Who owns Bulgaris?
Bulgaris is owned by Namyang Dairy (South Korea, KRX: 003920).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Namyang Dairy Products Co., Ltd. Business Report (사업보고서) for fiscal year 2025, filed with DART, 19 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Namyang Dairy Products Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇰🇷 South Korea, Seoul
- Origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Founded
- 1991
- Category
- Food › Dairy & alternatives › Yogurt
- Parent ticker
- KRX: 003920
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Bulgaris
Bulgaris is a Namyang drinking yogurt, a thick fermented milk launched in 1991. The company says it uses lactic acid bacteria strains selected for Korean consumers and patented ingredients, and claims up to 240 billion CFU of live bacteria per bottle, the most of any Korean product. A Bulgaris Double line combines several strains in different flavours. The brand page shows packaging redesigns from 2003 to 2022.
Ownership timeline of Bulgaris
- Current owner Namyang Dairy [1] reported
Where Bulgaris sits in Namyang Dairy
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Namyang Dairy
Namyang Dairy controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in food.
Also in food
- Choco Emong (2011)
- Devinch (2017)
- I'm Mother (2006)
- Imperial XO (1993)
- Masinneun Uyu GT (2003)
Other brands in yogurt, and who owns them
The 85 brands in yogurt on Brandtree belong to 50 owners. The largest is Danone, with 5.
About the owner: Namyang Dairy
Namyang Dairy is a publicly listed company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 1964. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as KRX: 003920.
Namyang Dairy Products is a South Korean dairy company founded on 13 March 1964 and listed on the Korea Exchange since June 1978. It makes milk, infant formula, fermented milk, cheese, coffee mixes and drinks at five plants. Consolidated sales were 914.1 billion won in 2025: 54.0% from milk, 21.1% from formula and 24.9% from other products. Hahn & Co Dairy Holdings, owned by a Hahn & Company private equity fund, became the largest shareholder on 30 January 2024, when Hong Won-sik and two other sellers received the full price for their shares. It held 63.2% at the end of 2025.
Namyang Dairy: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇰🇷 Bulgaris 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; Bulgaris is not one of them.
- Absolute — Maeil Dairies 🇰🇷
- Ace — Haitai 🇰🇷
- Banana-Flavored Milk — Binggrae 🇰🇷
- Buldak — Samyang Foods 🇰🇷
- Chaochai — Sempio 🇰🇷
- Chapagetti — Nongshim 🇰🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Bulgaris?
The parent company of Bulgaris is Namyang Dairy, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Korea.
Is Bulgaris South Korean?
Yes. Bulgaris originated in South Korea in 1991 and its owner, Namyang Dairy, is also headquartered in South Korea.
Is Bulgaris still owned by Namyang Dairy?
Yes. As of 26 October 2026, Bulgaris is still owned by Namyang Dairy. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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] Namyang Dairy Products Co., Ltd. Business Report (사업보고서) for fiscal year 2025, filed with DART — Namyang Dairy Products Co., Ltd., Stock exchange filing, published 19 March 2026; retrieved 26 October 2026.
- [2] Namyang Dairy Products — Bulgaris brand page — Namyang Dairy Products Co., Ltd., Official document; retrieved 26 October 2026.
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