Boston Beer: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Boston Beer (NYSE: SAM) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, United States that owns 5 consumer brands.[1]
Boston Beer was founded in 1984 by Jim Koch, who brewed a recipe from his great-great-grandfather in his kitchen and sold it bar to bar. It became the largest American-owned brewer, and since 2016 the majority of its volume has come from hard seltzer and flavoured malt drinks rather than beer.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- The Boston Beer Company, Inc.
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Founded
- 1984
- Tickers
- NYSE: SAM
- SEC CIK
- 0000949870
- Wikidata
- Q893271
- Website
- www.bostonbeer.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Boston Beer in numbers
- Boston Beer owns 5 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is beverages with 5 brands.[1]
Everything Boston Beer owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Boston Beer own?
Boston Beer owns 5 consumer brands tracked here, including Angry Orchard, Truly, Samuel Adams, Dogfish Head and Twisted Tea.
Is Boston Beer an American company?
Yes. Boston Beer is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and was founded in 1984.
Who owns Boston Beer?
Boston Beer is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as SAM on the NYSE.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] The Boston Beer Company, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-24 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 24 February 2026; retrieved 6 September 2026.
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