Who owns Watt's?
Watt's is half-owned by Watt's S.A. (Chile, BCS: WATTS).[1]
Watt's S.A. owns 50% of Watt's rather than all of it.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Watt's S.A. Memoria Integrada 2025, 18 April 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Watt's S.A. (50% stake) reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇱 Chile, Santiago
- Origin
- 🇨🇱 Chile
- Founded
- 1941
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Juice & juice drinks
- Parent ticker
- BCS: WATTS
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About Watt's
Watt's is a Chilean brand of fruit juices and nectars named after the Watt family, who started the business in 1941 making homemade jams. In fruit drinks the name belongs to Promarca S.A., formed in 2006, which Watt's S.A. and Compañía Cervecerías Unidas (CCU) each own 50%; Watt's pays Promarca a royalty to use it. Promarca also owns Frugo and the Yogu Yogu and Shake Shake dairy drinks. In Peru, Laive has made and sold Watt's drinks under a contract since 2003.
Ownership timeline of Watt's
Where Watt's sits in Watt's
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Watt's
Watt's controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Santa Carolina (1875)
Other brands in juice & juice drinks, and who owns them
The 142 brands in juice & juice drinks on Brandtree belong to 84 owners. The largest is Eckes-Granini, with 11.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Brämhults | Eckes-Granini | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Apple & Eve | Lassonde | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Appletiser | Coca-Cola | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Kagome Tomato Juice | Kagome | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Fructal | Nectar Group | 🇷🇸 Serbia |
| All Coco | Sappe | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Amayu | AJE | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| Kiddy Pack | Kasapreko | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
About the owner: Watt's
Watt's is a publicly listed company headquartered in Santiago, Chile, founded in 1941. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as BCS: WATTS.
Watt's S.A. is a Chilean food and wine company, listed in Santiago as WATTS and controlled with 51.15% by Chacabuco S.A., a company of the Larrain Cruzat family. It began in 1941 as the Watt family's homemade-jam business and grew by buying oil and margarine makers in the 1970s, the Loncoche dairy and the Osorno cooperative CALO in the 1980s, Frutos del Maipo in 2014 and Danone Chile in 2017. It sells more than 40 brands from six plants, and its consolidated revenue in 2025 was Ch$633.5 billion. It owns Viña Santa Carolina, holds half of the brand company Promarca with CCU, and holds 37.58% of Peru's Laive, which it controls jointly with a Peruvian partner.
🇨🇱 Watt's and other Chilean brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 69 brands that began in Chile. 8 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Watt's is not one of them.
- Almaviva — Concha y Toro 🇨🇱
- Austral — CCU 🇨🇱
- Carmen — Viña Santa Rita 🇨🇱
- Chateau Los Boldos — Sogrape 🇵🇹
- Guallarauco — Coca-Cola Andina 🇨🇱
- Indomita — Changyu 🇨🇳
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Watt's?
Watt's has no sole parent company: it is half-owned by Watt's S.A., a publicly listed company headquartered in Chile.
Is Watt's Chilean?
Yes. Watt's originated in Chile in 1941 and its owner, Watt's S.A., is also headquartered in Chile.
Is Watt's still owned by Watt's S.A.?
Yes. As of 24 October 2026, Watt's is still half-owned by Watt's S.A. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (3) & 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] Watt's S.A. Memoria Integrada 2025 — Watt's S.A., Annual report, published 18 April 2026; retrieved 24 October 2026.
- [2] Laive — Nuestra historia — Laive S.A., Official document; retrieved 24 October 2026.
- [3] Laive — Tienda (brand filter) — Laive S.A., Official document; retrieved 24 October 2026.
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