Who owns Tsingtao Beer?
Tsingtao Beer is owned by Tsingtao Brewery (China, HKEX: 0168).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Tsingtao Brewery — 2025 Annual Results Announcement, Tsingtao Brewery Company Limited, 26 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Tsingtao Brewery Company Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇳 China, Qingdao
- Origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Lager
- Parent ticker
- HKEX: 0168
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Tsingtao Beer
Tsingtao Beer is the flagship brand of Tsingtao Brewery, sold in more than 120 countries and regions. World Brand Laboratory valued it at RMB280.355 billion in 2025, the highest in the Chinese beer industry. Its core brands sold 4.494 million kilolitres that year, up 3.5 per cent, with 3.318 million kilolitres from the mid-to-high-end tiers, and the company runs The World of Tsingtao museum.
Ownership timeline of Tsingtao Beer
- Current owner Tsingtao Brewery [1] reported
Where Tsingtao Beer sits in Tsingtao Brewery
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Tsingtao Brewery
Tsingtao Brewery controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
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; Tsingtao Brewery has 3.
About the owner: Tsingtao Brewery
Tsingtao Brewery is a publicly listed company headquartered in Qingdao, China. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control, and it is listed as HKEX: 0168.
Tsingtao Brewery is a Sino-foreign joint stock company that calls itself the longest-standing beer manufacturer in China, with shares quoted in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Its largest named shareholder is the state-owned Tsingtao Brewery Group, with 32.51 per cent in early 2026. In 2025 it sold 7.648 million kilolitres of beer, earning RMB32.47 billion in revenue and RMB4.59 billion in net profit, under a strategy of Tsingtao Beer as the core brand and Laoshan Beer as the second.
Tsingtao Brewery: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇨🇳 Tsingtao Beer and other Chinese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 339 brands that began in China. 39 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Tsingtao Beer is not one of them.
- 17.5° — Nongfu Spring 🇨🇳
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- Fenjiu — Shanxi Fenjiu 🇨🇳
- Gujing Gongjiu — Gujing 🇨🇳
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Tsingtao Beer?
The parent company of Tsingtao Beer is Tsingtao Brewery, a publicly listed company headquartered in China.
Is Tsingtao Beer Chinese?
Yes. Tsingtao Beer originated in China and its owner, Tsingtao Brewery, is also headquartered in China.
Is Tsingtao Beer still owned by Tsingtao Brewery?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Tsingtao Beer is still owned by Tsingtao Brewery. 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] Tsingtao Brewery — 2025 Annual Results Announcement — Tsingtao Brewery Company Limited, Stock exchange filing, published 26 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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