Glanbia: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Glanbia (ISE: GL9) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Kilkenny, Ireland that owns 5 consumer brands.[1]
Glanbia is an Irish nutrition group headquartered in Kilkenny, formed when Avonmore Foods and Waterford Foods merged in 1997 and renamed Glanbia, Irish for pure food, in 1999. It reported revenue of $3.9 billion in 2025 across Performance Nutrition, Health & Nutrition and Dairy Nutrition. It has moved from Irish dairy cooperative roots to US sports nutrition brands, selling its Glanbia Ireland stake in 2022 and SlimFast and Body & Fit in 2025. It also holds cheese joint ventures including Southwest Cheese.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Glanbia plc
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇮🇪 Kilkenny, Ireland
- Tickers
- ISE: GL9
- Website
- www.glanbia.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Glanbia in numbers
- Glanbia owns 5 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is food with 5 brands.[1]
- 5 of its brands originated outside Ireland.
Everything Glanbia 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
Glanbia 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)
- 635400SRMCBHVMSKJS84
- Registered name
- Glanbia plc (IE)
- Registration status
- Issued · record updated 15 June 2026
- Parent
- None named: it reports that no person or entity controls it.
- Retrieved
- · GLEIF record (JSON)
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Glanbia own?
Glanbia owns 5 consumer brands tracked here, including Optimum Nutrition, Amazing Grass, think!, Isopure and BSN.
Is Glanbia an Irish company?
Yes. Glanbia is headquartered in Kilkenny, Ireland.
Who owns Glanbia?
Glanbia is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as GL9 on the ISE.
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] Glanbia — Full Year 2025 Results — Glanbia plc, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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