Who owns Tetra?
Tetra is owned by Spectrum Brands (the United States, NYSE: SPB).[1]
Evidence: Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-11-18, SEC EDGAR, 18 November 2025. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Middleton, Wisconsin
- Origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Founded
- 1951
- Category
- Pet & animal care › Pet supplies & services › Pet supplies
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: SPB
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Tetra
Tetra makes aquarium food and equipment, founded in Germany in 1951 by a scientist who developed the first practical dry food for tropical fish. It is the largest brand in the aquatics category worldwide. Spectrum Brands owns it, and before that food most home aquarium keepers had to raise or buy live food.
How often Spectrum Brands names Tetra 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.
Ownership timeline of Tetra
- Current owner Spectrum Brands [1] verified
Where Tetra sits in Spectrum Brands
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Spectrum Brands
Spectrum Brands controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in pet & animal care.
Also in pet & animal care
- FURminator (2003)
Founded in the 1950s
- Cutter (1958)
Other brands in pet supplies, and who owns them
The 28 brands in pet supplies on Brandtree belong to 14 owners. The largest is Tractor Supply, with 3; Spectrum Brands has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Aqueon | Central Garden & Pet | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Frisco | Chewy | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Musti | Sonae | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
| 4health | Tractor Supply | 🇺🇸 United States |
| BarkBox | BARK | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Fresh Step | Clorox | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Melo Pet & Garden | Grupo Melo | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| Cat's Pride | Oil-Dri | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Spectrum Brands
Spectrum Brands is a publicly listed company headquartered in Middleton, Wisconsin, United States, founded in 1906. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: SPB.
Spectrum Brands is a diversified consumer products company built by acquisition, now focused on home and garden, pet supplies and home appliances after selling its battery and auto care businesses to Energizer in 2019 and its hardware business to Assa Abloy in 2023.
Spectrum Brands: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇩🇪 Tetra 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, Tetra among them.
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- Pets Deli — VAFO 🇨🇿
- 3 Glocken — Princes Group 🇬🇧
- A. Lange & Söhne — Richemont 🇨🇭
- ABOUT YOU — Zalando 🇩🇪
- ADS-TEC Energy — ADS-TEC Energy 🇮🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Tetra?
The parent company of Tetra is Spectrum Brands, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Tetra German or American?
Tetra originated in Germany in 1951, but it is owned today by Spectrum Brands, which is headquartered in the United States. So Tetra is a German-origin brand under American ownership.
Is Tetra still owned by Spectrum Brands?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Tetra is still owned by Spectrum Brands. 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] Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-11-18 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 18 November 2025; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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