Who owns AQUA?
AQUA is owned by Haier (China, SSE: 600690), which has owned the brand since 2015.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Haier Smart Home — Annual Report 2025, Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇳 China, Qingdao
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Category
- Home care › Household goods & storage › Kitchenware & small appliances
- Parent ticker
- SSE: 600690 HKEX: 6690 FWB: 690D
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About AQUA
AQUA is one of the seven global appliance brands in the Haier Smart Home portfolio and is associated with Japan. The company links it to its 2015 acquisition of Haier Group's overseas white goods business, which included the former Sanyo operations in Japan and Southeast Asia, making it the Japanese arm of a Chinese-owned appliance group.
Ownership timeline of AQUA
Where AQUA sits in Haier
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Haier
Haier controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in home care.
Also in home care
Other brands in kitchenware & small appliances, and who owns them
The 105 brands in kitchenware & small appliances on Brandtree belong to 36 owners. The largest is Arçelik, with 13; Haier has 7.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Arçelik | Arçelik | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
| COLMO | Midea | 🇨🇳 China |
| All-Clad | Groupe SEB | 🇫🇷 France |
| Balay | BSH | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Hamilton Beach | Hamilton Beach Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Amica | Amica | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| Baratza | Breville Group | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| AEG | Electrolux | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
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About the owner: Haier
Haier is a publicly listed company headquartered in Qingdao, China, founded in 1984. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as SSE: 600690, HKEX: 6690 and FWB: 690D.
Haier Smart Home is the listed Chinese appliance maker formerly called Qingdao Haier, founded in 1984 and quoted in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Frankfurt. It says Euromonitor has ranked it first in the world by major appliance brand retail volume for 17 consecutive years. It runs seven global brands — Haier, Casarte, Leader, GE Appliances, Candy, Fisher & Paykel and AQUA — built largely through acquisitions: GE Appliances in 2016, Fisher & Paykel in 2018, Candy in 2019, and Carrier Commercial Refrigeration and the South African water heater maker Kwikot in 2024.
🇯🇵 AQUA 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, AQUA among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of AQUA?
The parent company of AQUA is Haier, a publicly listed company headquartered in China.
Is AQUA Japanese or Chinese?
AQUA originated in Japan, but it is owned today by Haier, which is headquartered in China. So AQUA is a Japanese-origin brand under Chinese ownership.
Since when has Haier owned AQUA?
Haier has owned AQUA since 2015.
Is AQUA still owned by Haier?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, AQUA is still owned by Haier. 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] Haier Smart Home — Annual Report 2025 — Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd., Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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