Anheuser-Busch: brands it owns and its ownership tree

Anheuser-Busch is a publicly listed company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, United States that is tracked here as an owner of consumer businesses, and has 1 recorded transaction.^[1]

Anheuser-Busch brewed Budweiser and dominated American beer until InBev acquired it in 2008.

Status: merged

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Company facts

Legal name: Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
Type: publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
Headquarters: 🇺🇸 St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Founded: 1852
Last verified: 16 September 2026 · 1 sources

Divestitures and spin-offs by Anheuser-Busch

Acquisition closed Closed 18 November 2008

AB InBev acquires Budweiser, Bud Light and Michelob Ultra

Belgian-Brazilian brewer InBev acquired Anheuser-Busch for $70 a share in cash after an initially hostile approach, creating Anheuser-Busch InBev and moving control of Budweiser out of the United States.

Value: $52bn
Buyer: AB InBev
Seller: Anheuser-Busch
Regulatory: Cleared

Brands Anheuser-Busch no longer owns

Anheuser-Busch controlled these 3 brands in the past. Each row shows when the ownership ended and who holds the brand now, so a page that once said Anheuser-Busch owned it still shows why it no longer does.

Brand	Owned until	Owner today
Budweiser	Nov 2008	AB InBev
Bud Light	Nov 2008	AB InBev
Michelob Ultra	Nov 2008	AB InBev

Full ownership and deal history for Anheuser-Busch →

Regulatory history

Case	Regulator	Decision	Date
InBev NV/SA / Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc	cma	cleared	18 November 2008

Anheuser-Busch in the global legal-entity registry

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) keeps an open register of legal entities. Each entity reports its own parents. We show it as a cross-check on the ownership recorded on this page, which is built from filings.

Legal entity identifier (LEI): 5493002J2SVENP0PVK27
Registered name: ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, LLC (US)
Registration status: Issued · record updated 23 April 2026
Parent: None named: it reports that it has no parent that consolidates its accounts.
Retrieved: 22 October 2026 · GLEIF record (JSON)

Frequently asked questions

What brands does Anheuser-Busch own?

Anheuser-Busch is tracked as an owner of consumer businesses; see the ownership tree for its holdings.

Is Anheuser-Busch an American company?

Yes. Anheuser-Busch is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, United States and was founded in 1852.

Who owns Anheuser-Busch?

Anheuser-Busch is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders.

Sources (1) & corrections

Last verified 16 September 2026. Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.

[1] Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Annual Report on Form 20-F — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F; retrieved 16 September 2026.

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