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Beko

Home Appliances & Small Appliances · Istanbul, Türkiye · Since 1955

Home Appliances & Small Appliances
Verified August 6, 2026

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Who owns Beko?

Beko belongs to Türkiye's Arçelik, part of the Koç Group. Since June 2026 it fully owns Beko Europe.

Verified August 6, 2026 · 9 sources · Full ownership analysis

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Beko combines European scale, a broad global brand portfolio and a localized manufacturing network. Its strength is breadth; its buyer risk is conflating Beko the consumer brand, Beko the corporate identity, Arçelik A.Ş., Beko Europe and licensed Whirlpool rights.

Official Beko press image of its EuroCucina 2026 booth, showing the Beko brand in a real appliance exhibition setting.

Ownership

Chief Executive Officer, BekoCan Dinçer
BrandBeko

Beko is a consumer appliance brand and the global corporate identity used by the group whose listed legal entity remains Arçelik A.Ş. Wholly owned Beko B.V. completed the acquisition of Whirlpool Corporation's remaining 25% stake in Beko Europe in June 2026 and now owns Beko Europe 100%.

Full ownership note

Beko Europe continues to use the Whirlpool brand under a licence limited to specified jurisdictions; that licence is not global Whirlpool ownership.

Ownership & entity evidence

Beko is the consumer and corporate identity; Arçelik A.Ş. remains the listed legal issuer, and Beko B.V. owns 100% of Beko Europe after June 2026.

Products

Major home appliancesBeko offers refrigeration, laundry, cooking and dishwashing products across broad international markets.
Small domestic appliancesRegional portfolios include food preparation, beverage, ironing and other household appliances.
Floorcare and home cleaningOfficial country sites list cordless, canister, wet-and-dry and robot vacuum products in selected markets.
Regional owned and licensed brand portfolioBeko's group portfolio includes owned, licensed and joint-venture brands, while Beko Europe uses Whirlpool in specified jurisdictions.

Operations

Made by

Beko reports 38 production facilities across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
Beko Europe reports 11 production sites in Italy, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.
Official Beko manuals and country pages identify regional product ranges and local responsibility details.

Sold through

Beko reports subsidiaries in more than 55 countries and consumer-brand presence in more than 100 countries.
Beko Europe operates a European multi-brand sales and distribution platform that includes owned and licensed brands.
Beko floorcare availability varies materially by country site.

Manufacturing & channel evidence

Beko's global and European plant networks show scale but not the origin or responsible entity for an individual SKU.

For buyers and distributors: what to verify (6)

Require the exact SKU factory and origin rather than assigning a product to the nearest group plant.
Identify whether the model is Beko, licensed Whirlpool or another portfolio program and obtain its plant declaration.
Match the manual, rating label, declaration and warranty to the same model and destination country.
Identify the local seller, importer, authorized distributor and service company rather than contracting with a brand name.
Confirm brand, territory and channel authorization for Beko and any licensed Whirlpool products separately.
Verify destination-market listing, consumables, app support, repair capability and warranty before cross-border sourcing.

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Timeline

1955
Beko reports the start of its company journey
Beko's corporate history traces the enterprise journey to 1955.
Sources: [1]
Apr 2, 2024
Beko Europe begins operation
The combined European home-appliance company launched with Beko/Arçelik at 75% and Whirlpool Corporation at 25%, before the later 2026 stake purchase.
Sources: [3][6]
Jun 23, 2026
Beko completes the acquisition of Whirlpool's Beko Europe interest
Beko B.V. completed the 25% stake purchase and moved to 100% ownership of Beko Europe while the Whirlpool trademark licence remained effective.
Sources: [5][4]