When you go to a supermarket or a grocery store to buy essential needs like Washing Powder, Soap, Tea, Flour, Cream, Coffee, and shampoo, etc. most of the popular brands in India you see there must be Lux, Lifebuoy, Pears, Wheel, Surf Excel, Sun silk, Fair & Lovely, Taj Mahal, etc. or maybe shop for some luxury cloths like Calvin Klein, Arrow, or many more. In many cases, a brand’s name can make or break it. Did you know that many household-name companies actually started out with completely different names? Have you ever noticed that these are owned and run by some big companies like Hindustan Unilever, PepsiCo, Phillips Van Heusen Corporation and Nestle, etc? This article is all about the brands and their owner companies that run or do business in India. Here is the list of popular companies and the brands they own.
Popular Brands and Their Owner Companies
| Popular Brands | Owner Companies |
|---|---|
| IMDB, Goodreads | Amazon |
| Motorola Mobility | Lenovo |
| Milka, Tang, Oreo, Deluxe | Kraft |
| Sprite, Coca-cola, Fanta, Diet Coke | Coca-cola |
| Skoda, Bentley, Audi, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Ducati, Porsche | Volkswagon |
| Omega, Rado Switzerland, Hamilton, Lenginer | Swatch |
| The body shop | Loreal |
| Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Arrow | Phillips Van Heusen corporatio |
| Baskin robin | Dunkin |
| Clinic Plus, Sunsilk, Fair & Lovely, Pond’s, Lakmè, Vaseline, Bru, Taj Mahal, Lipton, Dove, Lux, Lifebuoy, Pears, Hamam, Lyril, Rexona, Surf Excel, Wheel, Comfort, Brooke Bond, Cornetto, Kisan, Annapurna, Magnum, Close up, Pepsodent. | Hindustan Unilever |
| Airtel | Bharti Airtel Ltd. |
| Britannia, Tiger | Britannia Industries Ltd. |
| Pepsi, Lay’s, Mountain Dew, Tropicana, Mirinda, Quaker, Doritos, Brisk, 7up | Pepsico |
| Dettol, Strepsils, Veet, Lysol, Vanish, Air Wick | Reckitt Benckiser |
| Royal Enfield | Eicher motors |
| Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut | Yum |
| Café Coffee Day | Coffee Day Global Ltd. |
| Louis Phillippe | Lifestyle groups |
| Jaguar, Land Rover, Titan | TATA |
| Nescafe, KitKat, Maggi | Nestle |
| Dant Kanti, Kesh Kanti | Patanjali Ayurveda Ltd. |
| Ashirvaad | ITC |
| Amul | Amul India Corporative Dairy |
| Fevicol | Pidilite Industries Ltd. |
| Ghari detergent | RSPL Ltd. |
| Godrej | Godrej Industries Ltd. and Godrej and Boyce |
| Canvas and YU | Micromax |
| Binaca | Dabur |
| Peter England | Aditya Birla |