Published by M. Ridder, Feb 13, 2024
Anheuser-Busch InBev was the leading beverage company in the world in 2022, with sales in excess of 57 billion U.S. dollars. The alcoholic beverage producer had a slight lead in sales over second place Nestlé SA, whose sales were over 45 billion U.S. dollars in the same year.
A history of mergers
AB InBev was founded in 2008 through the acquisition of Anheuser-Busch by InBev (itself a product of merger between Interbrew and AmBev in 2004). In 2015, the company acquired SABMiller, further expanding its brand portfolio. AB InBev is the world’s largest brewer. In 2022, the company produced 595 million hectoliters of beer.
Market dominance
AB-InBev’s size enables it to control a large portion of the American beer market. Forty percent of the market in the United States is occupied by its brands. This share has declined over the years as smaller brands and craft brands have gained in sales.
Leading beverage companies worldwide in 2022, based on sales (in million U.S. dollars)
Characteristic | Sales in million U.S. dollars |
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Anheuser-Busch InBev | 57,786 |
Nestlé SA | 45,167 |
The Coca-Cola Co. | 43,000 |
PepsiCo Inc. | 36,283 |
Starbucks Corp. | 32,250 |
Diageo PLC | 24,785 |
Suntory Holdings Ltd. | 19,717 |
Kirin-Lion Holdings | 14,751 |
Keurig Dr Pepper | 14,057 |
Pernod Ricard | 11,906 |
Molson Coors Brewing Co. | 10,701 |
Constellation Brands Inc. | 10,177 |
Jacobs Douwe Egberts* | 9,027 |
Red Bull GmbH* | 8,802 |
Campbell Soup Co.§§ | 8,562 |
E. & J. Gallo Winery* | 8,417 |
LVMH Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy | 7,713 |
Abbott§§§ | 7,459 |
Bacardi Ltd.* | 6,867 |
Monster Beverage Corp. | 6,311 |
The Wonderful Co.*+ | 5,635 |
Brown-Forman Corp. | 5,081 |
Danone Group^ | 4,269 |
Sapporo Holdings | 3,509 |
Blue Triton Brands | 3,395 |
AriZona Beverage Co.* | 3,098 |
Davide Campari | 2,929 |
HP Hood | 2,657 |
J. M. Smucker Co. | 2,497 |
Treasury Wine Estates | 2,476 |
Niagara Bottling LLC* | 2,468 |
Ito En Group | 2,414 |
Becle, S.A.B. de C.V. | 2,362 |
Unilever Group§ | 2,291 |
Primo Water | 2,215 |
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