ILLVA SARONNO HOLDING

Name

ILLVA SARONNO HOLDING

Legal name

Illva Saronno Holding S.p.A.

Website

https://illvaholding.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1947

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Saronno

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Spirits Division: Revenue generated from sale of spirits brands including Disaronno, Tia Maria, Engine Gin, Amaro Averna, Zedda Piras, Sagamore Rye Whiskey, and The Busker. One-time product sales through wholesale and retail channels.
2. Wines Division: Revenue from Italian wine brands including Duca, Florio, Corvo, and Vinicorvo. Duca wines have 200-year history rooted in Sicily. One-time product sales through wine distribution channels.
3. Ingredients Division: Revenue from production and distribution of high-quality ingredients for ice cream and bakery, supporting artisanal businesses through Made in Italy brands.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Disaronno Group is a diversified multinational food and beverage company operating through three divisions: Spirits (Disaronno liqueur, Tia Maria, Engine Gin, Sagamore Rye Whiskey, Amaro Averna, Zedda Piras, The Busker, Rabarbaro Zucca, Isolabella Limoncello), Wines (Duca di Salaparuta, Corvo, Florio historic Sicilian brands), and Ingredients (high-quality inputs for ice cream and bakery under Made in Italy brands such as Anselmi 1892, Prodotti Stella, and Monte Bianco Gelato). The company produces, markets, and distributes these branded consumer products to retail, wholesale, and foodservice customers worldwide.

Product overview

Disaronno Group (formerly ILLVA SARONNO HOLDING) operates as a diversified multinational company with three distinct divisions: Spirits, Wines, and Ingredients. The Spirits division manages iconic brands including Disaronno (the flagship Italian liqueur with 500+ year legacy), Tia Maria (coffee liqueur), Amaro Averna and Zedda Piras (recently acquired from Campari), Engine Gin (Italian organic gin), Sagamore Spirit (American rye whiskey), The Busker, Rabbaro Zucca, and Isolabella Limoncello. The Wines division encompasses historic Sicilian wine brands including Duca di Salaparuta, Corvo, and Florio with 200-year heritage. The Ingredients division leads in production and distribution of high-quality ingredients for ice cream and bakery supporting artisanal businesses through multiple Italian brands. The company operates in nearly 160 countries with over 800 employees and annual revenues of €370 million (as of 2026).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Disaronno: Iconic Italian liqueur with over 500-year legacy
• Tia Maria
• Amaro Averna
• Zedda Piras
• Engine Gin
• Sagamore Spirit
• The Busker
• Duca
• Florio
• Corvo
• Duca di Salaparuta

Products and services

• Disaronno

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Campari GroupcoreOthers · 18 December 2025Acquisition transaction where Illva Saronno agreed to purchase Amaro Averna and Zedda Piras brands from Campari Group for EUR 100 million. The deal includes transfer of production facilities, assets, and intellectual property. Transaction completed in June 2026.
• The Engine Company (ENGINE Gin)coreOthers · 26 February 2024Full acquisition of The Engine Company, producer of Italian organic gin, completing a process that began with a minority stake and distribution agreement in 2021. Strategic move to strengthen presence in gin and Italian spirits markets.
• Sagamore SpiritcoreOthers · 19 September 2023Acquisition of majority stake in Baltimore-based Sagamore Spirit, a rye whiskey distillery founded by Kevin Plank. Deal supports long-term growth and portfolio diversification into premium American whiskey, with plans for Sagamore Spirit to produce 100% own-make whiskey by 2025.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Campari Group: Campari Group is the closest direct peer: an Italian-based multinational spirits company owning aperitivo, liqueur and amaro brands (including the recently divested Averna and Zedda Piras sold to Disaronno Group). It competes head-to-head in Italian liqueurs, amaro and specialty spirits across global markets.

Emerging players

• Stock Spirits Group: Stock Spirits Group is a mid-cap European branded spirits company (Stock 84 brandy, Božkov, Fernet Stock, Lubelska) competing in regional liqueur and herbal bitters categories. It is similar in size and category overlap to Disaronno Group outside Italy and offers a useful mid-cap European comparable.

Broad incumbents

• Rémy Cointreau: Rémy Cointreau is a French-listed premium spirits group built on cognac, liqueur (Cointreau) and whiskey. Cointreau in particular is the most direct competitor to Disaronno in the premium orange-flavored liqueur category, and the overall portfolio mirrors Disaronno's premium and ultra-premium skew.
• Diageo: Diageo is the world's largest spirits company, with iconic Scotch, Irish whiskey, tequila and liqueur brands. It competes with Disaronno Group for premium on-premise occasions, distributor relationships and global marketing real estate, and is the ultimate scale benchmark.
• Pernod Ricard: Pernod Ricard is one of the world's two largest spirits groups, with a premium portfolio (Chivas Regal, Jameson, Absolut, Malibu, Perrier-Jouët) that overlaps Disaronno Group's premium liqueur and aperitivo positioning. It is a broad incumbent whose scale and route-to-market dwarf Disaronno's.
• Brown-Forman: Brown-Forman is a major American premium spirits company (Jack Daniel's, Woodford Reserve, Finlandia, Herradura) with a comparable premium and heritage-brand positioning. Its US distribution muscle overlaps directly with Disaronno Group's ambitions for Sagamore Spirit and Averna in North America.
• Beam Suntory: Beam Suntory is a global premium spirits company (Jim Beam, Maker's Mark, Hibiki, Bowmore, Courvoisier) with a similar mix of bourbon, Scotch and premium liqueur positioning. It competes with Disaronno Group for premium on-premise shelf space and global travel retail listings.
• Mast-Jägermeister: Mast-Jägermeister is a German privately held premium spirits company built around the herbal liqueur Jägermeister. It mirrors Disaronno Group as a family-owned single-flagship-plus-acquisitions premium liqueur player with strong global distribution and similar revenue scale.

Regional players

• Zonin 1821: Zonin 1821 is one of Italy's largest privately held wine producers, with a portfolio of Italian and US estates. It is a regional comparable for Disaronno Group's Wines division and shares the family-owned Italian heritage positioning.
• Italian Wine Brands: Italian Wine Brands is a publicly listed Italian wine platform (Giordano Vini, Enoitalia, Provinco) consolidating Italian wine producers. It is directly comparable to Disaronno Group's Wines division (Duca di Salaparuta, Corvo, Florio) in scale, geography and channel mix.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/illvasaronnoholding

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A5 records

Investments

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