Company Description
Primo Brands Corporation (NYSE: PRMB) is a North American branded beverage company in the non-alcoholic beverages industry with a focus on healthy hydration. According to the company, it delivers responsibly sourced and diversified hydration offerings across multiple products, formats, channels, price points, and consumer occasions, with distribution in every U.S. state and Canada. Primo Brands positions its portfolio to reach consumers "whenever, wherever, and however they hydrate" through a combination of retail distribution and direct-to-consumer services.
Business focus and brand portfolio
Primo Brands describes itself as a leading branded water and beverages company, with a portfolio of highly recognizable and conveniently packaged brands. Its offerings include established "billion-dollar brands" Poland Spring® and Pure Life®, premium water brands such as Saratoga® and The Mountain Valley®, and leading regional spring water brands including Arrowhead®, Deer Park®, Ice Mountain®, Ozarka®, and Zephyrhills®. The company also highlights purified water brands such as Primo Water® and Sparkletts®, along with flavored and enhanced beverages like Splash Refresher™ and AC+ION®.
These products are distributed across more than 200,000 retail outlets in North America, including mass, food, convenience, natural, drug, wholesale, distributor, and home improvement channels, as well as away-from-home locations such as hotels, hospitals, hospitality, and food service accounts. This broad reach underpins Primo Brands’ focus on healthy hydration as a consumer staple within the consumer defensive sector.
Direct-to-consumer and service offerings
Beyond traditional retail channels, Primo Brands reports extensive direct-to-consumer offerings. The company emphasizes an industry-leading line-up of water dispensers that create ongoing consumer connectivity through recurring water purchases. It operates three key service models:
- Direct Delivery – Primo Brands delivers responsibly sourced hydration solutions directly to home and business customers across North America.
- Exchange – Consumers can visit approximately 26,500 retail locations to purchase a pre-filled, multi-use bottle of water that can be exchanged after use for a discount on the next purchase.
- Refill – Consumers have the option to refill empty multi-use bottles at approximately 23,500 self-service refill stations.
In addition, Primo Brands offers water filtration units for home and business customers across North America, further extending its presence in the hydration ecosystem.
Operations, network, and integration
Primo Brands operates a vertically integrated coast-to-coast network that distributes its brands to more than 200,000 retail outlets and directly to consumers. The company notes that it has a portfolio of over 80–90 springs (depending on the specific disclosure) and actively manages water resources to help assure a steady supply of quality, safe drinking water. It also reports that it helps conserve over 28,000 acres of land across the U.S. and Canada.
The company was formed through a business combination of Primo Water Corporation and Triton Water Parent, Inc. (BlueTriton Brands), with the combination completed on November 8, 2024, according to its earnings releases. Subsequent SEC filings and press releases describe ongoing integration activities, including route streamlining, facility optimization, and cost synergy targets, as part of building its new operational footprint as Primo Brands Corporation.
Packaging, sustainability, and stewardship
Primo Brands highlights its role as a leader in reusable beverage packaging, aiming to help reduce waste through multi-serve bottles and an innovative brand packaging portfolio that includes recycled plastic, aluminum, and glass. The company states that it actively manages water resources to help assure a steady supply of quality, safe drinking water and that it is engaged in conservation efforts over tens of thousands of acres of land in the U.S. and Canada.
As part of its water stewardship efforts, Primo Brands has announced collaborations such as a water replenishment and habitat restoration project along the Sacramento and Feather rivers in California in partnership with River Partners, a conservation nonprofit. This initiative is described as supporting water resilience, wildlife habitat, biodiversity, climate resilience, flood safety, and access to culturally significant natural resources for Tribal communities, and is presented by the company as aligned with its goal of helping to restore water used or displaced by its operations in high-priority watersheds.
Primo Brands also notes that it is proud to partner with the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) in North America, which it states supports strict adherence to safety, quality, sanitation, and regulatory standards for consumer protection.
Corporate footprint and workforce
Primo Brands reports dual headquarters in Tampa, Florida, and Stamford, Connecticut. Across its various disclosures, the company states that it employs more than 11,000–13,000 associates, reflecting its scale as a large employer within the beverage and consumer defensive sectors. Its operations span sourcing, bottling, packaging, logistics, direct delivery, and service offerings tied to water dispensers and filtration units.
Capital markets and corporate actions
Primo Brands’ Class A common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol PRMB, as confirmed in multiple Form 8-K filings. The company’s Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program, with an 8-K dated November 9, 2025, reporting an increase of $50 million to bring total authorization to $300 million, and approximately $202.3 million of capacity available under the revised program as of that date. Press releases also reference quarterly dividends on the company’s common stock.
Several Form 8-K filings describe executive leadership and governance changes, including the appointment of Eric Foss as Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and adjustments to board committee memberships and senior management roles. These disclosures provide insight into the company’s governance structure and leadership transitions following the business combination that created Primo Brands Corporation.
Community engagement and sector positioning
Primo Brands states that it is committed to supporting the communities it serves by investing in local and national programs and delivering hydration solutions following natural disasters and other local community challenges. Within the Beverages – Non-Alcoholic industry and the broader Consumer Defensive sector, the company emphasizes its focus on healthy hydration, reusable packaging, water stewardship, and a broad presence across retail and direct-to-consumer channels in North America.