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Molson Coors Beverage Company

US-owned · made in Canada

One of Canada's two dominant brewers: Molson Canadian, Coors Light, Coors Original, Molson Export, Rickard's, Belgian Moon, Miller, Creemore Springs and Granville Island labels.

Golden US · www.molsoncoors.com

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Molson Coors Beverage Company is a Delaware corporation listed on the NYSE with principal executive offices in Golden, Colorado and Montreal, and voting control shared by the Molson and Coors families through a voting trust. The beer it sells in Canada is brewed at its own Toronto, Longueuil and Chilliwack breweries and its Creemore and Granville Island sites, so the Canadian consumer's dollar goes to a US-domiciled parent with a Canadian founding family and Canadian production.

Switch: The parent is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Golden, Colorado and listed on the NYSE; Molson Coors Canada Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary, although the Molson family holds half of the voting control.

Factors

Ownership

9.0 verified

CA 30% · US 70%

Per the fiscal 2025 form 10-K, Pentland Securities (1981) Inc., controlled by the Molson family, and the Adolph Coors, Jr. Trust together control more than 90% of the Class A voting stock through a voting trust, so voting control is split between a Canadian family and an American one. The economic interest sits mostly in Class B shares that trade on the NYSE (about 175.6 million Class B common shares against 7.1 million TSX exchangeable shares), the registrant is a Delaware corporation with its principal executive office in Golden, Colorado alongside a co-principal office in Montreal, and Molson Coors Canada Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary. The 0.3 Canadian share blends the Molson family's half of control with the small TSX float and is an estimate.

Manufacturing

91.0 verified

CA 90% · EU 5% · US 5%

The form 10-K lists brewing and packaging plants at Toronto, Ontario, Longueuil, Quebec and Chilliwack, British Columbia, and the company also runs the Creemore Springs and Granville Island breweries, so Molson Canadian, Coors Light, Coors Original, Molson Export, Rickard's and Belgian Moon sold in Canada are brewed domestically. The filing does not split Canadian sales by plant of origin, so the small US and EU shares for imported partner and specialty brands are an estimate.

  • Molson Coors Beverage Company Form 10-K (fiscal year 2025) filing “Our Longueuil, Chilliwack and Toronto breweries have water treatment facilities to pre-treat wastewater before it goes to the respective local governmental facility for final treatment.”
  • The CANADA List directory “US-owned, but with major Canadian brewing facilities in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, wheat/barley/malt often Canadian, but sourcing now mixed.”
  • History - About Us | Molson Coors vendor_statement “In 1786, English immigrant John Molson founded Canada’s oldest beer brewery on the banks of the St. Lawrence River in Montreal.”

People

25.0 inferred

CA 25% · EU 25% · other 5% · US 45%

The form 10-K reports about 16,200 employees, 9,900 in the Americas segment and 6,300 in EMEA and APAC, with major employee centres in the US, Canada, the UK and Romania, but gives no Canadian headcount. Corporate leadership sits in Golden and Chicago with a co-principal office in Montreal and the Canadian arm registered in Toronto; the Canadian share is estimated from three major Canadian breweries plus the Toronto and Montreal offices against a larger US brewing and office footprint.

Inputs

43.0 inferred

CA 50% · EU 10% · US 40%

The form 10-K says barley for the Americas comes mainly from farmers in the western US and the Canadian Prairies and is malted for a majority of Americas production at Golden, Colorado, hops come from US and European suppliers, and a portion of Americas cans and bottles come from the company's Colorado joint ventures with Ball and Owens-Brockway. Water is local to the Canadian breweries and the filing gives no Canada-specific sourcing split, so this mix is an estimate.

  • Molson Coors Beverage Company Form 10-K (fiscal year 2025) filing “Barley is purchased primarily under annual contracts with independent farmers located predominately in the western U.S. and Canadian Prairies.”
  • The CANADA List directory “US-owned, but with major Canadian brewing facilities in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, wheat/barley/malt often Canadian, but sourcing now mixed.”

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