Who owns Bathclin?
Bathclin is owned by Earth (Japan, TSE: 4985), which has owned the brand since 2012.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Earth Corporation Integrated Report 2024. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Earth Corporation reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Bath, soap & hand care › Bar soap & body wash
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 4985
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Bathclin
Bathclin is a Japanese bath additive brand. Earth's history page records that it acquired Bathclin Corporation in 2012, and the Integrated Report 2024 names BATHCLIN Corporation as a consolidated subsidiary and calls Bathclin products a best seller; the history page also notes a planned absorption-type merger of Bathclin Corporation in 2026. The brand page describes its products as gently scented baths for a relaxed time.
Ownership timeline of Bathclin
Where Bathclin sits in Earth
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Earth
Earth controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
- Bath Roman (1964)
- Mondahmin (1987)
Other brands in bar soap & body wash, and who owns them
The 42 brands in bar soap & body wash on Brandtree belong to 29 owners. The largest is Unilever, with 5; Earth has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Dove | Unilever | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| MediHerb | Trade Kings | 🇿🇲 Zambia |
| Cavaillès | Bolton Group | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Cristalino | CasaLuker | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| Protex | Colgate-Palmolive | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Jovia | Jyothy Labs | 🇮🇳 India |
| Ivory | Procter & Gamble | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Claire | Sulfo Rwanda | 🇷🇼 Rwanda |
About the owner: Earth
Earth is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1892. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 4985.
Earth Corporation is a Japanese household insecticide, pest-control, bath-additive and oral-care maker listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market (code 4985). Its company profile gives a founding date of 1 April 1892 in Osaka by Hidezo Kimura and an establishment date of 26 August 1925 (as Kimura Pharmaceuticals; renamed Earth Chemical in 1964). Its Integrated Report 2024 says the Otsuka Group took a capital participation in 1970, and the shareholder table there lists Otsuka Pharmaceutical (9.94%), Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory (8.80%) and Otsuka Chemical (1.80%) among its top ten holders, but Earth remains a separately listed company. Earth's brand page also shows oral-care brands (Shumitect, Polident, Polygrip, Biotene, Aquafresh) that were not added here because the documents opened do not say whether Earth owns them or sells them under licence; the 2024 report says only that Earth Corporation had sales collaboration with Block Drug (1996) and GlaxoSmithKline (2002).
🇯🇵 Bathclin and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 437 brands that began in Japan. 21 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Bathclin is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Bathclin?
The parent company of Bathclin is Earth, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Bathclin Japanese?
Yes. Bathclin originated in Japan and its owner, Earth, is also headquartered in Japan.
Since when has Earth owned Bathclin?
Earth has owned Bathclin since 2012.
Is Bathclin still owned by Earth?
Yes. As of 3 October 2026, Bathclin is still owned by Earth. 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] Earth Corporation Integrated Report 2024 — Earth Corporation, Annual report; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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