ST. Nicolaus: brands it owns and its ownership tree
ST. Nicolaus is a privately held company headquartered in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia that owns 5 consumer brands.[1]
ST. NICOLAUS a.s. is Slovakia's largest producer and distributor of alcoholic beverages, headquartered in Liptovský Mikuláš where a distillery master, Armin Stark, founded the town's first private spirits refinery in 1867. The present joint-stock company was incorporated on 1 May 1992 and began vodka production in 1995; it now runs two liqueur factories, a distillery and a fruit distillery across plants in Liptovský Mikuláš and Leopoldov, Slovakia, and in Hungary, exporting to more than 20 markets in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America. Alongside its own spirits it is the exclusive Slovak distributor of González Byass' Spanish brandy, gin and wine imports, which it sells but does not make.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- ST. NICOLAUS a.s. (also St. Nicolaus, ST NICOLAUS Group a.s.)
- Type
- privately held company · see all privately held company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇸🇰 Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia
- Founded
- 1992
- Website
- www.nicolaus.sk
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
ST. Nicolaus in numbers
- ST. Nicolaus owns 5 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is beverages with 5 brands.[1]
Everything ST. Nicolaus 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, 5 brands, with sources → · Competitors by shared categories →
ST. Nicolaus 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)
- 3157003YN22BM87RL916
- Registered name
- ST. NICOLAUS a.s. (SK)
- Registration status
- Issued · record updated 23 April 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 ST. Nicolaus own?
ST. Nicolaus owns 5 consumer brands tracked here, including Demänovka, Jubilejná, Borovička Slovenská, Nicolaus and Armin Stark.
Is ST. Nicolaus a Slovak company?
Yes. ST. Nicolaus is headquartered in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia and was founded in 1992.
Who owns ST. Nicolaus?
ST. Nicolaus is privately held. ST.
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] ST. NICOLAUS a.s. — company site and product listing — ST. NICOLAUS a.s., Official document; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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