Who owns Kikkoman Soy Sauce?
Kikkoman Soy Sauce is owned by Kikkoman (Japan, TSE: 2801).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Kikkoman Group Corporate Report 2025, Kikkoman Corporation. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Kikkoman Corporation reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Noda
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Noda
- Founded
- 1917
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Sauces & ketchup
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 2801
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Kikkoman Soy Sauce
Kikkoman Soy Sauce is a traditionally brewed honjozo soy sauce made at eight overseas plants as well as in Japan, including Walworth, Wisconsin, California, the Netherlands, Singapore and Brazil. A 1956 San Francisco Chronicle advertisement introduced it as an all-purpose seasoning, a phrase that went on to appear on every label, and in 1961 the company followed with teriyaki sauce for the American market.
Ownership timeline of Kikkoman Soy Sauce
Where Kikkoman Soy Sauce sits in Kikkoman
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Kikkoman brand portfolio (5) →
Other brands owned by Kikkoman
Kikkoman controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in sauces & ketchup, and who owns them
The 95 brands in sauces & ketchup on Brandtree belong to 53 owners. The largest is Develey, with 6; Kikkoman has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bautz'ner | Develey | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Chungjungone | Daesang | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Haitian | Haitian | 🇨🇳 China |
| Chaochai | Sempio | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Búfalo | Grupo Herdez | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| A.1. | Kraft Heinz | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Las Palmas | B&G Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Erisco | Erisco Foods | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
About the owner: Kikkoman
Kikkoman is a publicly listed company headquartered in Noda, Japan, founded in 1917. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 2801.
Kikkoman is a Japanese soy sauce maker formed in 1917, when eight brewing families in Noda and Nagareyama merged to create Noda Shoyu Co., the predecessor of today's company. It began marketing in the United States through a San Francisco sales company in 1957 and shipped its first American-made soy sauce from Walworth, Wisconsin in 1973. Its soy sauce is now used in more than 100 countries, and it says North American sales far exceed those in Japan. The group also holds the Del Monte processed food rights for much of Asia, the JFC Asian food wholesale business, soymilk and Manns Wine.
🇯🇵 Kikkoman Soy Sauce and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 456 brands that began in Japan. 23 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Kikkoman Soy Sauce is not one of them.
- Ajinomoto — Ajinomoto 🇯🇵
- Almond Koka — Glico 🇯🇵
- Amuleia — Nisshin Seifun 🇯🇵
- Aohata — Kewpie 🇯🇵
- C1000 — House Foods 🇯🇵
- Calbee Potato Chips — Calbee 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Kikkoman Soy Sauce?
The parent company of Kikkoman Soy Sauce is Kikkoman, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Kikkoman Soy Sauce Japanese?
Yes. Kikkoman Soy Sauce originated in Japan in 1917 and its owner, Kikkoman, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Kikkoman Soy Sauce still owned by Kikkoman?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Kikkoman Soy Sauce is still owned by Kikkoman. 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] Kikkoman Group Corporate Report 2025 — Kikkoman Corporation, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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