Zevia
Zevia is a publicly traded zero-sugar beverage company (NYSE: ZVIA) producing stevia-sweetened sodas, teas, and energy drinks sold through 39,000+ US and Canadian retail locations including Walmart, Kroger, and Amazon, serving health-conscious consumers seeking clean-label alternatives to traditional sodas.
- Company typePublic
- Founded2007
- HeadquartersLos Angeles, United States
- Headcount51–100
- GTM typeB2C
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Zevia does
Zevia PBC is a publicly traded zero-sugar beverage company (NYSE: ZVIA) founded in 2007 and headquartered in Encino, California. The company produces a portfolio of carbonated sodas, organic teas, and energy drinks, all sweetened exclusively with highly purified stevia extract without erythritol or other bulking agents, and free of artificial sweeteners, flavors, and colors. Products are Non-GMO Project Verified, gluten-free, vegan, Kosher certified, free of all 9 FDA-regulated allergens, and the company is a certified B Corp. The product lineup spans over 20 soda flavors, six tea varieties, and eight energy drink SKUs, including limited-edition releases.
Zevia's core technology is its clean-label stevia-based formulation, which distinguishes it from competitors using bulking agents like erythritol. The company sells its products through a multi-channel CPG distribution model spanning more than 39,000 retail locations across the US and Canada, including mass retail (Walmart at 4,300+ stores, Target), warehouse clubs (Costco), grocery chains (Kroger, HEB, Publix, Albertsons, Sprouts), ecommerce (Amazon, zevia.com), and convenience and drug stores. Celebrity partnerships with Cardi B (also a shareholder), Jelly Roll, and Lil Jon support brand awareness and demand generation.
In FY2025, Zevia generated $161.3M in net sales (up 4.0% YoY), with Q1 2026 reaching a record $46.1M (up 21.2% YoY) and returning to adjusted EBITDA profitability of $0.9M versus a $3.3M loss in the prior-year period. The company is pursuing a turnaround under newly appointed CEO Alexandre Ruberti (June 2026), with productivity initiatives delivering $15-20M in annualized savings. Gross margin expanded 160 bps to 48.0% in 2025, and contribution profit per equivalent case increased 183% over two years to $3.60.
Zevia firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Zevia
- Legal name
- Zevia LLC
- Website
- https://zevia.com
- Company type
- Public
- Founded year
- 2007
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 51–100 employees
- Short description
- Zevia is a publicly traded zero-sugar beverage company (NYSE: ZVIA) producing stevia-sweetened sodas, teas, and energy drinks sold through 39,000+ US and Canadian retail locations including Walmart, Kroger, and Amazon, serving health-conscious consumers seeking clean-label alternatives to traditional sodas.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Zevia industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Non-Alcoholic Zero-Sugar Beverages
- NAICS
- Soft Drink Manufacturing (312111)
- SIC
- Bottled & Canned Soft Drinks & Carbonated Waters (2086)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Functional/Fortified Beverage Production (Vitamins, Botanicals, Nootropics) (AFAFABAH)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Non-Carbonated Soft Drinks (Juice Drinks, Lemonades, Fruit Drinks) (CRADAHAB), Vitamin- & Mineral-Fortified Beverage Production (AFAFAFAC), Natural High-Intensity Sweeteners (Stevia, Monk Fruit, Thaumatin) (AFAJAAAH)
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Where Zevia is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Los Angeles
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices1 record
Markets served
Zevia business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2C
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Operations
Revenue model
- Beverage Product Sales: Zevia generates revenue through the sale of zero-sugar beverages including sodas, teas, and energy drinks across multiple retail channels including mass retail, warehouse clubs, grocery stores, convenience stores, drug stores, ecommerce platforms (Amazon), and direct-to-consumer via zevia.com. Full-year 2025 net sales were $161.3 million, with Q1 2026 record net sales of $46.1 million.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Standard retail pricing for zero-sugar beverages |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels6 records
Marketing channels6 records
Zevia product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Zevia manufactures and sells zero-sugar, zero-calorie carbonated beverages, including sodas, organic teas, and energy drinks, all sweetened solely with highly purified stevia extract without artificial sweeteners, flavors, or colors. Products are sold through mass retail, warehouse clubs, grocery chains, convenience stores, Amazon, and the Zevia.com DTC site across more than 39,000 retail locations in the U.S. and Canada.
