Cargills: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Cargills (CSE: CARG.N0000) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka that owns 9 consumer brands across 4 categories and makes and sells 1 consumer brand under licence without owning the name.[1]
Cargills is Sri Lanka's largest food company, which began in 1844 as a general warehouse, import and wholesale business and until 1983 ran only four upmarket department stores. It now spans supermarkets, dairy, beverages, processed meats, confectionery and restaurants, and reported group revenue of Rs. 272.7 billion and profit after tax of Rs. 10.8 billion for the year ended 31 March 2026. Its distinguishing feature is the agricultural supply chain it built after 1999, buying fruit and vegetables directly from smallholders through collection centres rather than through middlemen, which makes it the single largest collector of produce in the country.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Cargills (Ceylon) PLC (also Cargills Ceylon)
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇱🇰 Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Founded
- 1844
- Tickers
- CSE: CARG.N0000
- Website
- www.cargillsceylon.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Cargills in numbers
- Cargills owns 9 consumer brands tracked here across 4 top-level categories; the largest is food with 5 brands.[1]
Everything Cargills 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, 9 brands, with sources → · Competitors by shared categories →
Minority stakes, joint ventures and licences
- KFC (Sri Lanka) — licensee 100% since 1996[1]Made and sold under licence; the KFC name is owned by Yum! Brands, Inc.
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Cargills own?
Cargills owns 9 consumer brands tracked here, including KIST, Cargills Food City, Magic, Kotmale, Goldi and Cargills Online.
Is Cargills a Sri Lankan company?
Yes. Cargills is headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka and was founded in 1844.
Who owns Cargills?
Cargills is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as CARG.N0000 on the CSE.
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] Cargills (Ceylon) PLC Integrated Annual Report 2025/26 — Cargills (Ceylon) PLC, Annual report; retrieved 23 September 2026.
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