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Marston's

Logo: The Carlsberg Britvic website ., Non-free logo, via Wikipedia4

British beverage producer (formed 2025)

Carlsberg Britvic is a British subsidiary of Carlsberg Group, created in January 2025 by the merger of Carlsberg's UK business (including the former Marston's plc breweries) and Britvic plc.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1834Founded1
  • Industrybrewing industry1
  • HeadquartersWolverhampton1
  • Websitewww.marstons.co.uk
  • Legal formpublic limited company1
  • Listed onLondon Stock Exchange1
  • LEI213800Q6RP3ZJ2CZR9623
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressST JOHNS HOUSE, WV2 4BH Wolverhampton, United Kingdom3
  • Registered withCompanies House, 000314613

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Marstons Brewery - geograph.org.uk - 1483525
Photo: Paul Wyss, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

Carlsberg Britvic is a British subsidiary of Carlsberg Group, created in January 2025 by the merger of Carlsberg's UK business (including the former Marston's plc breweries) and Britvic plc.2

Corporate structure

Marston's sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Marston's Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
    • MARSTON'S TRADING LIMITED Subsidiary · Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

In 2020, Marston's plc merged its brewing business with Carlsberg UK (the United Kingdom arm of Carlsberg Group), in a joint venture valued at £780m. Marston's took a 40% stake and received up to £273m in cash. The deal involved Marston's six breweries and distribution depots, but not its 1,400 pubs. The merger was approved by the Competition and Markets Authority on 9 October 2020.

In 2024, Marston's sold their 40% share in CMBC to Carlsberg for £206m in order to focus on running the pub business. The deal to acquire Marston's 40% stake in CMBC was completed on 21 July 2024.

Carlsberg then bought the soft drinks company Britvic plc for £3.3bn, merging it into Carslberg Marstons, with the new group formally launched as Carlsberg Britvic in January 2025.

In February 2026, the company announced better than expected revenues of £10.3 billion, a rise on the previous year by 18.8%, even though organic sales had fallen by 2% due to the loss of the San Miguel licence. It also announced that the savings that were envisaged with the merger with Britvic were ahead of schedule and had already generated £110 million in savings.

From Wikipedia’s article on Carlsberg Britvic, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Products and brands

  • beer

Listed on Wikidata.1

Beers

The company originally owned and operated three breweries. This was reduced to two after the Banks's Brewery in Wolverhampton closed in September 2025.

The Marston's Brewery in Burton upon Trent, established in 1834

The Carlsberg Brewery in Northampton established in 1974

Marston's Brewery was one of the last major brewers to use Burton Union Sets, a system whereby fermentation barrels and troughs were linked together by pipework.

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Half of all the company's beer is bottled. Marston's Pedigree is brewed in Burton-upon-Trent: it is a 4.3% ABV bitter. Introduced in 1952, it is Marston's flagship brand, selling 150,000 hectolitres in 2010. It was the only beer to use the oak Burton Union System so that it was fermented in wood; the ingredients are mineral-enriched Burton Water, malted barley, and Fuggles and Goldings hops. The Burton Union sets were retired in 2024.

Marston's had been brewing Thwaites' beers since early 2014 after Thwaites main brewery in Blackburn was shut down. Marston's acquired Thwaites' main brewing arm, including the Wainwright brand, in March 2015 for £25.1 million.

Carlsberg has been producing Special Brew in a modern production plant at Northampton since 1974.

Other beers distributed by the company include the 1664 brand, which was acquired from Heineken N.V. in June 2023.

Soft drinks

The Britvic subsidiary owns 39 brands in the UK include Robinsons, Tango, R. White's, and J2O – as well as being the licensed bottler for PepsiCo products within the UK.

From Wikipedia’s article on Carlsberg Britvic, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Timeline

  1. 1834Founded Founded1

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