Private company

Brau Union

Logo: brauunion.at4

Brau Union is a brewing company group based in Linz, founded in 1998.1 It employed 2,400 people in 2018.1 It is part of Heineken International.1

Die Brau Union Österreich AG ist das größte Brauereiunternehmen in Österreich mit über 5,0 Mio. Hektoliter Bier Umsatz in Österreich – mit 15 führenden Biermarken und über 100 Biersorten (Stand 2025).2 From the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1998Founded1
  • HeadquartersLinz, Austria1
  • Websitewww.brauunion.at
  • Legal formAktiengesellschaft1
  • LEI549300BQOBJ2BUGL2A753
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered addressPOSCHACHERSTRAßE 35, 4020 Linz, Austria3
  • Registered withFederal Ministry of Justice, 230191t3

Corporate structure

Brau Union is part of a group headed by Heineken International. 98 entities, 41 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Brau Union reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Subsidiaries

  • Hofbräu Kaltenhausen

Also owns

Parent company (GLEIF)

Ultimate parent

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Acquisitions

  1. 1992Acquired Gösser1

Employees over time

  • 20182,4001

Timeline

  1. Dec 28, 2017Parent Directly consolidated by Heineken International B.V.3
  2. 2003Acquired Acquired by Heineken International1
  3. 1998Founded Founded1

Sources

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