Who owns Jinro?
Jinro is owned by HiteJinro (South Korea, KRX: 000080).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: HiteJinro Co., Ltd. Business Report (사업보고서) for fiscal year 2025, filed with DART, 18 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- HiteJinro Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Founded
- 1924
- Category
- Beverages › Spirits › Soju
- Parent ticker
- KRX: 000080
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Jinro
Jinro is the soju brand on which HiteJinro was founded in 1924. In Korea it is now sold as Jinro Is Back, a retro product reviving the look of 1970s Jinro soju that has been reformulated with zero sugar and lower alcohol, and abroad the range includes fruit-flavoured Jinro and the 24 per cent Jinro 24 made for international markets. HiteJinro America says Jinro has been the world's best-selling spirit brand since 2000.
Ownership timeline of Jinro
Where Jinro sits in HiteJinro
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full HiteJinro brand portfolio (8) →
Other brands owned by HiteJinro
HiteJinro controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
Other brands in soju, and who owns them
The 15 brands in soju on Brandtree belong to 4 owners. The largest is Lotte Chilsung, with 6; HiteJinro has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Chum Churum Soonhari | Lotte Chilsung | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Good Day | Muhak | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Ikkomon | Takara | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Chum-Churum | Lotte Chilsung | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Ku | Lotte Chilsung | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Kyougetsu Green Soju | Lotte Chilsung | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Saero | Lotte Chilsung | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Yeowool | Lotte Chilsung | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
About the owner: HiteJinro
HiteJinro is a publicly listed company headquartered in South Korea, founded in 1924. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as KRX: 000080.
HiteJinro is a South Korean drinks company founded in October 1924 as the soju maker Jinro. Hite Brewery's consortium bought Jinro out of court receivership in 2005, and the two merged and took the HiteJinro name in September 2011; HiteJinro Holdings owned 50.86 per cent at the end of 2025. Its 2025 consolidated sales were 2.50 trillion won, of which soju made 60.9 per cent, beer 30.3 per cent and bottled water 6.1 per cent.
🇰🇷 Jinro 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; Jinro is not one of them.
- 17 Cha — Namyang Dairy 🇰🇷
- A Café La — Binggrae 🇰🇷
- Barista Rules — Maeil Dairies 🇰🇷
- Boseong Green Tea — Dongwon Industries 🇰🇷
- Cass — AB InBev 🇧🇪
- Chum Churum Soonhari — Lotte Chilsung 🇰🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Jinro?
The parent company of Jinro is HiteJinro, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Korea.
Is Jinro South Korean?
Yes. Jinro originated in South Korea in 1924 and its owner, HiteJinro, is also headquartered in South Korea.
Is Jinro still owned by HiteJinro?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Jinro is still owned by HiteJinro. 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] HiteJinro Co., Ltd. Business Report (사업보고서) for fiscal year 2025, filed with DART — HiteJinro Co., Ltd., Stock exchange filing, published 18 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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