Who owns Hankyu Department Store?
Hankyu Department Store is owned by H2O Retailing (Japan, TSE: 8242).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: H2O Retailing Corporation — Annual Securities Report, fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 (English translation), 23 June 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- H2O Retailing Corporation reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Osaka
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Osaka
- Founded
- 1929
- Category
- Retail › General merchandise › Department stores
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 8242
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Hankyu Department Store
Hankyu Department Store opened in Umeda, Osaka in April 1929 as the department store division of the railway company now called Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, and its owner calls it the world's first department store directly connected to a railway station. The Umeda main store was rebuilt and reopened in November 2012. Other stores include Hakata Hankyu (opened 2011), Kawanishi, Senri and Nishinomiya, and the Hankyu Men's stores in Osaka and Tokyo. Kobe Hankyu and Takatsuki Hankyu were Sogo and Seibu stores bought in 2017 and renamed in 2019.
Ownership timeline of Hankyu Department Store
- Current owner H2O Retailing [1] reported
Where Hankyu Department Store sits in H2O Retailing
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by H2O Retailing
H2O Retailing controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in retail.
Also in retail
Other brands in department stores, and who owns them
The 15 brands in department stores on Brandtree belong to 8 owners. The largest is Isetan Mitsukoshi, with 4; H2O Retailing has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Isetan | Isetan Mitsukoshi | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Central Department Store | Central Retail | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Bloomingdale's | Macy's, Inc. | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Robinsons Department Store (Philippines) | Robinsons Retail | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
| Kohl's | Kohl's | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Avenida | Pepkor | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Takashimaya | Takashimaya | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Iwataya | Isetan Mitsukoshi | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: H2O Retailing
H2O Retailing is a publicly listed company headquartered in Osaka, Japan, founded in 1947. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 8242.
H2O Retailing is an Osaka retail holding company that owns the Hankyu and Hanshin department stores and a group of Kansai supermarkets. It began on 7 March 1947 as Hankyu Department Stores, Inc., spun off from the railway company that had opened the Hankyu store in Umeda in 1929, and took the H2O Retailing name in October 2007 when it integrated Hanshin Department Store. It is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime market as 8242. For the year to March 2026 it reported net sales of ¥680.2 billion and gross sales of ¥1,162.4 billion. Hanshin Electric Railway (12.83%) and Hankyu Hanshin Holdings (7.25%) are among its largest shareholders.
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🇯🇵 Hankyu Department Store 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; Hankyu Department Store is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Hankyu Department Store?
The parent company of Hankyu Department Store is H2O Retailing, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Hankyu Department Store Japanese?
Yes. Hankyu Department Store originated in Japan in 1929 and its owner, H2O Retailing, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Hankyu Department Store still owned by H2O Retailing?
Yes. As of 23 October 2026, Hankyu Department Store is still owned by H2O Retailing. 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] H2O Retailing Corporation — Annual Securities Report, fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 (English translation) — H2O Retailing Corporation, Annual report, published 23 June 2026; retrieved 23 October 2026.
- [2] H2O Retailing Integrated Report 2025 — H2O Retailing Corporation, Annual report; retrieved 23 October 2026.
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