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About us

We’re committed to sustainably changing the way people drink water.

Water is precious. Let’s value it accordingly.

Everyone has a talent—something they do exceptionally well. Ours is drinking water. It’s our core competence, and it has been for nearly 60 years. For decades, we’ve been filtering water and helping people tailor their drinking water to their individual needs and preferences—at home or on the go, in private life or at work. Always uncomplicated. Always sustainable.

Wavy water with light refraction.

Over 6 billion

single-use plastic bottles replaced by consumers worldwide in 2025 with BRITA products.

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27 subsidiaries worldwide

form part of the BRITA Group.

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More than 80% of revenue

is generated outside our home market in Germany.

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Around 2,400 employees

are employed by BRITA across the globe.

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€727 million in revenue

was generated in 2024.

Wavy water with light refraction.

70 countries

are supplied worldwide by BRITA.

Heinz Hankammer, founder of BRITA, sitting inside a forklift in a factory.

Family business or international company?

What began as a family business in 1966 is now an international company. Today, we are one of the world’s leading brands when it comes to improving tap water. With a broad product portfolio—from table water filters and sparkling water makers for your home, to water dispensers for public spaces and professional filtration solutions for the foodservice industry. In short: Water? BRITA.

Learn more about our story.

Explore our history
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H₂O and more

What we know about water

For more than 55 years, we’ve been dedicated to drinking water. Over that time, we’ve learned a great deal about it – and we’re keen to share that knowledge with you. Here you’ll find everything we know. And everything we continue to learn, day by day.

Dive into our water know‑how.

Discover our Content Hub
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Welcome to the family

Working at BRITA

Our success is built on our people. Would you like to become part of our success story?

Discover your career opportunities with us.

Visit our careers portal

Our awards

We’re proud of our products. And we’re proud of our people. Because they do award-winning work – quite literally.

Signet of the Ecovadis Sustainability Rating with bronze top 35% label.

EcoVadis, 2024

2024 EcoVadis Sustainability Rating – Bronze Medal

Signet of the iF Design Award 2023.

iF DESIGN AWARD, 2023

2023 iF DESIGN AWARD for the sodaTRIO sparkling water maker

Logo of the Deutsches Institut für Service-Qualität.

German Award, 2022

2022 German Award for Sustainability Projects

Signet of the Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis.

German Sustainability Award, 2021

2021 German Sustainability Award in the “Design” category

Signet of the Green Product Award.

Green Product Award, 2021

2021 Green Product Award – Editor’s Choice

Signet of the Red Dot Design Award.

Red Dot Design Award, 2021

2021 Red Dot Design Award (3‑way kitchen tap)

Our responsibility. Sustainability at BRITA.

With our products, we help save billions of plastic water bottles. At the same time, as a company we need to purchase materials, manufacture products and transport goods. We use energy, consume resources and generate CO₂. To reduce our environmental footprint as far as possible, we’ve set ourselves ambitious goals. You can find out what these are in our sustainability section.

Learn on sustainability at BRITA

Our products

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Water dispensers for business customers

Mains‑fed water dispensers for offices, hospitality and more.

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Water filters for business customers

Professional filtration solutions for cafés and bakeries through to vending machines.