Who owns Virši?
Virši is owned by AS Virši-A (Latvia, Nasdaq Riga: VIRSI).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: AS Virši-A Audited Consolidated Annual Report for 2025, 20 April 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- AS Virši-A reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇱🇻 Latvia, Aizkraukle
- Origin
- 🇱🇻 Latvia
- Category
- Energy › Oil & gas › Fuel stations
- Parent ticker
- Nasdaq Riga: VIRSI
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Virši
Virši is a Latvian chain of service stations with 84 sites at the end of 2025, run by Virši-A, which added a Lithuanian subsidiary in 2024. Its convenience stores earned more of the group's gross profit in 2025 than its fuel did, 51.8 per cent. It sells compressed biogas at ten stations and in February 2026 agreed to lease 19 more stations, subject to approval by the Latvian Competition Council.
Ownership timeline of Virši
Where Virši sits in Virši
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Virši ownership tree →
Other brands in fuel stations, and who owns them
The 49 brands in fuel stations on Brandtree belong to 37 owners. The largest is bp, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Aral | bp | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Casey's | Casey's | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Ampol | Ampol | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Caltex | Chevron | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Circle K | Couche-Tard | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Esso | ExxonMobil | 🇺🇸 United States |
| AVIN | Motor Oil Hellas | 🇬🇷 Greece |
| Murphy USA | Murphy USA | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Virši
Virši is a publicly listed company headquartered in Aizkraukle, Latvia, founded in 1995. Brandtree records 1 brand under its control, and it is listed as Nasdaq Riga: VIRSI.
Virši-A is a Latvian fuel retailer, registered in Aizkraukle in January 1995, which describes itself, with its subsidiaries, as the largest local trader of energy resources and network of convenience stores. It runs service stations under the VIRŠI name, sells electricity and gas, and invests in biomethane. Five individuals each hold between 12.8 and 21 per cent of its shares, which have traded on the Nasdaq Riga First North market since November 2021.
🇱🇻 Virši and other Latvian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 22 brands that began in Latvia. 11 of them (50%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Virši is not one of them.
- Cido — Royal Unibrew 🇩🇰
- Cosmopolitan Diva — Amber Beverage Group 🇱🇺
- Cēsu Alus — Olvi 🇫🇮
- Dzintars — Rīgas Piena Kombināts 🇱🇻
- Jelgavas Cukurs — Nordzucker 🇩🇪
- Kekava Foods — Akola Group 🇱🇹
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Virši?
The parent company of Virši is AS Virši-A, a publicly listed company headquartered in Latvia.
Is Virši Latvian?
Yes. Virši originated in Latvia and its owner, AS Virši-A, is also headquartered in Latvia.
Is Virši still owned by AS Virši-A?
Yes. As of 28 October 2026, Virši is still owned by AS Virši-A. 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] AS Virši-A Audited Consolidated Annual Report for 2025 — AS Virši-A, Annual report, published 20 April 2026; retrieved 28 October 2026.
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