Private company
South African Breweries
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Brewing company based in Johannesburg, South Africa
South African Breweries (officially The South African Breweries (Pty) Limited, informally SAB) is a major brewery headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa and was a wholly owned subsidiary of SABMiller until its interests were sold to Anheuser-Busch InBev on 10 October 2016. South African Breweries is now a direct subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV. The company that is now South African Breweries was founded in 1895 as Castle Brewery to serve a growing market of miners and prospectors in and around Johannesburg.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industryfast-moving consumer goods1
- HeadquartersJohannesburg1
- Websitewww.sab.co.za
- Legal formPrivate Company3
- LEI213800ZG4JQJZKG6L3073
- StatusActive3
- LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
- Registered address65 PARK LANE, 2146 Johannesburg, South Africa3
- Registered withCompanies and Intellectual Property Commission, 1998/006375/073
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South African Breweries (officially The South African Breweries (Pty) Limited, informally SAB) is a major brewery headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa and was a wholly owned subsidiary of SABMiller until its interests were sold to Anheuser-Busch InBev on 10 October 2016. South African Breweries is now a direct subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV. The company that is now South African Breweries was founded in 1895 as Castle Brewery to serve a growing market of miners and prospectors in and around Johannesburg.2
Corporate structure
South African Breweries is part of a group headed by Anheuser-Busch InBev. 79 entities, 32 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Anheuser-Busch InBev Bruxelles, Belgium
- InBev Belgium Anderlecht, Belgium
- Tinkoff brewery Subsidiary · Saint Petersburg
- Anheuser-Busch InBev Czech s.r.o. Subsidiary · Praha 4, Czechia
- Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu Subsidiary · Germany
- SABMiller London, United Kingdom
- South African Breweries Johannesburg, South Africa
- Bluetongue Brewery Subsidiary · Central Coast
- Carlton & United Breweries Subsidiary · Melbourne
- Cascade Brewery Subsidiary · Hobart
- China Resources Beer Subsidiary · Hong Kong
- Foster's Group Limited Subsidiary · Melbourne
- Grolsch Subsidiary · Enschede, Netherlands
- Intafact Beverages Limited Subsidiary · Onitsha
- Kompania Piwowarska Subsidiary · Poznań
- MillerCoors Subsidiary · Chicago
- Crispin Hard Cider Company Subsidiary · Chicago
- Fox Barrel Cider Subsidiary · Colfax
- Blue Moon Brewing Company Subsidiary · United States
- Peroni Brewery Subsidiary · Rome
- Birra Itala Pilsen Subsidiary · Padua, Italy
- Plzeňský Prazdroj Subsidiary · Plzen, Czechia
- Southern Sudan Beverages Limited Subsidiary · Juba
- Tanzania Breweries Limited Subsidiary · Dar es Salaam
- Topvar Subsidiary · Topoľčany
- Ursus Breweries Subsidiary · BUCUREșTI, Romania
- Wührer Subsidiary · Brescia, Italy
- Zambian Breweries Subsidiary · Lusaka
- Šariš Brewery Subsidiary · Veľký Šariš
- Miller Brewing Company Subsidiary · United States
- Dreher Breweries Owned · Budapest District X, Hungary
- Pivovar Radegast Owned · Czechia
- Timișoreana Owned · Romania
- AB InBev Efes Ukraine Subsidiary · Kyiv, Ukraine
- AmBev Subsidiary · Sao Paulo, Brazil
- AmBev Luxembourg Senningerberg, Luxembourg
- ARLC LIMITED Subsidiary · Mosta, Malta
- CERVECERIA Y MALTERIA QUILMES S.A.I.C.A y G Subsidiary · Buenos Aires, Argentina
- TAURUS INVESTMENT SPC Fund · Senningerberg, Luxembourg
- Baré Subsidiary
- Fábricas Nacionales de Cerveza Subsidiary · Montevideo, Uruguay
- Lizar Administradora de Carteira de Valores Mobiliarios LTDA. Subsidiary · Sqo Paulo, Brazil
- AmBev Luxembourg Senningerberg, Luxembourg
- Anheuser-Busch Subsidiary · Wilmington, Delaware, United States
- Bavaria Brewery Subsidiary · Bogotá
- Boddingtons Brewery Subsidiary · Manchester
- Breckenridge Brewery Subsidiary · Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Budweiser Bier Bürgerbräu Subsidiary · České Budějovice
- Camden Town Brewery Subsidiary · Kentish Town
- Cervecería Boliviana Nacional Subsidiary · La Paz, Bolivia
- Grupo Modelo Subsidiary · Mexico City
- Labatt Brewing Company Subsidiary · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Oland Brewery Subsidiary · Canada
- Lakeport Brewing Company Subsidiary · Hamilton
- Mackeson Stout Subsidiary · Hythe
- Oriental Brewery Subsidiary · Seoul
- Piedboeuf Brewery Subsidiary · Jupille-sur-Meuse
- Pivovar Samson Subsidiary · České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- Platform Beer Company Subsidiary
- ZX Ventures Subsidiary · New York metropolitan area, United States
- RateBeer Subsidiary · Wilmington
- AB INBEV FRANCE Subsidiary · Lille, France
- AB INBEV INVESTMENTS HOLDINGS COMPANY 2 LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
- AB INBEV SOUTHERN INVESTMENTS HOLDING LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
- AB INBEV SOUTHERN INVESTMENTS LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
- AB INBEV UK LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
- FBG TREASURY (UK) LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
- Accra Brewery Limited Subsidiary · Ghana
- and 32 more
- InBev Belgium Anderlecht, Belgium
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.
Products and brands
- beer
Listed on Wikidata.1
Subsidiaries and ownership
Parent company
Owners
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 1895Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.sab.co.za1
- WikipediaSouth African Breweries
- WikidataQ7565435
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1
- 2WikipediaSouth African Breweries on Wikipedia
- 3
- 4Wikimedia CommonsSouth African Breweries logo by Shaun.lukhele2, CC BY-SA 4.0