Who owns Compose Coffee?
Compose Coffee is owned by Jollibee Group (the Philippines, PSE: JFC), which has owned the brand since 16 August 2024.[1]
Jollibee Group owns 70% of Compose Coffee rather than all of it.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Jollibee Group 2025 Annual Report, Jollibee Foods Corporation. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Jollibee Foods Corporation (70% stake) reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇵🇭 Philippines, Pasig City
- Origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Category
- Restaurants & foodservice › Quick-service restaurants › Coffee & café chains
- Parent ticker
- PSE: JFC
- Trademark registrant
- Compose Coffee Co., Ltd (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Compose Coffee
Compose Coffee is a South Korean value coffee chain selling takeaway drinks at low prices, and it is now the largest brand in the group by store count. Jollibee completed the acquisition of 70 per cent of it on 16 August 2024 and still held that share at the end of 2025, when the chain reached 2,972 stores after opening its 3,000th outlet in September.
Trademark record for Compose Coffee
The USPTO record for the Compose Coffee mark lists Compose Coffee Co., Ltd as the owner of record (serial number 79419703). A trademark is often held by a group company rather than the listed parent, so the registrant's name can differ from the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Compose Coffee
- 2024 – present Jollibee Group (70%) [1] reported
Where Compose Coffee sits in Jollibee Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Jollibee Group
Jollibee Group controls 13 brands on Brandtree, 12 of them in restaurants & foodservice.
Also in restaurants & foodservice
- Chowking (1985)
- Greenwich
- Highlands Coffee
- Hong Zhuang Yuan
- Jollibee (1978)
- Mang Inasal (2003)
- Milksha
- Smashburger
- The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (1963)
- Tim Ho Wan (2009)
- Yonghe King
Other brands in coffee & café chains, and who owns them
Jollibee Group has more brands in coffee & café chains on Brandtree than any other owner: 4 of 24.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Coffee Couture | Famous Brands | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Mikka Coffee Roaster | After You | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Elios Craft Cafe | BMMI | 🇧🇭 Bahrain |
| CHAGEE | Chagee | 🇨🇳 China |
| Costa Coffee | Coca-Cola | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Dutch Bros | Dutch Bros | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Dunkin' | Inspire Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Jeronymo | Jerónimo Martins | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
About the owner: Jollibee Group
Jollibee Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Pasig City, Philippines, founded in 1978. Brandtree records 13 brands under its control, and it is listed as PSE: JFC.
Jollibee Foods Corporation was registered with the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission on 11 January 1978 and has grown from a Manila fast-food chain into a restaurant group with more than 10,300 stores in 33 countries and about 28,900 employees at the end of 2025. It owns some of its brands outright, holds majority stakes in others, and runs the Philippine franchises of Burger King, Panda Express and Yoshinoya, which belong to other companies. Its shares are listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange.
Jollibee Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇰🇷 Compose Coffee 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, Compose Coffee among them.
- Baekmidang — Namyang Dairy 🇰🇷
- 4DX — CJ CGV 🇰🇷
- A Café La — Binggrae 🇰🇷
- A'pieu — Able C&C 🇰🇷
- A-Solution — Aekyung 🇰🇷
- ATOPALM — Neopharm 🇰🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Compose Coffee?
The parent company of Compose Coffee is Jollibee Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in the Philippines.
Is Compose Coffee South Korean or Filipino?
Compose Coffee originated in South Korea, but it is owned today by Jollibee Group, which is headquartered in the Philippines. So Compose Coffee is a South Korean-origin brand under Filipino ownership.
Since when has Jollibee Group owned Compose Coffee?
Jollibee Group has owned Compose Coffee since 16 August 2024.
Is Compose Coffee still owned by Jollibee Group?
Yes. As of 27 September 2026, Compose Coffee is still owned by Jollibee Group (70% stake). 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] Jollibee Group 2025 Annual Report — Jollibee Foods Corporation, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: COMPOSE COFFEE, serial 79419703, registration 8350003 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 27 September 2026.
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