Panera Brands: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Panera Brands is a privately held company headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts, United States that owns 3 consumer brands.[1]
Panera grew out of a St. Louis bakery chain and became the largest bakery-café business in the United States, credited with normalising free customer wifi and posting calorie counts before regulation required it. JAB Holding took it private in 2017 for about $7.5 billion.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Panera Brands, Inc.
- Type
- privately held company · see all privately held company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇺🇸 Newton, Massachusetts, United States
- Founded
- 1987
- Website
- www.panerabread.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Panera Brands in numbers
- Panera Brands owns 3 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is restaurants & foodservice with 3 brands.[1]
Everything Panera Brands 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
Panera Brands 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)
- 5493000FBB6F76YHEI41
- Registered name
- PANERA BRANDS, INC. (US)
- Registration status
- Issued · record updated 8 July 2026
- Parent
- None named: it reports that it has no parent that consolidates its accounts.
- Retrieved
- · GLEIF record (JSON)
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Panera Brands own?
Panera Brands owns 3 consumer brands tracked here, including Caribou Coffee, Einstein Bros. Bagels and Panera Bread.
Is Panera Brands an American company?
Yes. Panera Brands is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts, United States and was founded in 1987.
Who owns Panera Brands?
Panera Brands is privately held. Panera grew out of a St. Louis bakery chain and became the largest bakery-café business in the United States, credited with normalising free customer wifi and posting calorie counts before regulation required it.
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] Panera Bread — our story — Panera Brands, Inc., Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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