🇮🇪 Irish brands and who owns them
Of 56 Irish consumer brands tracked here, 31 (55%) are owned by companies headquartered outside Ireland, most often in the United Kingdom, Canada and France.
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56
Irish brands
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31
foreign-owned · 55%
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25
domestically owned
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28
Irish brand owners
Who bought the Irish brands?
| Owner country | Brands | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Irish brands owned by British companies | 14 | Aer Lingus (IAG), Amber Oil (Greenergy), Baileys (Diageo), Bord Gáis Energy (Centrica), Goodfella's (Nomad Foods) |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | 3 | 123.ie (Intact), Irish Life (Lifeco), Strong Roots (McCain Foods) |
| 🇫🇷 France | 2 | CNP Santander Insurance (CNP Assurances), Jameson (Pernod Ricard) |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | 2 | McKinney's (Nordzucker), Siúcra (Nordzucker) |
| 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 2 | The Irishman (Amber Beverage Group), Writers' Tears (Amber Beverage Group) |
| 🇺🇸 United States | 1 | Carolans Irish Cream (Heaven Hill) |
| 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 1 | Guinness (Haiti) (Heineken) |
| 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 1 | Guinness (Seychelles) (PhoenixBev) |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | 1 | Irish Citylink (ComfortDelGro) |
| 🇮🇹 Italy | 1 | KittenSoft (Sofidel) |
| 🇵🇱 Poland | 1 | Lily O'Brien's (Colian) |
| 🇧🇲 Bermuda | 1 | Virgin Media Ireland (Liberty Global) |
| 🇫🇮 Finland | 1 | Waterford (Fiskars Group) |
Irish companies that own brands
- Valeo Foods · 22 brands
- CRH · 8 brands
- James Hardie · 8 brands
- C&C Group · 7 brands
- Glanbia · 5 brands
- Ryanair · 5 brands
- ESB · 4 brands
- Glen Dimplex · 4 brands
- CIÉ · 3 brands
- DCC · 3 brands
- Medtronic · 3 brands
- PDD Holdings · 3 brands
- Perrigo · 3 brands
- Aon · 2 brands
- Hostelworld Group · 2 brands
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals · 2 brands
- Kinisla · 2 brands
- WTW · 2 brands
- daa · 2 brands
- ADS-TEC Energy · 1 brands
- AerCap · 1 brands
- An Post · 1 brands
- Avolon · 1 brands
- Dole · 1 brands
- EirGrid · 1 brands
- ICG · 1 brands
- SMBC Aviation Capital · 1 brands
- Seagate · 1 brands