DCSL: brands it owns and its ownership tree
DCSL (CSE: DIST.N0000) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka that owns 8 consumer brands.[1]
Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka is a quoted Sri Lankan spirits company whose roots its annual report traces to 1913, when the Excise Department of Ceylon moved from enforcing liquor rules into distilling. It was privatised in the early 1990s. Its immediate parent is Melstacorp PLC, and the ultimate parent is Milford Exports Ceylon (Private) Limited. In 2024/25 it bought 99.4 per cent of Heineken Lanka from Heineken Asia Pacific and renamed it DCSL Breweries Lanka, which markets Heineken, Tiger and Anchor under the Heineken group's names (those are not listed here as DCSL brands) alongside DCSL's own beers. Its report also shows imported wines and spirits and a separate range marketed by Periceyl (Pvt) Ltd, a Melstacorp company; none of those are included.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC (also DCSL, Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka)
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇱🇰 Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Tickers
- CSE: DIST.N0000
- Website
- dcslgroup.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
DCSL in numbers
- DCSL owns 8 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is beverages with 8 brands.[1]
Everything DCSL 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, 8 brands, with sources → · Competitors by shared categories →
Recent changes to this record
- · Bison added to the dataset
- · Blue Label Arrack added to the dataset
- · Extra Special Arrack added to the dataset
- · Narikela added to the dataset
- · Old Arrack added to the dataset
- · Special Arrack added to the dataset
- · Very Special Old Arrack added to the dataset
- · White Label Arrack added to the dataset
Frequently asked questions
What brands does DCSL own?
DCSL owns 8 consumer brands tracked here, including Extra Special Arrack, Blue Label Arrack, Narikela, Old Arrack, Bison and Special Arrack.
Is DCSL a Sri Lankan company?
Yes. DCSL is headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Who owns DCSL?
DCSL is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as DIST.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] Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC Annual Report 2024/25 — Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC, Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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