Who owns Alpist?
Alpist is owned by Aekyung (South Korea, KRX: 018250).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: LUNA - Beauty brand page (Aekyung Industrial), Aekyung Industrial Co., Ltd. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Aekyung Industrial Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇰🇷 South Korea, Seoul
- Origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Founded
- 2016
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Hair care › Shampoo & conditioner
- Parent ticker
- KRX: 018250
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Alpist
Alpist is a vegan hair and body care brand of Aekyung Industrial. Its page says it combines Swiss alpine herb ingredients with fragrance from a Swiss fragrance house with a 100-year history. Its brand history lists a 2016 launch, a 2022 renewal, and vegan scalp shampoo, body wash and body lotion.
Ownership timeline of Alpist
Where Alpist sits in Aekyung
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Aekyung
Aekyung controls 14 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
Other brands in shampoo & conditioner, and who owns them
The 55 brands in shampoo & conditioner on Brandtree belong to 30 owners. The largest is Unilever, with 7; Aekyung has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Clear | Unilever | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Brillare | Emami | 🇮🇳 India |
| Garnier | L'Oréal | 🇫🇷 France |
| Aujua | Milbon | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Movit | Movit | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| Head & Shoulders | Procter & Gamble | 🇺🇸 United States |
| SebiRinse | Ego Pharmaceuticals | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Tío Nacho | Genomma Lab | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
About the owner: Aekyung
Aekyung is a publicly listed company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Brandtree records 14 brands under its control, and it is listed as KRX: 018250.
Aekyung Industrial is a South Korean beauty, personal-care and home-care company whose address is Yanghwa-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul. Its website groups its brands into beauty (cosmetics), personal care (hair, body and dental care) and home care (hygiene, fabric care and kitchen living). The brand pages used here are in Korean and do not state ownership of the company itself, so no parent or stake is recorded above it.
🇰🇷 Alpist and other South Korean brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 185 brands that began in South Korea. 7 of them (4%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Alpist is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Alpist?
The parent company of Alpist is Aekyung, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Korea.
Is Alpist South Korean?
Yes. Alpist originated in South Korea in 2016 and its owner, Aekyung, is also headquartered in South Korea.
Is Alpist still owned by Aekyung?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Alpist is still owned by Aekyung. 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] LUNA - Beauty brand page (Aekyung Industrial) — Aekyung Industrial Co., Ltd., Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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