Who owns Curél?
Curél is owned by Kao (Japan, TSE: 4452).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Kao Corporation Integrated Report 2025, 31 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Kao Corporation reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1999
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Skin care › Dermocosmetics & clinical skin care
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 4452
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Curél
Curél is Kao's brand for dry and sensitive skin, formulated around ceramide replenishment and sold through pharmacies. It is one of the largest sensitive-skin ranges in Japan and has expanded across East Asia. Ceramides are lipids that hold the outer skin layer together, and their depletion is a recognised feature of eczema-prone skin.
Ownership timeline of Curél
Where Curél sits in Kao
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Kao
Kao controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
- Bioré (1980)
- Jergens (1882)
- John Frieda (1988)
- Merries (1983)
- Molton Brown (1971)
Other brands in dermocosmetics & clinical skin care, and who owns them
The 42 brands in dermocosmetics & clinical skin care on Brandtree belong to 22 owners. The largest is Ego Pharmaceuticals, with 9.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| DermAid | Ego Pharmaceuticals | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Biretix | Cantabria Labs | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| CeraVe | L'Oréal | 🇫🇷 France |
| A-Derma | Pierre Fabre | 🇫🇷 France |
| Dermalogica | Unilever | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Minon | Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Alastin | Galderma | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| A-Solution | Aekyung | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
Every brand in dermocosmetics & clinical skin care and its owner →
About the owner: Kao
Kao is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1887. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 4452.
Kao Corporation was founded in Tokyo in 1887 to make a domestic facial soap of a quality then only imported, and its name comes from the Japanese word for face. It spans household products, personal care, cosmetics and chemicals, and is one of the largest consumer goods companies in Asia.
🇯🇵 Curél 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; Curél is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Curél?
The parent company of Curél is Kao, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Curél Japanese?
Yes. Curél originated in Japan in 1999 and its owner, Kao, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Curél still owned by Kao?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Curél is still owned by Kao. 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] Kao Corporation Integrated Report 2025 — Kao Corporation, Annual report, published 31 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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