Who owns Pac-Man?
Pac-Man is owned by Bandai Namco (Japan, TSE: 7832).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Integrated Report 2025, BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc, 12 September 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1980
- Category
- Internet & digital › Platforms & devices › Video games
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 7832
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Pac-Man
Pac-Man was designed in 1980 to appeal to an audience beyond the young men that arcade games then targeted, and its character came from the shape of a pizza with a slice removed. It is among the highest-grossing arcade games ever made.
Ownership timeline of Pac-Man
- Current owner Bandai Namco [1] reported
Where Pac-Man sits in Bandai Namco
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Bandai Namco ownership tree →
See the full Bandai Namco brand portfolio (8) →
Other brands owned by Bandai Namco
Bandai Namco controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
- Elden Ring (2022)
- Tekken (1994)
Other brands in video games, and who owns them
The 69 brands in video games on Brandtree belong to 18 owners. The largest is Take-Two, with 7; Bandai Namco has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Fantasy Westward Journey | NetEase | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
| 2K | Take-Two | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Apex Legends | EA | 🇺🇸 United States |
| eFootball | Konami | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Bingo Blitz | Playtika | 🇮🇱 Israel |
| Mega Man | Capcom | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Animal Crossing | Nintendo | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Football Manager | Sega Sammy | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: Bandai Namco
Bandai Namco is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2005. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 7832.
Bandai Namco was formed in 2005 by merging a toy company with an arcade game maker, and it earns more from toys, models and licensed merchandise than from games. Its Gundam model kits alone are a business larger than many game publishers.
Bandai Namco: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇯🇵 Pac-Man and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 448 brands that began in Japan. 22 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Pac-Man is not one of them.
- ABEMA — CyberAgent 🇯🇵
- Acquire — Kadokawa 🇯🇵
- Animal Crossing — Nintendo 🇯🇵
- Dragon Quest — Square Enix 🇯🇵
- Ikyu.com — LY Corporation 🇯🇵
- Jikkyou Pawafuru Puroyakyu — Konami 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Pac-Man?
The parent company of Pac-Man is Bandai Namco, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Pac-Man Japanese?
Yes. Pac-Man originated in Japan in 1980 and its owner, Bandai Namco, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Pac-Man still owned by Bandai Namco?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Pac-Man is still owned by Bandai Namco. 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] BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Integrated Report 2025 — BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc., Annual report, published 12 September 2025; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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