Rampant growth in the UK has helped maintain Catalan brewer Damm’s revenues at €2bn, despite a declining domestic market.
UK volume and revenue soared 19% in 2025, thanks in part to rapid growth in Damm UK’s private label and contract manufacturing business.
The brewing group told stakeholders at its AGM yesterday that its international strategy was a “key growth driver”, with the UK one of its priority markets. International operations grew to 30% of the group’s overall business in 2025.
Swift international growth helped prop up Damm’s revenues amid a 4% drop in Spanish per capita beer consumption, as reported by brewing association Cerveceros de España. Despite the fall, Damm’s turnover fell just 0.7% to €2bn.
The group’s profitability fell sharply, however, with EBITDA crashing to €32m from €321m.
Amid difficulty in the Spanish market, Damm has invested heavily in its UK arm, and in 2025 opened its £70m Eagle Brewery in Bedford, which was refitted with new manufacturing lines and more alcohol-free capacity following its acquisition from Carlsberg Marstons in 2022.
Damm UK managing director Luke White called 2025 a “great year”.
“[Our] solid business performance demonstrates the strength of our successful UK strategy, following sustained investment in the Damm Eagle Brewery which has seen the rise of Estrella Damm and our wider portfolio, as well as driving industry awareness around Damm UK,” he said.
He added that the new brewery’s success had given the company a “platform” from which to make strategic moves such as the acquisition of Old Speckled Hen off-trade brand, due to complete on 1 July.
Significant growth is also expected from Damm’s west African ventures, after it opened a soft drinks factory in Senegal. It is Damm’s first manufacturing site on the continent.
Damm executive chairman Demetrio Carceller Arce said: “Establishing our first manufacturing operation in Africa is a significant step forward in that journey and together with the strengthening of our UK business, reinforces a growth model that is more local, more agile and adapted to each market.”
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