Guinness® Collectors Club

GUINNESS is organised into seven geographical operating regions:

Employs around 12,500 people worldwide.

Brews its brands in around 50 countries.

Sells its beers in more than 150 countries.

Is one of the world's largest brewers, measured both by operating profit and by volume.

Produces the world's most distinctive and widely distributed beer - GUINNESS Stout.

Pioneered the draught-in-can market when it launched the award winning Draught GUINNESS in cans in 1988 - now available in over 70 countries worldwide.

Has an 80 per cent share of the global stout market.

Has a unique portfolio of national and international premium brands.

Won the Queen's Award for Export Achievement in 1996.

Some Facts You May Not Know:

The 'taste centre' at Guinness's Park Royal brewery in the UK conducts over 800 tastings of GUINNESS brands every month.

Nigeria is Guinness's fifth largest market in volume terms (after Spain, Ireland, the UK and the USA).

The USA is the third largest market for Draught GUINNESS (after the UK and Ireland).

The GUINNESS Irish Pub Concept has assisted in the opening of well over 1,800 Irish pubs in almost 50 countries, from Dubai to China, from the USA to South Africa.