Who owns Luckin Coffee?
Luckin Coffee is owned by Luckin Coffee Inc. (China, OTC: LKNCY).[1]
Evidence: Luckin Coffee Inc. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-03-27, SEC EDGAR, 27 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Luckin Coffee Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇳 China, Xiamen
- Origin
- 🇨🇳 China, Xiamen
- Category
- Restaurants & foodservice › Quick-service restaurants › Coffee & café chains
- Parent ticker
- OTC: LKNCY
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Luckin Coffee
Luckin Coffee is a coffee-and-tea chain whose own brand page says it is headquartered in Xiamen and uses a mobile-internet and data-driven retail model. The company states it reached 10,000 stores in China on 5 June 2023, with a flagship opening on Zhongshan Road in Xiamen, and runs a roasting plant opened in 2021. Its menu includes lattes, americanos, cold brew and light milk teas.
Ownership timeline of Luckin Coffee
- Current owner Luckin Coffee [1] verified
Where Luckin Coffee sits in Luckin Coffee
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands in coffee & café chains, and who owns them
The 21 brands in coffee & café chains on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is Jollibee Group, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Compose Coffee | Jollibee Group | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
| Coffee Couture | Famous Brands | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Elios Craft Cafe | BMMI | 🇧🇭 Bahrain |
| Costa Coffee | Coca-Cola | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Dutch Bros | Dutch Bros | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Dunkin' | Inspire Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Jeronymo | Jerónimo Martins | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
| McCafé | McDonald's | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Luckin Coffee
Luckin Coffee is a publicly listed company headquartered in Xiamen, China. Brandtree records 1 brand under its control, and it is listed as OTC: LKNCY.
Luckin Coffee Inc. is a Cayman Islands holding company that files annual reports on Form 20-F with the SEC; its operating brand is the Luckin coffee chain, which its own website says is headquartered in Xiamen and which passed 10,000 stores in China on 5 June 2023. It is unrelated to Lucky Cup, the coffee brand of MIXUE Group.
Luckin Coffee: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇨🇳 Luckin Coffee and other Chinese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 319 brands that began in China. 39 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Luckin Coffee is not one of them.
- Chaonabian — Jiumaojiu 🇨🇳
- Hong Zhuang Yuan — Jollibee Group 🇵🇭
- Lucky Cup — Mixue 🇨🇳
- 1688.com — Alibaba 🇭🇰
- 17.5° — Nongfu Spring 🇨🇳
- 7 Days — Jin Jiang Hotels 🇨🇳
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Luckin Coffee?
The parent company of Luckin Coffee is Luckin Coffee Inc., a publicly listed company headquartered in China.
Is Luckin Coffee owned by Mixue?
No. Luckin Coffee is owned by Luckin Coffee Inc., not Mixue.
Is Luckin Coffee Chinese?
Yes. Luckin Coffee originated in China and its owner, Luckin Coffee Inc., is also headquartered in China.
Is Luckin Coffee still owned by Luckin Coffee Inc.?
Yes. As of 3 October 2026, Luckin Coffee is still owned by Luckin Coffee Inc. 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] Luckin Coffee Inc. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-03-27 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 27 March 2026; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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