Who owns Asahi Super Dry?
Asahi Super Dry is owned by Asahi Group (Japan, TSE: 2502).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. Integrated Report 2025, 31 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1987
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Lager
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 2502
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Asahi Super Dry
Asahi Super Dry launched in 1987 with a drier, sharper finish than the sweeter lagers then standard in Japan, and it took the company from third place to market leadership within a few years. It is the best-selling beer in Japan and Asahi's main international brand.
Ownership timeline of Asahi Super Dry
- Current owner Asahi Group [1] reported
Where Asahi Super Dry sits in Asahi Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Asahi Group
Asahi Group controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Carlton Draught (1864)
- Fuller's London Pride (1959)
- Grolsch (1615)
- Meantime (1999)
- Peroni (1846)
- Pilsner Urquell (1842)
- Tyskie (1629)
- Victoria Bitter (1854)
Other brands in lager, and who owns them
The 200 brands in lager on Brandtree belong to 55 owners. The largest is AB InBev, with 17; Asahi Group has 7.
About the owner: Asahi Group
Asahi Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1889. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 2502.
Asahi Group Holdings was founded in Osaka in 1889 and is one of the two dominant Japanese brewers. It became a genuinely international company between 2016 and 2020 by buying the European and Australian beer brands that AB InBev was forced to divest to clear its takeover of SABMiller.
🇯🇵 Asahi Super Dry and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 448 brands that began in Japan. 22 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Asahi Super Dry is not one of them.
- Aquarius — Coca-Cola 🇺🇸
- Blendy — Ajinomoto 🇯🇵
- Café au Lait — Glico 🇯🇵
- Gogo no Kocha — Kirin 🇯🇵
- Hibiki — Suntory 🇯🇵
- ITO EN Matcha Green Tea — ITO EN 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Asahi Super Dry?
The parent company of Asahi Super Dry is Asahi Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Asahi Super Dry Japanese?
Yes. Asahi Super Dry originated in Japan in 1987 and its owner, Asahi Group, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Asahi Super Dry still owned by Asahi Group?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Asahi Super Dry is still owned by Asahi Group. 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] Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. Integrated Report 2025 — Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd., Annual report, published 31 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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