Who owns UK companies in Manufacture of beer?

774 of the 2,258 companies registered under SIC 11050 (Manufacture of beer) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 8,981 individual shareholders and 1,214 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 25% have six or more shareholders, compared with 9.6% of all UK companies — about 3 times the national rate.
• 48% have at least one company among their shareholders, compared with 33% of all UK companies.
• 14% have a single shareholder, compared with 23% of all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 253 companies in this industry that have a single class of shares and state the number of shares allotted, where a holding's share of the company can be read directly from the filing. A dash means fewer than 30 companies, too few to report.

Company size and age

The median company in this industry was incorporated 9.8 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits SIC 11010 · 710 companies · 24% majority-owned by a company
• Manufacture of soft drinks; production of mineral waters and other bottled waters SIC 11070 · 467 companies · 23% majority-owned by a company
• Manufacture of wine from grape SIC 11020 · 149 companies · 31% majority-owned by a company
• Manufacture of cider and other fruit wines SIC 11030 · 149 companies · 8.8% majority-owned by a company
• Manufacture of other non-distilled fermented beverages SIC 11040 · 103 companies · 22% majority-owned by a company
• Manufacture of malt SIC 11060 · 18 companies

Corporate shareholders in this industry

The 1,000 companies and other entities holding shares in the most companies under SIC 11050, out of 1,156 named as shareholders on those companies' latest confirmation statements. 118 of them hold shares in more than one company in this industry. Trusts and individuals are not named.

About this data

Figures come from the shareholder lists in each company's most recent Companies House confirmation statement (form CS01) that contained one, filed between 3 November 2020 and 10 June 2026. They are as filed and are not restated for later share transfers. Shares held in treasury are excluded. Shareholders are classed as individuals, companies, non-UK entities, trusts or nominees from the names as filed.

Every company's own shareholder register, officers, filings and accounts are available through the OpenRegistry API and MCP server, live from Companies House.