Who owns Ispire?
Ispire is owned by Ispire Technology Inc. (the United States, NASDAQ: ISPR).[1]
Evidence: Ispire Technology Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-09-15, SEC EDGAR, 15 September 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Ispire Technology Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Los Angeles
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Los Angeles
- Founded
- 2020
- Category
- Tobacco & nicotine › Nicotine alternatives › Heated tobacco & vapes
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: ISPR
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Ispire
Ispire is the vaping hardware brand of Ispire Technology. The company says it introduced the Ispire line of cannabis vaping products in December 2020, and in June 2023 added its proprietary Ispire ONE technology and products. The line is sold in the United States, Canada and South Africa. Ispire says most of its products are manufactured and supplied by Shenzhen Yi Jia, a company 95 percent owned by its chief executive.
Ownership timeline of Ispire
Where Ispire sits in Ispire
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands in heated tobacco & vapes, and who owns them
The 19 brands in heated tobacco & vapes on Brandtree belong to 10 owners. The largest is Charlie's Holdings, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Charlie's Chalk Dust | Charlie's Holdings | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Feiliu | RLX Technology | 🇨🇳 China |
| glo | British American Tobacco | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| blu | Imperial Brands | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Logic | Japan Tobacco | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| FEELM | Smoore | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
| NJOY | Altria | 🇺🇸 United States |
| lil | KT&G | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
About the owner: Ispire
Ispire is a publicly listed company headquartered in Los Angeles, United States, founded in 2022. Brandtree records 1 brand under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: ISPR.
Ispire Technology is a Los Angeles company, formed on 13 June 2022, that designs vaping hardware for cannabis and nicotine. Its FY2026 10-K says Tuanfang Liu, its chief executive and chairman, holds 57.6 percent of the common stock, and that most of its products are made and supplied by Shenzhen Yi Jia, which is 95 percent owned by him. In July 2022 it acquired Aspire North America from Aspire Global Inc. and holds a perpetual, royalty-free licence to Aspire technology and trademarks worldwide except China and Russia. Because the Aspire marks are licensed rather than plainly owned, Aspire is not listed as a brand here. It also sells a line of closed systems under the licensed BRKFST name, left out for the same reason.
🇺🇸 Ispire and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Ispire is not one of them.
- ALP — Turning Point Brands 🇺🇸
- Backwoods — Imperial Brands 🇬🇧
- Black & Mild — Altria 🇺🇸
- Camel — Japan Tobacco 🇯🇵
- Camel (United States) — British American Tobacco 🇬🇧
- Captain Black — Scandinavian Tobacco Group 🇩🇰
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Ispire?
The parent company of Ispire is Ispire Technology Inc., a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Ispire American?
Yes. Ispire originated in the United States in 2020 and its owner, Ispire Technology Inc., is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Ispire still owned by Ispire Technology Inc.?
Yes. As of 3 October 2026, Ispire is still owned by Ispire Technology Inc. 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] Ispire Technology Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-09-15 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 15 September 2026; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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