Tally Answers — Beta
Who owns this brewery?
Tally Answer
Lion, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kirin Holdings
- Answer Status
- YES
- Verification
- VERIFIED
- Evidence grade
- B
- Since
- 2009
- Direct owner
- Lion Pty Limited
- Ultimate parent
- Kirin Holdings Company, Limited
- Last verified
- 2026-09-06
How Tally knows
Kirin Holdings acquired Lion Nathan in 2009 and merged it with National Foods to form what became Lion. Lion Pty Limited is the Australian company; Lion's New Zealand beer business trades as Lion NZ, and Kirin Holdings is its ultimate parent. The direct owner and the operator are different facts here: Lion is the operating group, Kirin the owner above it.
Evidence
- Kirin Holdings — group companies — Kirin Holdings Company, Limited Proves: Lion's position as a Kirin Holdings group company
Connections
- lion-breweries → OWNED_BY → Lion Pty Limited (2009–present) · grade B
- lion-breweries → ULTIMATELY_OWNED_BY → Kirin Holdings Company, Limited (2009–present) · grade B
What we still don’t know
- The New Zealand legal entity between the brewery and Lion Pty Limited is not named in the evidence reviewed.