About OriginViz

The things we use every day — a car, a chocolate bar, a messaging app — often have a story that crosses borders. A Swedish car maker owned from China. An American burger chain owned from Canada. A German soft drink owned from Atlanta.

OriginViz puts those stories on one map, so you can see the whole picture at a glance and then read the details, with sources, for any brand.

Principles

• Origin, ownership and manufacturing are different facts, and we never blur them.
• Every claim is cited. Unknown is better than a guess.
• No invented statistics: the map’s sizes and colours mean exactly what the legend says.
• Neutral, not political: OriginViz describes ownership; it does not rate countries or tell you what to buy.

Read the methodology or report a correction.