Who owns Black Forêt?
Black Forêt 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
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Hair care › Shampoo & conditioner
- Parent ticker
- KRX: 018250
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Black Forêt
Black Forêt is a functional hair-loss care brand of Aekyung Industrial. Its page says its solutions come from research by trichologists, scalp specialists. The best-selling list includes hair-loss symptom relief shampoos for cooling deep clean, scalp strengthening and scalp purifying, a scalp tonic, and a biotin scalp serum.
Ownership timeline of Black Forêt
Where Black Forêt 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.
🇰🇷 Black Forêt 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; Black Forêt is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Black Forêt?
The parent company of Black Forêt is Aekyung, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Korea.
Is Black Forêt South Korean?
Yes. Black Forêt originated in South Korea and its owner, Aekyung, is also headquartered in South Korea.
Is Black Forêt still owned by Aekyung?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Black Forêt 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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