Who owns aprilskin?
aprilskin is owned by APR (South Korea, KRX: 278470).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: APR Co., Ltd. Business Report (사업보고서) for fiscal year 2025, filed with DART, 23 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- APR Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇰🇷 South Korea, Seoul
- Origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea, Seoul
- Founded
- 2014
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Skin care › Facial skin care
- Parent ticker
- KRX: 278470
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About aprilskin
aprilskin is the first brand of APR, launched in October 2014 when the company was set up, and described in its filings as a high-performance, low-irritation skin solution. Its products are built on ingredients such as carrot and calendula, and the line covers both basic skin care and colour cosmetics. APR reports it in its cosmetics and beauty segment with medicube, Forment and Glam.D, which together had 1.08 trillion won of sales in 2025.
Ownership timeline of aprilskin
Where aprilskin sits in APR
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by APR
APR controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
Founded in the 2010s
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.
| 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 |
| ALBION | KOSÉ | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| O HUI | LG H&H | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
About the owner: APR
APR is a publicly listed company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2014. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as KRX: 278470.
APR is a Seoul beauty company founded in October 2014 by Kim Byung-hoon, its chief executive and largest shareholder with 31.94 per cent of the shares at the end of 2025. It sells skin care, make-up and fragrance under medicube, aprilskin and Forment, and home beauty devices under medicube AGE-R, which its subsidiary APR Factory builds. Listed on KOSPI since February 2024, it had 2025 revenue of 1.53 trillion won, 80 per cent of it from outside Korea.
🇰🇷 aprilskin and other South Korean brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 237 brands that began in South Korea. 12 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; aprilskin is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of aprilskin?
The parent company of aprilskin is APR, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Korea.
Is aprilskin South Korean?
Yes. aprilskin originated in South Korea in 2014 and its owner, APR, is also headquartered in South Korea.
Is aprilskin still owned by APR?
Yes. As of 28 October 2026, aprilskin is still owned by APR. 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] APR Co., Ltd. Business Report (사업보고서) for fiscal year 2025, filed with DART — APR Co., Ltd., Stock exchange filing, published 23 March 2026; retrieved 28 October 2026.
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