Who owns Kinepolis?
Kinepolis is owned by Kinepolis Group NV (Belgium, Euronext Brussels: KIN).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Kinepolis Group — Annual results 2025, regulated information, Kinepolis Group NV, 19 February 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Kinepolis Group NV reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇧🇪 Belgium, Ghent
- Origin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium, Brussels
- Founded
- 1988
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Live & sport › Cinema chains
- Parent ticker
- Euronext Brussels: KIN
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Kinepolis
Kinepolis is the European brand and the group says it was the first megaplex anywhere: the Bert and Claeys families opened the 25-screen Kinepolis Brussels in 1988. It now covers 63 complexes in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Poland. Its own premium format is Laser ULTRA, which pairs 4K laser projection with Dolby Atmos and runs in 64 auditoriums, alongside 26 ScreenX auditoriums and 20 IMAX screens added under an agreement with IMAX Corporation announced in March 2025.
Ownership timeline of Kinepolis
Where Kinepolis sits in Kinepolis
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Kinepolis
Kinepolis controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
Other brands in cinema chains, and who owns them
The 23 brands in cinema chains on Brandtree belong to 9 owners. The largest is CJ CGV, with 7; Kinepolis has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 4DX | CJ CGV | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Century Theatres | Cinemark | 🇺🇸 United States |
| AMC Theatres | AMC Theatres | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cineplex | Cineplex | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| IMAX | IMAX | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| VOX Cinemas | Majid Al Futtaim | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
| T-Joy | Toei | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| TOHO CINEMAS | TOHO | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: Kinepolis
Kinepolis is a publicly listed company headquartered in Ghent, Belgium, founded in 1997. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as Euronext Brussels: KIN.
Kinepolis Group was formed in 1997 by the merger of two family-run Belgian cinema groups and listed a year later. It now operates 122 cinemas with 1,314 screens and more than 220,000 seats, 63 of them in Europe and the rest in Canada and the United States, and turned over €564.9 million in 2025. Cinemas are only part of it: the group also does film distribution, event organisation, screen advertising and property management, and of the €43.9 million it invested in 2025, €22.9 million went on maintaining the cinemas it has and €19.8 million on internal expansion.
🇧🇪 Kinepolis and other Belgian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 53 brands that began in Belgium. 19 of them (36%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Kinepolis is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Kinepolis?
The parent company of Kinepolis is Kinepolis Group NV, a publicly listed company headquartered in Belgium.
Is Kinepolis Belgian?
Yes. Kinepolis originated in Belgium in 1988 and its owner, Kinepolis Group NV, is also headquartered in Belgium.
Is Kinepolis still owned by Kinepolis Group NV?
Yes. As of 26 September 2026, Kinepolis is still owned by Kinepolis Group NV. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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] Kinepolis Group — Annual results 2025, regulated information — Kinepolis Group NV, Annual report, published 19 February 2026; retrieved 26 September 2026.
- [2] About Kinepolis — group profile and cinema count (Internet Archive capture) — Kinepolis Group NV, Official document; retrieved 26 September 2026.
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