Avril: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Avril is a privately held company headquartered in France that owns 11 consumer brands.[1]
Avril is a French agro-industrial group, originally named Sofiprotéol and founded in 1983 by the French oilseed and protein sector; it became a limited partnership with shares (SCA) in 2015. Its limited partners are mainly FIDOP, the FOP farmers' federation and the Fondation Avril. Besides crushing, oleochemicals and animal nutrition, it owns consumer food brands, mainly edible oils. Its Moroccan, Tunisian and Algerian edible-oil businesses (Lesieur Cristal and affiliates) are recorded separately on this site and are not repeated here.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Avril SCA (also Groupe Avril, Sofiprotéol)
- Type
- privately held company · see all privately held company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇫🇷 France
- Founded
- 1983
- Website
- www.avril.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Avril in numbers
- Avril owns 11 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is food with 11 brands.[1]
- 3 of its brands originated outside France.
Everything Avril 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
Full portfolio, 11 brands, with sources → · Competitors by shared categories →
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Avril own?
Avril owns 11 consumer brands tracked here, including Puget, Lesieur, Soléou, Bunica, Costa d'Oro and Maison Guénard.
Is Avril a French company?
Yes. Avril is headquartered in France and was founded in 1983.
Who owns Avril?
Avril is privately held. Avril is a French agro-industrial group, originally named Sofiprotéol and founded in 1983 by the French oilseed and protein sector; it became a limited partnership with shares (SCA) in 2015.
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] Avril: Subsidiaries and brands — Avril SCA, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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