By Mark Pierce, Esq.
It may be surprising to find out that a few major beverage companies own the majority of beer brands. Many massive beverage manufacturers have been buying up popular local and craft beers to increase the list of libations in their arsenal. One of the biggest beverage manufacturers is Anheuser-Busch InBev, commonly known as AB InBev.
The team at WyomingLLCAttorney.com researched the different brands owned by AB InBev around the world, including original brands and recent acquisitions, to put together this graphic. Did you know that all of these beverages are Anheuser-Busch products?
What beers does Anheuser-Busch make? AB InBev owns a large number of popular beer brands around the world, including:
Budweiser is the flagship brand of Anheuser-Busch beers. The name came from the Budweis region of Bohemia, which is now known as České Budějovice in Czechia. That location is where the beer was originally brewed. For decades, the brand’s Bud Light had been the best-selling beer in America, though the top spot in beer sales was taken over by Modelo Especial in 2023.
Anheuser-Busch originally started as a brewery called the Bavarian Brewery in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1852, which was opened by brewer George Schneider. In 1860, William D'Oench and Eberhard Anheuser purchased the brewery. Wholesaler Adolphus Busch married Anheuser's daughter Lily in 1861 and purchased D'Oench's share of the company in 1869. Busch was the first brewer in America to use pasteurization to keep beer fresh.
Anheuser-Busch InBev was created when brewing company InBev acquired Anheuser-Busch in 2008. The company is now the largest brewing company in the world and owns a large number of iconic beverage brands, both its own and ones gained from acquisitions and mergers with Interbrew and SABMiller.
These are the domestic and global beer brands owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev: