Who are Starbucks Corporation's main suppliers?

Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) key suppliers include: ARLA-FOODS-AMBA, Lifetime Brands, Inc., NESTL, TINGYI-ASHI-BEVERAGES-HOLDING-CO-LTD. View the full supplier network at chainsifter.com/chain/SBUX.

Who are Starbucks Corporation's major customers?

Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) key customers include: LICENSEES, GLOBAL-COFFEE-ALLIANCE, THIRD-PARTIES, DEGREES-TOPCO-LIMITED, NORTH-AMERICA-COMPANY and 2 more. View the full customer network at chainsifter.com/chain/SBUX.

What sector is Starbucks Corporation in?

Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) operates in the general sector. ChainSifter tracks its verified supply chain relationships including suppliers, customers, and strategic partners.

Starbucks Corporation Suppliers, Customers & Supply Chain (SBUX)

4Suppliers

7Customers

1Debt Items

6Related Chains

Source-Backed Evidence Depth

Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) is shown with relationship data already present in ChainSifter's database. Counts below come from stored supply-chain records and filing/source URLs where available; missing source URLs are not filled in or estimated.

31Total relationships

2Distinct source URLs

27High confidence

0.813Average confidence

2026-10-28Latest database update

ChainSifter does not infer unreported suppliers, customers, ownership, acquisitions, debt exposure, revenue dependency, or future supply-chain events on this public page.

Starbucks Corporation Suppliers

Ticker	Name	Confidence	Evidence
ARLA-FOODS-AMBA	ARLA-FOODS-AMBA	90%	our global ready-to-drink businesses operate under collaborative relationships with PepsiCo, Inc., Tingyi-Ashi Beverages Holding Co., Ltd., Arla Foods amba, Nestlé, and others
LCUT	Lifetime Brands, Inc.	90%	Reciprocal relationship from LCUT graph: food and beverage outlets (such as Starbucks)
NESTL	NESTL	90%	A large portion of our Channel Development business operates under a licensed model of the Global Coffee Alliance with Nestlé
TINGYI-ASHI-BEVERAGES-HOLDING-CO-LTD	TINGYI-ASHI-BEVERAGES-HOLDING-CO-LTD	90%	our global ready-to-drink businesses operate under collaborative relationships with PepsiCo, Inc., Tingyi-Ashi Beverages Holding Co., Ltd., Arla Foods amba, Nestlé, and others

Starbucks Corporation Customers

Ticker	Name	Confidence	Evidence
LICENSEES	LICENSEES	90%	licensed stores revenue increased $67 million, primarily driven by higher product sales to, and royalty revenues from, our licensees in our International segment ($132 million)
GLOBAL-COFFEE-ALLIANCE	GLOBAL-COFFEE-ALLIANCE	85%	Other revenues increased $286 million, primarily due to an increase in revenue in the Global Coffee Alliance ($222 million)
THIRD-PARTIES	THIRD-PARTIES	80%	increased sales of cocoa butter to third parties ($34 million)
DEGREES-TOPCO-LIMITED	DEGREES-TOPCO-LIMITED	62%	increase in comparable store sales ($37 million), driven by a 2.1% increase in comparable transactions and a 0.5% increase in average ticket, and net-new company-operated store growth of 3%, or 261 s…
NORTH-AMERICA-COMPANY	NORTH-AMERICA-COMPANY	62%	increase in comparable store sales ($37 million), driven by a 2.1% increase in comparable transactions and a 0.5% increase in average ticket, and net-new company-operated store growth of 3%, or 261 s…
PEPSICO-INC-TINGYI-ASHI-BEVERAGES-HOLDING-CO-LTD	PEPSICO-INC-TINGYI-ASHI-BEVERAGES-HOLDING-CO-LTD	62%	Alliance with Nestlé, while our global ready-to-drink businesses operate under collaborative relationships with PepsiCo, Inc., Tingyi-Ashi Beverages Holding Co., Ltd., Arla Foods amba, Nestlé, and ot…
TATA-STARBUCKS-LIMITED	TATA-STARBUCKS-LIMITED	62%	4 Oct 1, 2023 Equity method investments $ 424.1 $ 415.7 Other investments 39.8 24.2 Total $ 463.9 $ 439.9 Equity Method Investments As of September 29, 2024, we had a 50 % ownership interest in Tata …

Starbucks Corporation Debt Obligations

Instrument	Description	Confidence	Evidence
SBUX-DEBT	Debt stack $13.3B	90%	Market cache reports total debt of $13.3B.

Starbucks Corporation Acquisitions

No acquisitions on recordNo completed or pending acquisitions found in our database for Starbucks Corporation.

Starbucks Corporation Ownership

Holder	Name	Confidence	Evidence
SBUX-OWNER-VANGUARD-CAPITAL-MANAGEMENT-LLC	VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	90%	13F overlay lists VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC as top holder; 2348 tracked holders.
SBUX	Starbucks Corporation	82%	Brady Brewer \| CEO, International \| sell \| 1641 shares
SBUX	Starbucks Corporation	82%	ALLISON RICHARD E JR \| Director \| option_exercise \| 3991 shares
SBUX	Starbucks Corporation	82%	Campion Andrew \| Director \| option_exercise \| 4099 shares
SBUX	Starbucks Corporation	82%	Beth Ford \| Director \| option_exercise \| 3937 shares
SBUX	Starbucks Corporation	82%	Knudstorp Jorgen Vig \| Director \| option_exercise \| 4746 shares
SBUX	Starbucks Corporation	82%	Mayer Marissa A \| Director \| option_exercise \| 3667 shares
SBUX	Starbucks Corporation	82%	Mohan Neal \| Director \| option_exercise \| 3667 shares
SBUX	Starbucks Corporation	82%	Moyo Dambisa F \| Director \| option_exercise \| 2265 shares
SBUX	Starbucks Corporation	82%	Brady Brewer \| CEO, International \| sell \| 588 shares
SBUX	Starbucks Corporation	82%	G Michael Sievert \| Director \| option_exercise \| 3667 shares
SBUX	Starbucks Corporation	82%	Zhang Wei \| Director \| option_exercise \| 3667 shares
SBUX	Starbucks Corporation	82%	Smith Cathy R \| evp, cfo \| sell \| 2231 shares
SBUX	Starbucks Corporation	82%	Jorgen Vig Knudstorp \| Director \| sell \| 354.864 shares
SBUX	Starbucks Corporation	82%	GRAMS MICHAEL DAVID \| evp, chief operating officer \| sell \| 28149 shares
SBUX	Starbucks Corporation	82%	Brady Brewer \| CEO, International \| sell \| 588 shares
SBUX	Starbucks Corporation	82%	Brady Brewer \| CEO, International \| sell \| 1641 shares
SBUX	Starbucks Corporation	82%	Sara Kelly \| evp, chief partner officer \| sell \| 2500 shares
SBUX	Starbucks Corporation	82%	Daniel Servitje \| Director \| option_exercise \| 3667 shares

Starbucks Corporation Extended Supply Chain Network

Ticker	Name	Chain Index	Hops	Relationship Types
LCUT	Lifetime Brands, Inc.	100.00	1	['supplier']
AMZN	Amazon.com, Inc.	50.00	2
COST	Costco Wholesale Corporation	50.00	2
HELE	Helen of Troy Limited	50.00	2
TJX	The TJX Companies, Inc.	50.00	2
WMT	Walmart Inc.	50.00	2

Starbucks Corporation Supply Chain