Beverage companies in Europe

AB InBev

Belgium · Leuven

The world's largest brewer, headquartered in Leuven. AB InBev owns a portfolio of more than 500 beer brands…

Aldi Stores (brand name of two global discount supermarket chains) operates in the European fast-moving…

Alken-Maes

Belgium · Mechelen

Belgium's second-largest brewer, formed by the merger of the Alken and Maes breweries and now part of…

Asahi Europe & International

United Kingdom · Woking

The European arm of Japan's Asahi Group, assembled largely from brands divested during the AB InBev and…

The largest privately held spirits company in the world, still owned by the founding Bacardí family after…

Bacardi-Martini (largest privately held, family-owned spirits company with Cuban origins) operates in the…

Britvic

United Kingdom · Hemel Hempstead

A British soft-drinks maker with a portfolio of squash, juice and carbonate brands, and the bottler of…

Brown-Forman

United States · Louisville

One of the largest American spirits companies and the owner of Jack Daniel's, still controlled by the Brown…

Campari Group

Italy · Milan

Italian spirits major behind the aperitif icons Campari and Aperol, with a fast-growing portfolio of premium…

Carlsberg

Denmark · Copenhagen

Danish brewing group with a strong footprint in Western & Eastern Europe and Asia, known for its flagship…

Coca-Cola

Belgium · België

Coca-Cola (American multinational beverage corporation) operates in the European fast-moving consumer goods…

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

United Kingdom · Uxbridge

The world's largest Coca-Cola bottler by revenue, producing and distributing soft drinks across Western…

Danone

France · Paris

French multinational focused on dairy & plant-based products, waters and specialised nutrition, with a strong…

Diageo

United Kingdom · London

The world's leading premium spirits producer, with an iconic portfolio of Scotch, vodka, gin, stout and…

Duvel Moortgat

Belgium · Puurs

Independent Belgian family brewer known for its strong golden ale Duvel and a portfolio of characterful…

Heineken

Netherlands · Amsterdam

The second-largest brewer in the world and Europe's beer champion, operating breweries in over 70 countries…

JDE Peet's

Netherlands · Amsterdam

The world's largest pure-play coffee & tea company, uniting European heritage brands under one…

JDE Peet's

Netherlands · Utrecht

JDE Peet's (Dutch beverage company) operates in the European fast-moving consumer goods market, in the…

Lavazza

Italy · Turin

Italian family coffee house, one of the world's most iconic coffee brands, present in retail, out-of-home and…

Mahou San Miguel

Spain · Madrid

Spain's largest brewing group, family-owned and holding roughly a third of the domestic beer market. Solán de…

Melitta

Germany · Minden

The German family business founded by Melitta Bentz, who invented the paper coffee filter in 1908. Beyond…

Nespresso

Germany · Deutschland

Nespresso (coffee brand owned by Nestlé S.A) operates in the European fast-moving consumer goods market, in…

Nestlé

Switzerland · Vevey

The world's largest food and beverage company, with a portfolio spanning coffee, confectionery, dairy, pet…

Oatly

Sweden · Malmö

The Swedish oat-drink maker that turned a university spin-off into the defining plant-based dairy brand…

Paulig

Finland · Helsinki

A Finnish family food and beverage company built on coffee roasting, now also a major Nordic player in spices…

PepsiCo

United States · Purchase, New York

A global food and beverage group whose snacks arm is larger than its drinks business, spanning Lay's, Doritos…

Pernod Ricard

France · Paris

French wines & spirits giant, the world's number-two by sales, with a broad house of international and local…

Red Bull

Austria · Fuschl am See

The Austrian company that created the energy-drink category and still leads it worldwide, selling billions of…

Refresco

Netherlands · Rotterdam

The world's largest independent drinks bottler, filling soft drinks and juices for retailers' own labels and…

Royal Unibrew

Denmark · Faxe

A Danish multi-beverage group spanning beer, soft drinks and mineral water across the Nordics, Baltics and…

Sazerac

United States · New Orleans

A family-owned American spirits company from New Orleans, whose Fireball cinnamon whisky became one of the…

Spadel

Belgium · Brussels

Belgian natural mineral-water group and a European reference in the spring-water category, with iconic brands…

A Japanese drinks group with a large European soft-drinks business built on Orangina, Schweppes and Lucozade…

Swinkels Family Brewers

Netherlands · Lieshout

A Dutch family brewer in its seventh generation, known internationally for Bavaria and for the Belgian…

The Coca-Cola (American multinational beverage corporation) operates in the European fast-moving consumer…

illycaffè

Italy · Trieste

An Italian family coffee roaster from Trieste built on a single blend of nine arabicas, sold identically…