Who owns Nippon Paint?
Nippon Paint is owned by Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd. (Japan, TSE: 4612).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Nippon Paint Holdings — Corporate Profile and History, Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1881
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Home improvement › Paint & coatings
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 4612
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Nippon Paint
Nippon Paint is the original brand of the group, tracing back to Komyosha, founded in Tokyo in 1881; the company took the name Nippon Paint Co., Ltd. in 1927. The group says its Japan business spans automotive coatings, decorative paints, industrial coatings, fine chemicals and marine coatings, and that it operates Nippon Paint companies across Asia, including China, Malaysia and Singapore, which its Asian arm NIPSEA runs in 28 countries and regions.
Ownership timeline of Nippon Paint
- Current owner Nippon Paint [1] reported
Where Nippon Paint sits in Nippon Paint
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Nippon Paint
Nippon Paint controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in home, garden & diy.
Also in home, garden & diy
Other brands in paint & coatings, and who owns them
The 38 brands in paint & coatings on Brandtree belong to 13 owners. The largest is RPM, with 6; Nippon Paint has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Rust-Oleum | RPM | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Krylon | Sherwin-Williams | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Dulux | AkzoNobel | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Behr | Masco | 🇺🇸 United States |
| MAGNAT | Śnieżka | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| Asian Paints | Asian Paints | 🇮🇳 India |
| Craftsman | Stanley Black & Decker | 🇺🇸 United States |
| PebbleTec | CRH | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
About the owner: Nippon Paint
Nippon Paint is a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan, founded in 1881. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 4612.
Nippon Paint Holdings is a Japanese paint and coatings group whose roots go back to Komyosha, founded in Tokyo in 1881. It became a holding company in 2014 and describes itself as an asset assembler: it grows by acquiring paint businesses and leaving them to run themselves. Its own company history records Dunn-Edwards (United States, 2017), Betek Boya (Turkey) and DuluxGroup (Australia) in 2019, the Asian joint ventures with Wuthelam and PT Nipsea in 2021, Cromology and JUB in 2022 and AOC in 2025. Dulux in Australia and New Zealand belongs to this group. The Dulux brand in Nigeria is recorded separately under another owner.
Nippon Paint: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇯🇵 Nippon Paint 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; Nippon Paint is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Nippon Paint?
The parent company of Nippon Paint is Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd., a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Nippon Paint Japanese?
Yes. Nippon Paint originated in Japan in 1881 and its owner, Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd., is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Nippon Paint still owned by Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd.?
Yes. As of 3 October 2026, Nippon Paint is still owned by Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd. 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] Nippon Paint Holdings — Corporate Profile and History — Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd., Official document; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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