Who owns KCON?
KCON is owned by CJ ENM (South Korea, KRX: 035760).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: CJ ENM - Music (business page), CJ ENM Co., Ltd. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- CJ ENM Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇰🇷 South Korea, Seoul
- Origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Live & sport › Live events & ticketing
- Parent ticker
- KRX: 035760
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About KCON
KCON is a K-pop live event that CJ ENM names, together with the MAMA Awards, as one of its global music events. The company history records KCON editions in Saudi Arabia, Los Angeles, Japan and Thailand in 2023, in Hong Kong, Japan and Los Angeles in 2024, and in Japan and Los Angeles in 2025, plus the virtual KCON:TACT series in 2021.
Ownership timeline of KCON
Where KCON sits in CJ ENM
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full CJ ENM brand portfolio (9) →
Other brands owned by CJ ENM
CJ ENM controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
Other brands in live events & ticketing, and who owns them
The 35 brands in live events & ticketing on Brandtree belong to 17 owners. The largest is CTS Eventim, with 9; CJ ENM has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Eventim Apollo | CTS Eventim | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Beacon Theatre | MSG Entertainment | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Casino de Monte-Carlo | Monte-Carlo SBM | 🇲🇨 Monaco |
| Playdium | Cineplex | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Live Nation Concerts | Live Nation | 🇺🇸 United States |
| AMF | Lucky Strike Entertainment | 🇺🇸 United States |
| The Battery Atlanta | Atlanta Braves Holdings | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Signal Iduna Park | Borussia Dortmund KGaA | 🇩🇪 Germany |
About the owner: CJ ENM
CJ ENM is a publicly listed company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as KRX: 035760.
CJ ENM is the entertainment and media arm of CJ Group, with its address on Sangamsan-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul. Its own site says its history in entertainment began in 1995 with an investment in DreamWorks and describes business lines in TV shows, film, music, digital, performing arts and animation. Its subsidiary list names Studio Dragon, TVING, WAKEONE, AOMG, JS Pictures and others; no ownership percentages are published on the pages used here, so none are recorded.
🇰🇷 KCON and other South Korean brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 185 brands that began in South Korea. 7 of them (4%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; KCON is not one of them.
- 4DX — CJ CGV 🇰🇷
- Kakao Friends — Kakao 🇰🇷
- A Café La — Binggrae 🇰🇷
- A-Solution — Aekyung 🇰🇷
- Absolute — Maeil Dairies 🇰🇷
- Aero K — Aero K 🇰🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of KCON?
The parent company of KCON is CJ ENM, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Korea.
Is KCON South Korean?
Yes. KCON originated in South Korea and its owner, CJ ENM, is also headquartered in South Korea.
Is KCON still owned by CJ ENM?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, KCON is still owned by CJ ENM. 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] CJ ENM - Music (business page) — CJ ENM Co., Ltd., Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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