Who owns Kansai Super?
Kansai Super is owned by H2O Retailing (Japan, TSE: 8242), which has owned the brand since 2021.[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
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Osaka
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Category
- Retail › Grocery › Supermarkets
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 8242
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About Kansai Super
Kansai Super is a supermarket chain in the Kansai region that H2O Retailing acquired through a share exchange in December 2021. Its owner credits it with building its own processing system for fresh food and with being one of the first to put vegetables in refrigerated display cases. The operating company, Kansai Super Market Ltd., was dissolved on 1 April 2026 in a merger with Izumiya・Hankyu Oasis, whose successor Kansai Food Market Ltd. still runs the stores under the Kansai Super name and website.
Ownership timeline of Kansai Super
- 2021 – present H2O Retailing [1] reported
Where Kansai Super 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 supermarkets, and who owns them
The 17 brands in supermarkets on Brandtree belong to 10 owners. The largest is Chedraui, with 5; H2O Retailing has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Arteli | Chedraui | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| Robinsons Supermarket | Robinsons Retail | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
| Profi | Ahold Delhaize | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| FİLE | BİM | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
| Tops | Central Retail | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Lotus's | CP Axtra | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Bách Hóa Xanh | Mobile World | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
| Carrefoursa | Sabancı Holding | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
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.
H2O Retailing: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇯🇵 Kansai Super 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; Kansai Super is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Kansai Super?
The parent company of Kansai Super is H2O Retailing, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Kansai Super Japanese?
Yes. Kansai Super originated in Japan and its owner, H2O Retailing, is also headquartered in Japan.
Since when has H2O Retailing owned Kansai Super?
H2O Retailing has owned Kansai Super since 2021.
Is Kansai Super still owned by H2O Retailing?
Yes. As of 23 October 2026, Kansai Super is still owned by H2O Retailing. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (3) & 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.
- [3] 株式会社関西フードマーケット — Kansai Food Market Ltd., Official document; retrieved 23 October 2026.
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