Product overview
Zevia is a zero-sugar beverage company offering a portfolio of naturally sweetened carbonated sodas, organic teas, and energy drinks. All products are sweetened exclusively with highly purified stevia extract, contain zero sugar, zero fake sweeteners, zero artificial flavors, and zero fake colors. The product lineup includes over 20 soda flavors (Cola, Cherry Cola, Vanilla Cola, Dr. Zevia, Ginger Ale, Cream Soda, Black Cherry, Orange, Grape, Lemon Lime Twist, Mountain Zevia, Cran-Raspberry, Strawberry Lemon Burst, Orange Creamsicle, Peaches & Cream, Strawberries & Cream, Fruit Punch, Caffeine Free Cola, Ginger Root Beer, Creamy Root Beer), six organic tea varieties (Green Tea, Black Tea Raspberry, Black Tea Peach, Earl Grey Tea Blood Orange, Caffeine Free Hibiscus Tea Passionfruit, Green Tea Tropical Pineapple), and eight energy drink flavors (Strawberry Kiwi, Watermelon, Peach Passionfruit, Raspberry Lime, Kola, Mango Ginger, Grapefruit, Pineapple Paradise). The products are available through various retail channels including Walmart, Amazon, Kroger, Albertsons, and Instacart.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Zevia Soda Zero sugar, zero calorie carbonated sodas naturally sweetened with stevia extract, with over 20 flavors including Cola, Cherry Cola, Vanilla Cola, Dr. Zevia, Ginger Ale, Cream Soda, Black Cherry, Orange, Grape, and specialty flavors like Strawberry Lemon Burst, Orange Creamsicle, and Peaches & Cream. Targeted at health-conscious consumers seeking clean-label soda alternatives.
- Zevia Tea Zero sugar, zero calorie organic teas naturally sweetened with stevia. Product line includes Green Tea, Black Tea Raspberry, Black Tea Peach, Earl Grey Tea Blood Orange, Caffeine Free Hibiscus Tea Passionfruit, and Green Tea Tropical Pineapple. Targeted at health-conscious consumers seeking clean-label tea alternatives.
- Zevia Energy Zero sugar, zero calorie energy drinks with 120mg caffeine per 12oz can, naturally sweetened with stevia. Flavors include Strawberry Kiwi, Watermelon, Peach Passionfruit, Raspberry Lime, Kola, Mango Ginger, Grapefruit, and Pineapple Paradise. Targeted at consumers seeking clean-label energy drink alternatives.
- Zevia Variety Packs Bundled multi-flavor packs offering variety across Zevia's soda and energy product lines, including 3 Flavor Fruity Soda, 4 Flavor Classic Soda, 4 Flavor Fruity Soda, 6-Flavor Nostalgic Soda, 6-Flavor Rainbow Soda, Energy 4 Flavor Classic, and Energy Fruity Fuel 4 Flavor variety packs. Distributed at grocery chains including Kroger and Albertsons.
- Zevia Limited Edition Salted Caramel Soda Limited-edition seasonal flavor featuring buttery caramel with a hint of salt, launched exclusively on Amazon and Zevia.com as a novelty offering.
Quantifiable outcome
- Record net sales of $46.1 million in Q1 2026, up 21.2% year-over-year
- +4 more outcomes
Companies that use Zevia
Customer profileNamed customers8 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles1 record
Zevia technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature2 records
Zevia partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.
- Brian BousleycoreAppointment of Brian Bousley as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, bringing over 25 years of beverage industry experience. Bousley most recently served as CCO at Yerba Madre where he led channel expansion contributing to double-digit growth, and previously as president of Pabst Brewing and senior sales leader at Red Bull managing over $1.3 billion in annual sales.
- Cardi BflagshipMulti-year partnership with Grammy-winning artist Cardi B who joins as both shareholder and brand ambassador. Zevia is the official sponsor of Cardi B's 'Little Miss Drama Tour' with a major integrated campaign launching Summer 2026. Partnership includes product collaboration, flavor innovation, in-store displays, sampling tour, and social content. Cardi B will help shape Zevia's cultural strategy across multiple touchpoints.
- Alexandre RuberticoreAlexandre Ruberti appointed to Board of Directors in August 2024, bringing over 25 years of beverage industry experience from Red Bull and CEO role at Future Farm. Ruberti subsequently appointed as CEO in June 2026.
- Lil JoncorePartnership with Lil Jon to promote Zevia Energy drinks with the tagline 'Turn down for what? Absolutely nothing, with our zero artificial energy drinks.'
- Jelly RollcoreNational 'Get the Fake Outta Here' campaign featuring country music artist Jelly Roll, recreating iconic 90s soda ad styles. The partnership positions Zevia as a healthier alternative to traditional sodas through authentic cultural marketing.
