Who owns Acron?
Acron is owned by Lion (Japan, TSE: 4912).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Lion Integrated Report 2025, Lion Corporation. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Lion Corporation reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1963
- Category
- Home care › Laundry › Laundry detergent
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 4912
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Acron
Acron is Lion's laundry detergent for wool and other delicate fabrics, launched in Japan in 1963. Lion added Acron Smart Care in 2023, and in September 2026 released Acron Soft & Smooth Care and Acron Sweat & Sebum Deep Clean Care, extending the brand into more specific fabric care needs within its fabric care business.
Ownership timeline of Acron
Where Acron sits in Lion
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Lion
Lion controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in home care.
Also in home care
- CHARMY (1982)
- LOOK
- Mama Lemon (1966)
- TOP (1979)
Other brands in laundry detergent, and who owns them
The 49 brands in laundry detergent on Brandtree belong to 26 owners. The largest is Alicorp, with 4; Lion has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bolívar | Alicorp | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| Dr. Wool | Jyothy Labs | 🇮🇳 India |
| Ciclón | La Fabril | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| Ariel | Procter & Gamble | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Savon Étoile | SCS | 🇨🇲 Cameroon |
| Magic | Sulfo Rwanda | 🇷🇼 Rwanda |
| LIQ | Aekyung | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Msafi | Bidco Africa | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
About the owner: Lion
Lion is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1891. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 4912.
Lion Corporation is a Japanese maker of toothpastes, toothbrushes, laundry and dishwashing detergents, soaps and over-the-counter medicines. It dates its foundation to 30 October 1891, when Tomijiro Kobayashi established T. Kobayashi & Co. in Kanda, Tokyo, and the present company was formed in 1980 by the merger of Lion Dentifrice and Lion Fat and Oil. Headquartered in Taito-ku, Tokyo and listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, it operates subsidiaries in South Korea and China and joint ventures in Thailand and Malaysia with local partners SAHA and Lam Soon, and has made oral healthcare the top priority of its Vision2030 plan.
🇯🇵 Acron and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 456 brands that began in Japan. 23 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Acron is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Acron?
The parent company of Acron is Lion, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Acron Japanese?
Yes. Acron originated in Japan in 1963 and its owner, Lion, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Acron still owned by Lion?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Acron is still owned by Lion. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Lion Integrated Report 2025 — Lion Corporation, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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