger — Hall & Woodhouse 🇬🇧
- Balblair — ThaiBev 🇹🇭
- Beefeater — Pernod Ricard 🇫🇷
- Bishops Finger — Shepherd Neame 🇬🇧
- Bombay Sapphire — Bacardi 🇧🇲
- Boost — A.G. Barr 🇬🇧
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Tennent's?
The parent company of Tennent's is C&C Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in Ireland.
Is Tennent's British or Irish?
Tennent's originated in the United Kingdom in 1885, but it is owned today by C&C Group, which is headquartered in Ireland. So Tennent's is a British-origin brand under Irish ownership.
Is Tennent's still owned by C&C Group?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Tennent's is still owned by C&C Group. 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] C&C Group plc Annual Report 2026 (year ended 28 February 2026) — C&C Group plc, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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