Danish Crown: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Danish Crown is a cooperative headquartered in Denmark that owns 9 consumer brands.[1]
Danish Crown is a farmer-owned food company headquartered in Denmark. Its 2024/25 annual report says it was founded in 1887, is a cooperative owned by 4,850 Danish farmers through Leverandørselskabet Danish Crown AmbA, and has operations in 28 countries and 23,156 employees. It reports a Foods division in Denmark, plus Sokołów in Poland and KLS in Sweden. The Swedish brands of KLS and the Polish brands of Sokołów are sold through those subsidiaries.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Danish Crown A/S (also Danish Crown AmbA, Leverandørselskabet Danish Crown AmbA)
- Type
- cooperative · see all cooperative owners
- Headquarters
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Founded
- 1887
- Website
- www.danishcrown.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Danish Crown in numbers
- Danish Crown owns 9 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is food with 9 brands.[1]
- 2 of its brands originated outside Denmark.
Everything Danish Crown 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
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Danish Crown own?
Danish Crown owns 9 consumer brands tracked here, including Sokołów, Tulip, Danish Crown, Gøl, Friland and Steff Houlberg.
Is Danish Crown a Danish company?
Yes. Danish Crown is headquartered in Denmark and was founded in 1887.
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] Danish Crown 2024-2025 Annual Report — Danish Crown, Annual report; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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