Who owns piccoma?
piccoma is owned by Kakao (South Korea, KRX: 035720).[1]
Kakao owns 91.1% of piccoma rather than all of it.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Kakao Company Presentation, February 2026, Kakao Corp, 1 February 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Kakao Corp. (91.1% stake) reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇰🇷 South Korea, Jeju
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 2016
- Category
- Internet & digital › Digital services › Digital publishing
- Parent ticker
- KRX: 035720
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About piccoma
piccoma is the webtoon and digital comics platform Kakao launched in Japan in 2016, and it is the group's most successful business outside Korea: it was the top app in the Japanese market by gross revenue in 2025 and its annual operating profit passed 10 billion yen for the first time. Kakao Piccoma is 91.1 per cent held across the group, 72.9 per cent of it directly by Kakao.
Ownership timeline of piccoma
Where piccoma sits in Kakao
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Kakao
Kakao controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Founded in the 2010s
- Kakao Friends (2012)
Other brands in digital publishing, and who owns them
The 36 brands in digital publishing on Brandtree belong to 20 owners. The largest is Astro, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Astro Ulagam | Astro | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Research Exchange | Wiley | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Engadget | Apollo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Allrecipes | IAC | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bossip | Urban One | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Audible | Amazon | 🇺🇸 United States |
| BOOK☆WALKER | Kadokawa | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| NAVER Blog | NAVER | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
About the owner: Kakao
Kakao is a publicly listed company headquartered in Jeju, South Korea. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as KRX: 035720.
Kakao is the South Korean internet group built around KakaoTalk, a messaging app with 49 million monthly users in a country of 52 million, and it monetises that position through advertising, gifting and commerce inside the app. Around it sit partly owned subsidiaries covering mobility, payments, banking, music streaming, webtoons and games, most of which Kakao holds well short of outright. Consolidated revenue reached a record 8.1 trillion won in 2025. Its web portal Daum, long the group's second pillar, was separated out as AXZ and left the group; it is absent from Kakao's February 2026 ownership chart.
🇯🇵 piccoma 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, piccoma among them.
- ABEMA — CyberAgent 🇯🇵
- Acquire — Kadokawa 🇯🇵
- Animal Crossing — Nintendo 🇯🇵
- Dragon Quest — Square Enix 🇯🇵
- Elden Ring — Bandai Namco 🇯🇵
- Ikyu.com — LY Corporation 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of piccoma?
The parent company of piccoma is Kakao, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Korea.
Is piccoma Japanese or South Korean?
piccoma originated in Japan in 2016, but it is owned today by Kakao, which is headquartered in South Korea. So piccoma is a Japanese-origin brand under South Korean ownership.
Is piccoma still owned by Kakao?
Yes. As of 28 September 2026, piccoma is still owned by Kakao (91.1% stake). 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] Kakao Company Presentation, February 2026 — Kakao Corp., Official document, published 1 February 2026; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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