Corona has just been named the world’s most valuable beer brand for the third year in a row. Not twice. Three times. And the company behind it, AB InBev, didn’t stop there — it owns 8 of the world’s top 10 most valuable beer brands according to Kantar’s BrandZ 2026 rankings, which track over 22,000 brands across 54 countries.
To put that in perspective: out of the ten most valuable beer brands on the planet, only two don’t belong to AB InBev.
So how did Corona get here?
It wasn’t overnight. In 2025, Corona grew revenue by 8.3% outside its home market Mexico, with double-digit volume growth in 30 different countries. It also turned 100 years old — celebrating with a landmark concert at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro as part of its “Corona 100” global platform. Corona Cero, the brand’s no-alcohol variant, also made history as the world’s first no-alcohol beer sponsor of the Winter Olympics at Milano Cortina 2026 in Italy. By Q1 2026, Corona was growing 16% outside its home market and AB InBev reported an all-time high quarter for revenues — a result the company attributed to Corona leading the charge across multiple fronts.
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Who else is on the list?
Right behind Corona sits Budweiser at number two, followed by Modelo, Michelob ULTRA, Brahma, Bud Light, Skol and Stella Artois — every single one of them an AB InBev brand. In the rankings’ 21-year history, no single company has ever dominated the top 10 quite like this.
Quite a bit, actually. AB InBev is one of the most aggressive premium beer players in the Indian market right now. Corona, Budweiser, Stella Artois and Hoegaarden are all widely available across Indian cities, and they’re all riding the same wave — urban Indians are increasingly willing to pay more for a beer they feel good about drinking. Corona, with its beach lifestyle imagery and now its Olympics association, fits that mood perfectly.
The brand that wins the image game in India’s metros tends to win the shelf space, the bar tap and eventually the market. Right now, Corona is winning that game globally — and India is no exception.
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