- WalmartflagshipStrategic distribution partnership expanded from over 800 Walmart stores to more than 4,300 stores nationwide. Zevia positioned as the leading naturally sweetened zero-sugar soda brand in Walmart's 'Modern Soda' set, reflecting growing demand for better-for-you sodas.
Scale indicators6 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Zevia competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- LaCroix (National Beverage): LaCroix is the leading naturally flavored sparkling water brand in the US and the most established zero- and low-sugar alternative to traditional soda, competing with Zevia for the same mainstream health-conscious consumer at mass retail.
- Spindrift: Spindrift is a venture-backed sparkling water brand using real fruit ingredients with no artificial sweeteners, occupying adjacent shelf space to Zevia and competing for the same better-for-you shopper at grocery and natural retail.
- Yerba Madre (formerly Guayaki): Yerba Madre is a venture-backed yerba mate energy and beverage brand pursuing zero-sugar, clean-label positioning; Zevia's incoming CCO Brian Bousley was most recently CCO at Yerba Madre, indicating direct strategic overlap in channel and consumer.
Emerging players
- Celsius Holdings: Celsius is a fast-growing better-for-you energy drink brand with major distribution through PepsiCo, competing directly with Zevia Energy in fitness and health-oriented channels with zero-sugar positioning.
- Olipop: Olipop is a venture-backed better-for-you soda brand that uses stevia and prebiotics to compete directly with Zevia in the natural/functional soda category, targeting the same health-conscious consumers at grocery and natural retail channels.
- Poppi: Poppi is a prebiotic soda brand acquired by PepsiCo in 2025, offering low-sugar flavored sodas that directly overlap with Zevia's zero-sugar, clean-label positioning, particularly among Millennial and Gen Z consumers.
Broad incumbents
- Dr Pepper Snapple Group (Keurig Dr Pepper): Keurig Dr Pepper holds Dr Pepper, Canada Dry, and other mainstream soda brands; its portfolio competes for the same mass retail shelf sets as Zevia and provides the conventional-soda foil to Zevia's better-for-you positioning.
- The Coca-Cola Company: Coca-Cola is the global soft drink leader whose portfolio (Coke Zero, Diet Coke, AHA sparkling water, Fairlife) competes across every channel where Zevia distributes, and which Zevia's "Real Soda for Real Humans" campaign explicitly targets as the artificial incumbent.
- PepsiCo: PepsiCo is the second-largest global beverage company; its Bubly, Stubborn, and Poppi brands compete directly with Zevia in zero-sugar and better-for-you sparkling categories, and PepsiCo's bottling/distribution scale sets the structural ceiling Zevia must navigate.
- Monster Beverage: Monster Beverage is the leading independent energy drink company; its zero-sugar and Java Monster lines compete directly with Zevia Energy (120mg caffeine, stevia-sweetened) in the growing better-for-you energy segment.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat3 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Zevia social profiles
Digital presenceZevia compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance5 records
Zevia financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Zevia leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles6 records
Zevia funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds5 records
Investors3 records
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Zevia M&A and investment
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Zevia
What does Zevia do?
Zevia manufactures and sells zero-sugar, zero-calorie carbonated beverages, including sodas, organic teas, and energy drinks, all sweetened solely with highly purified stevia extract without artificial sweeteners, flavors, or colors. Products are sold through mass retail, warehouse clubs, grocery chains, convenience stores, Amazon, and the Zevia.com DTC site across more than 39,000 retail locations in the U.S. and Canada.
Is Zevia a public or private company?
Zevia is a public company. It is classified as public and is currently operating.
When was Zevia founded?
Zevia was founded in 2007. It employs 51 to 100 people.
Where is Zevia based?
Zevia is headquartered in Los Angeles, United States, in the North America region.
How does Zevia make money?
One revenue line is on record: beverage Product Sales.
Who are Zevia's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are LaCroix (National Beverage), Spindrift and Yerba Madre (formerly Guayaki). Emerging players are Celsius Holdings, Olipop and Poppi. Broad incumbents are Dr Pepper Snapple Group (Keurig Dr Pepper), The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo and Monster Beverage.
Does Zevia have an API?
No public API is recorded for Zevia.
What industry is Zevia in?
Zevia's product category is Non-Alcoholic Zero-Sugar Beverages. Its primary akta.pro industry code is AFAFABAH, Functional/Fortified Beverage Production (Vitamins, Botanicals, Nootropics), with a secondary code of CRADAHAB, Non-Carbonated Soft Drinks (Juice Drinks, Lemonades, Fruit Drinks). Its NAICS code is 312111 and its SIC code is 2086.