Origin · Ownership · Connections
See where the things you use come from.
OriginViz maps the origins and owners of brands, apps and products — from the phone in your pocket to the chocolate in your cupboard.
53 of 124 brands here are owned from another country.
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Brands, apps & products
From chocolate to chatbots
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Countries of origin
Across 4 continents
53
Foreign-owned brands
Born in one country, owned in another
31
Parent companies
Each owning two or more brands
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Facts cited
Every claim links to a source
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Trace ownership
See the parent companies behind the brands, and how far their portfolios reach.
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Origin vs owner
Brands that began in one country and are owned from another — often not the one you’d guess.
- Volvo Cars
- Burger King
- Minecraft
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Explore categories
From cars to cosmetics to chatbots — physical and digital brands side by side.
Not where you’d think
Famous brands whose owner today sits in a different country from where they began.
- Volvo CarsOwned by Geely Holding Group
- Burger KingOwned by Restaurant Brands International
- BudweiserOwned by AB InBev
- JaguarOwned by Tata Group
- MinecraftOwned by Microsoft
- FantaOwned by The Coca-Cola Company
- Royal EnfieldOwned by Eicher Motors
- 7-ElevenOwned by Seven & i Holdings
- IKEAOwned by Inter IKEA Group
- KitKatOwned by Nestlé
