CCU: brands it owns and its ownership tree
CCU (NYSE: CCU) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Santiago, Chile that owns 18 consumer brands and makes and sells 1 consumer brand under licence without owning the name.[1][2]
Compañía Cervecerías Unidas is a Chilean multi-category beverage company whose oldest predecessor was the brewery Joaquín Plagemann opened in Valparaíso in 1850; the present company was organised by public deed in January 1902 out of a merger of two breweries. It sells beer, soft drinks, bottled water, wine, pisco, rum and cider in Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay and Uruguay, and reported more than 180 brands when it marked its 175th anniversary in 2025. Chile produces roughly two-thirds of its sales. Its controlling shareholder, IRSA, holds 65.87% of the company and is itself split evenly between Quiñenco and Heineken.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A. (also United Breweries Company)
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇨🇱 Santiago, Chile
- Founded
- 1902
- Tickers
- NYSE: CCU
- Revenue
- CLP 2.9 trillion (2024)[2]
- SEC CIK
- 0000888746
- Website
- www.ccu.cl
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
What CCU's annual report says about its business
Read from CCU's latest annual filing[1]. Each line gives the sentence the filing uses, copied word for word.
Segments the filing names
- Chile, International Business, Wine:
CCU reports its consolidated results pursuant to the following Operating segments, essentially defined with respect to its revenues in the geographic areas of commercial activity: Chile, International Business and Wine.
CCU in numbers
- CCU owns 18 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is beverages with 18 brands.[1]
- 7 of its brands originated outside Chile.
CCU financial history
Headline figures from CCU's annual reports filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, in CLP as reported, fiscal years ending 2019–2024. Revenue moved from CLP 1822.5bn to CLP 2904.6bn, an average of 9.8% a year (calculated).
| Fiscal year ended | Revenue | Operating income | Operating margin | Net income | Total assets | Long-term debt | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLP 2904.6bn | CLP 262.6bn | 9.0% | CLP 176.5bn | CLP 3989.7bn | — | 20-F | |
| CLP 2565.6bn | CLP 240bn | 9.4% | CLP 118.4bn | CLP 3423.9bn | — | 20-F | |
| CLP 2711.4bn | CLP 218.8bn | 8.1% | CLP 135.5bn | CLP 3595.1bn | — | 20-F | |
| CLP 2484.7bn | CLP 330.5bn | 13.3% | CLP 219.1bn | CLP 2846.8bn | — | 20-F/A | |
| CLP 1857.6bn | CLP 175.2bn | 9.4% | CLP 108.2bn | CLP 2525.3bn | — | 20-F | |
| CLP 1822.5bn | CLP 234bn | 12.8% | CLP 145.6bn | CLP 2353.7bn | — | 20-F |
Source: SEC XBRL company facts. A dash means the company did not report that line in a form we could read. Figures for a year can be restated in a later filing; the latest filing's number is shown.
Everything CCU owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
- Austral (50%)
- Bilz y Pap
- Cachantún (50.1%)
- Cristal
- Escudo
- Gato Negro (85.15%)
- Graffigna (85.15%)
- Isenbeck
- Kunstmann
- Levité (50.1%)
- Manantial
- Mistral (80%)
- Palermo
- Royal Guard
- Schneider
- Sidra Real
- Villavicencio (50.1%)
- Viña Tarapacá (85.15%)
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Brand portfolio by category
Beverages (18)
- Austral (50%)
- Bilz y Pap
- Cachantún (50.1%)
- Cristal
- Escudo
- Gato Negro (85.15%)
- Graffigna (85.15%)
- Isenbeck
- Kunstmann
- Levité (50.1%)
- and 8 more →
Full portfolio, 18 brands, with sources → · Competitors by shared categories →
Minority stakes, joint ventures and licences
- Heineken (Chile and Argentina) — licensee 100% since 2003[1]Made and sold under licence; the Heineken name is owned by Heineken N.V.
CCU 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)
- 529900BJW9B0O6LI2R39
- Registered name
- Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A. (CL)
- Registration status
- Issued · record updated 6 December 2025
- Parent
- None named: it reports that no person or entity controls it.
- Retrieved
- · GLEIF record (JSON)
CCU SEC filings
The documents behind the figures on this page, as listed in the SEC's EDGAR index. Each links to the filing itself.
Annual reports
- Annual report (foreign issuer), filed (20-F)
- Annual report (foreign issuer), filed (20-F)
- Annual report (foreign issuer), filed (20-F)
- Annual report (amended), filed (20-F/A)
- Annual report (foreign issuer), filed (20-F)
- Annual report (foreign issuer), filed (20-F)
- Annual report (foreign issuer), filed (20-F)
Recent current and quarterly reports
| Filed | Form | What it declares |
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| 6-K | Report of a foreign private issuer | |
| 6-K | Report of a foreign private issuer | |
| 6-K | Report of a foreign private issuer | |
| 6-K | Report of a foreign private issuer | |
| 6-K | Report of a foreign private issuer | |
| 6-K | Report of a foreign private issuer | |
| 6-K | Report of a foreign private issuer | |
| 6-K | Report of a foreign private issuer |
Frequently asked questions
What brands does CCU own?
CCU owns 18 consumer brands tracked here, including Cachantún, Palermo, Graffigna, Bilz y Pap, Escudo and Villavicencio.
Is CCU a Chilean company?
Yes. CCU is headquartered in Santiago, Chile and was founded in 1902.
Who owns CCU?
CCU is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as CCU on the NYSE.
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] Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-29 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 29 April 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A.: Form 20-F for the year ended 2024-12-31 (revenue) — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 29 April 2025; retrieved 4 October 2026.
- [3] CCU: Nuestra historia — hitos y productos históricos — Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A., Official document; retrieved 27 September 2026.
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