Who owns Clé de Peau Beauté?
Clé de Peau Beauté is owned by Shiseido (Japan, TSE: 4911).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Shiseido Company, Limited Integrated Report 2025, 31 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Shiseido Company, Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1982
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Skin care › Facial skin care
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 4911
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Clé de Peau Beauté
Clé de Peau Beauté is Shiseido's luxury line, positioned above the flagship brand and sold at prices comparable to La Mer and La Prairie. Its concealer and radiance-focused skin care have particular standing in East Asian markets. The name is French for key to the skin, and the line was launched in 1982 as Shiseido's answer to European luxury houses.
Ownership timeline of Clé de Peau Beauté
Where Clé de Peau Beauté sits in Shiseido
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Shiseido
Shiseido controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
- Anessa (1992)
- Drunk Elephant (2012)
- NARS (1994)
- Senka (2011)
- Shiseido (1897)
Other brands in facial skin care, and who owns them
The 76 brands in facial skin care on Brandtree belong to 38 owners. The largest is POLA ORBIS, with 6; Shiseido has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| DECENCIA | POLA ORBIS | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Clinique | Estée Lauder | 🇺🇸 United States |
| ANYA | Proya | 🇨🇳 China |
| COSRX | Amorepacific | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Paula's Choice | Unilever | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| ALBION | KOSÉ | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| O HUI | LG H&H | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| ageLOC | Nu Skin | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Shiseido
Shiseido is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1872. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 4911.
Shiseido was founded in Tokyo in 1872 as the first Western-style pharmacy in Japan and moved into cosmetics in 1897 with a skin lotion. It is the oldest cosmetics company in the world still operating and the largest in Japan, with a portfolio spanning mass, prestige and dermatological skin care.
🇯🇵 Clé de Peau Beauté 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; Clé de Peau Beauté is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Clé de Peau Beauté?
The parent company of Clé de Peau Beauté is Shiseido, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Clé de Peau Beauté Japanese?
Yes. Clé de Peau Beauté originated in Japan in 1982 and its owner, Shiseido, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Clé de Peau Beauté still owned by Shiseido?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Clé de Peau Beauté is still owned by Shiseido. 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] Shiseido Company, Limited Integrated Report 2025 — Shiseido Company, Limited, Annual report, published 31 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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