Who owns ALBION?
ALBION is owned by KOSÉ (Japan, TSE: 4922).[1]
KOSÉ owns 79.5% of ALBION rather than all of it.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: KOSÉ REPORT 2025 Integrated Report, KOSÉ Corporation. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- KOSÉ Corporation (79.5% stake) reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1956
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Skin care › Facial skin care
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 4922
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About ALBION
ALBION is a high-prestige Japanese skin care and cosmetics company established in 1956, in which KOSÉ holds 79.5 per cent of the voting rights. It grows plants for raw materials on abandoned farmland at its Shirakami Laboratory, runs a RECYCLE PROJECT that collects used containers in its stores, and is using Japan's duty-free market and its ALBION AUTHENTIQUE line to raise the brand's value worldwide.
Ownership timeline of ALBION
Where ALBION sits in KOSÉ
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by KOSÉ
KOSÉ controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
Other brands in facial skin care, and who owns them
The 85 brands in facial skin care on Brandtree belong to 45 owners. The largest is POLA ORBIS, with 6; KOSÉ has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| DECENCIA | POLA ORBIS | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Clinique | Estée Lauder | 🇺🇸 United States |
| ANYA | Proya | 🇨🇳 China |
| COSRX | Amorepacific | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Clé de Peau Beauté | Shiseido | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Paula's Choice | Unilever | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| O HUI | LG H&H | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| ageLOC | Nu Skin | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: KOSÉ
KOSÉ is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1946. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 4922.
KOSÉ is a Japanese cosmetics company founded by Kozaburo Kobayashi, who established Kobayashi Unlimited Partnership on 2 March 1946; it was incorporated in June 1948, is headquartered in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2000. In 2024 it ran 38 brands in 67 countries and regions with net sales of ¥322.7 billion, 34.5 per cent of them outside Japan. It holds 79.5 per cent of ALBION, bought the American brand Tarte in 2014 and acquired Thailand's PURI in December 2024.
🇯🇵 ALBION 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; ALBION is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of ALBION?
The parent company of ALBION is KOSÉ, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is ALBION Japanese?
Yes. ALBION originated in Japan in 1956 and its owner, KOSÉ, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is ALBION still owned by KOSÉ?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, ALBION is still owned by KOSÉ (79.5% stake). 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] KOSÉ REPORT 2025 Integrated Report — KOSÉ Corporation, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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