Who owns CLIO?
CLIO is owned by CLIO Cosmetics (South Korea, KRX: 237880).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: CLIO Cosmetics Co., Ltd. Business Report (사업보고서) for fiscal year 2025, filed with DART, 23 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- CLIO Cosmetics Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇰🇷 South Korea, Seoul
- Origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea, Seoul
- Founded
- 1993
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Cosmetics & fragrance › Makeup
- Parent ticker
- KRX: 237880
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About CLIO
CLIO is the make-up brand launched in October 1993 as a professional colour cosmetics line by Clio Sangsa, the predecessor of CLIO Cosmetics, which describes it as the first Korean colour cosmetics brand. Its Kill Cover cushion foundation won an Olive Young award for the sixth year running in 2025, and Kill Lash Superproof mascara is another regular award winner. With peripera it had an estimated 8.4 per cent of the Korean colour cosmetics market in 2024.
Ownership timeline of CLIO
- Current owner CLIO Cosmetics [1] reported
Where CLIO sits in CLIO Cosmetics
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by CLIO Cosmetics
CLIO Cosmetics controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
- Dermatory (2017)
- goodal (2011)
- Healingbird (2018)
- peripera (2005)
Other brands in makeup, and who owns them
The 48 brands in makeup on Brandtree belong to 25 owners. The largest is L'Oréal, with 5; CLIO Cosmetics has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Lancôme | L'Oréal | 🇫🇷 France |
| ADDICTION | KOSÉ | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| CoverGirl | Coty | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bobbi Brown | Estée Lauder | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Eudora | Grupo Boticário | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Flower Knows | Proya | 🇨🇳 China |
| Little Ondine | Yatsen | 🇨🇳 China |
| A'pieu | Able C&C | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
About the owner: CLIO Cosmetics
CLIO Cosmetics is a publicly listed company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 1993. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as KRX: 237880.
CLIO Cosmetics is a Seoul cosmetics company that grew out of Clio Sangsa, the business Han Hyun-ok set up in October 1993 to launch the CLIO make-up brand; the present company was incorporated in May 1997. It runs make-up, skin care and hair care brands, all made by contract manufacturers such as Cosmax, and 41 per cent of its 2025 sales were exports. It has been listed on KOSDAQ since November 2016. Han, its chief executive, holds 48.57 per cent of the shares, and 60.71 per cent with her family.
CLIO Cosmetics: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇰🇷 CLIO 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; CLIO is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of CLIO?
The parent company of CLIO is CLIO Cosmetics, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Korea.
Is CLIO South Korean?
Yes. CLIO originated in South Korea in 1993 and its owner, CLIO Cosmetics, is also headquartered in South Korea.
Is CLIO still owned by CLIO Cosmetics?
Yes. As of 28 October 2026, CLIO is still owned by CLIO Cosmetics. 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] CLIO Cosmetics Co., Ltd. Business Report (사업보고서) for fiscal year 2025, filed with DART — CLIO Cosmetics Co., Ltd., Stock exchange filing, published 23 March 2026; retrieved 28 October 2026.
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