Heineken N.V.

Heineken N.V. (Dutch pronunciation:), branded as The Heineken Company, is a Dutch multinationalbrewing company, founded in 1864 by Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam. As of 2019, Heineken owns over 165 breweries in more than 70 countries. It produces 348 international, regional, local, and speciality beers and ciders, and employs approximately 85,000 people.

With an annual beer production of 24.14 billion litres in 2019, and global revenues of €23.894 billion in 2019, Heineken N.V. is the number one brewer in Europe and one of the largest brewers by volume in the world. Heineken's Dutch breweries are located in Zoeterwoude, 's-Hertogenbosch, and Wijlre. The original brewery in Amsterdam, closed in 1988, is preserved as a museum called the Heineken Experience.

Since the merger between the two largest brewing empires in the world, Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller, in October 2016, Heineken has been the second-largest brewer in the world.