RBREW on Nasdaq Copenhagen A/S

Royal Unibrew

Logo: Royal Unibrew A/S, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Brewing and beverage company in Faxe, Denmark

Royal Unibrew is a brewing and beverage company headquartered in Faxe, Denmark. Its brands include Ceres, Faxe, Albani, Thor, Karlens and Royal.2 It employed 3,365 people in 2022.1 Its revenue was DKK 11.5 billion in 2022.1 Its shares trade on Nasdaq Copenhagen A/S under the symbol RBREW.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1989Founded1

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  • TickerRBREW on Nasdaq Copenhagen A/S1
  • Industrybeverage industry1
  • HeadquartersFaxe1
  • Founded inFaxe Municipality1
  • Websitewww.royalunibrew.com
  • Legal formaktieselskab1
  • LEI529900D69KFL8IAP8Q633
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressFaxe Alle 1, 4640 Faxe, Denmark3
  • Registered withDanish Business Authority, 419567123
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Royal Unibrew is a brewing and beverage company headquartered in Faxe, Denmark. Its brands include Ceres, Faxe, Albani, Thor,2

Corporate structure

Royal Unibrew sits at the top of its group. 21 entities, 6 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Royal Unibrew Faxe, Denmark
    • Cido Grupa 99.99% · Riga, Latvia
    • Albani Brewery Subsidiary · Odense
    • Ceres Brewery Subsidiary · Aarhus
    • Hansa Borg Bryggerier Subsidiary · Kokstad, Norway
      • B & R WINE AS Subsidiary · Lysaker, Norway
      • Borg Bryggerier Subsidiary · Norway
      • Christianssands Bryggeri Subsidiary · Norway
      • DIVINI AS Subsidiary · Lysaker, Norway
        • INNVINO AS Subsidiary · Lysaker, Norway
      • Hansa Brewery Subsidiary · Norway
      • Nøgne Ø Subsidiary · Norway
      • PLUS VINI AS Subsidiary · Lysaker, Norway
      • SERVCO AS Subsidiary · Lysaker, Norway
      • TRULLI WINES AS Subsidiary · Lysaker, Norway
      • VINARIUS AS Subsidiary · Lysaker, Norway
    • Hartwall Subsidiary · Helsinki, Finland
    • Kalnapilio-Tauro grupė, UAB Subsidiary · Panevėžys, Lithuania
    • Maribo Bryghus Subsidiary · Maribo
    • Supermalt UK Limited Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
    • Uždaroji akcinė bendrovė "Kalnapilio-Tauro grupė" Subsidiary · Panevezys, Lithuania
    • Faxe Brewery Owned · Faxe Municipality, Denmark
    • Kalnapilis Owned · Lithuania
    • Līvu Alus Owned · Latvia
    • Tauras Owned · Vilnius City Municipality, Lithuania

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

What it owns

What Royal Unibrew reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

The company was founded in 1989 through the merger of the breweries Faxe, Ceres and Thor under the name Bryggerigruppen. Odense-based Albani merged with the company in 2000. In 2005, the name of the company was changed to Royal Unibrew.

From Wikipedia’s article on Royal Unibrew, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Leadership

Who has led Royal Unibrew, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

19901995200020052010201520202025
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Products and brands

  • beer
  • non-alcoholic beverage

Listed on Wikidata.1

Operations

Denmark

Royal Unibrew is the second largest beer company in Denmark with a market share of about 25%.

Baltic countries and Poland

Royal Unibrew acquired Lithuanian breweries Vilniaus Tauras and Kalnapilis in 2001 and a controlling interest in Latvian brewery Lāčplēša Alus in 2004. The company also owns the Latvian soft drink company Cido and Tanker Brewery in Estonia.

Royal Unibrew entered the Polish beer market with the acquisition of Browary Polskie Brok-Strzelec S.A. in April 2005.

It was followed by the acquisition of Browar Łomża in 2007. In December 2010, Van Pur Breweries bought the Polish branch of the Danish Royal Unibrew group. In exchange, Royal Unibrew received 20% of shares of Van Pur in Poland with Van Pur retaining buyers options of the shares. In 2011 Van Pur, owned five breweries with the total production capacity of 4 million hectolitre of beer annually. October 15, 2012 Van Pur exercised its buyers option on the 20% shares previously held by Royal Unibrew for 111 million PLN.

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France

In 2018 the soft drink brewery that produces the brand Lorina was acquired.

Royal Brand

The largest brand of Unibrew is Royal. It is based on Ceres' Ceres Royal Export and Faxe's Faxe Pilsner/Classic. Royal Export was also brewed by the other breweries in the group, but later the Pilsner and Classic were added to make a complete family of beer as is traditional in Denmark.

From Wikipedia’s article on Royal Unibrew, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

Subsidiaries

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 2022Acquired Hansa Borg Bryggerier1

Employees over time

  • 20223,3651
  • 20142,4001

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

  • 202211.5B DKK1

Timeline

  1. Nov 3, 2008New chief executive Henrik Brandt becomes CEO1
  2. 1989Founded Founded in Faxe Municipality1