Who owns MIYABI?
MIYABI is owned by ZWILLING (Germany).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: ZWILLING - Company history, ZWILLING J.A. Henckels AG. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- ZWILLING J.A. Henckels AG reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇩🇪 Germany, Solingen
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 2005
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Furniture & furnishings › Cookware & tableware
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About MIYABI
MIYABI is a Japanese knife brand in the ZWILLING group. ZWILLING's brands page says MIYABI knives have existed since 2005 and are handcrafted in what it calls the samurai sword-making capital of the world. The ZWILLING company history lists MIYABI as the group's Japanese brand.
Ownership timeline of MIYABI
Where MIYABI sits in ZWILLING
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by ZWILLING
ZWILLING controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in home, garden & diy.
Also in home, garden & diy
Other brands in cookware & tableware, and who owns them
The 36 brands in cookware & tableware on Brandtree belong to 11 owners. The largest is Fiskars Group, with 10; ZWILLING has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Arabia | Fiskars Group | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Fitz and Floyd | Lifetime Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Nambé | Portmeirion Group | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Chicago Cutlery | Corelle Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| like. by Villeroy & Boch | Villeroy & Boch | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Mark and Graham | Williams-Sonoma | 🇺🇸 United States |
| mychef | Dorco | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| FOX Home | Fox Group | 🇮🇱 Israel |
About the owner: ZWILLING
ZWILLING is a privately held company headquartered in Solingen, Germany, founded in 1731. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control.
ZWILLING J.A. Henckels AG is a Solingen, Germany, maker of knives, cookware and kitchen tools. Its company history says Peter Henckels registered the ZWILLING trademark in Solingen in 1731, and that Wilh. Werhahn KG has been its sole shareholder since 1970 (the group is a stock company wholly owned by the Werhahn Group). It also owns the Santos and Flammkraft barbecue businesses and the BSF and Fontignac kitchen brands, which are not listed here.
🇯🇵 MIYABI and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 437 brands that began in Japan. 21 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, MIYABI among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of MIYABI?
The parent company of MIYABI is ZWILLING, a privately held company headquartered in Germany.
Is MIYABI Japanese or German?
MIYABI originated in Japan in 2005, but it is owned today by ZWILLING, which is headquartered in Germany. So MIYABI is a Japanese-origin brand under German ownership.
Is MIYABI still owned by ZWILLING?
Yes. As of 3 October 2026, MIYABI is still owned by ZWILLING. 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] ZWILLING - Company history — ZWILLING J.A. Henckels AG, Official document; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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