Absa: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Absa is a publicly listed company headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa that owns 11 consumer brands.[1]
Absa Group Limited is a South African banking group with banking subsidiaries across Africa. Its 2025 integrated report says the banks are wholly owned apart from Botswana (67.8 percent), Kenya (68.5 percent), Mozambique (98.7 percent), National Bank of Commerce in Tanzania (55 percent) and Seychelles (99.8 percent).
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Absa Group Limited
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇿🇦 Johannesburg, South Africa
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Absa in numbers
- Absa owns 11 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is finance & insurance with 11 brands.[1]
- 10 of its brands originated outside South Africa.
Everything Absa owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
Recent changes to this record
- · Absa Bank Botswana added to the dataset
- · Absa Bank Ghana added to the dataset
- · Absa Bank Kenya added to the dataset
- · Absa Bank Mauritius added to the dataset
- · Absa Bank Mozambique added to the dataset
- · Absa Bank Seychelles added to the dataset
- · Absa Bank Tanzania added to the dataset
- · Absa Bank Uganda added to the dataset
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Absa own?
Absa owns 11 consumer brands tracked here, including National Bank of Commerce, Absa Bank Seychelles, Absa Bank Botswana, Absa, Absa Bank Mozambique and Absa Bank Mauritius.
Is Absa a South African company?
Yes. Absa is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Who owns Absa?
Absa is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders.
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] Absa Group Limited Integrated Report 2025 — Absa Group Limited, Annual report; retrieved 16 October 2026.
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