Who owns Pigeon?
Pigeon is owned by Pigeon Corporation (Japan, TSE: 7956).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Pigeon Corporation Integrated Report 2025, 31 August 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Pigeon Corporation reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Baby care › Baby feeding & nursing
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 7956
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Pigeon
Pigeon is the baby care brand of Pigeon Corporation, under which it sells nursing bottles and nipples, baby skincare, breast pumps, oral care, drinking cups and baby food. The company says it has more than 80 per cent of the Japanese nursing bottle market, is the leading brand in Japan and mainland China, and holds about 10 per cent of the world market, which it aims to double to 20 per cent by 2035.
Ownership timeline of Pigeon
Where Pigeon sits in Pigeon
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Pigeon
Pigeon controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
Other brands in baby feeding & nursing, and who owns them
The 14 brands in baby feeding & nursing on Brandtree belong to 6 owners. The largest is Artsana, with 5; Pigeon has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Boppy | Artsana | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Manhattan Toy | Crown Crafts | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Baby Buddha | Mayborn | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Skip Hop | Carter's | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Philips Avent | Philips | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Chicco | Artsana | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Fisiolact | Artsana | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| NeoBaby | Artsana | 🇮🇹 Italy |
About the owner: Pigeon
Pigeon is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1957. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 7956.
Pigeon was established on 15 August 1957 in Chigasaki, Kanagawa as Pigeon Honyuki Honpo, a nursing bottle manufacturer, and took its present name in 1966. It makes baby and mother care products, above all nursing bottles and nipples, in which it says it holds the largest global market share, and it added the American breastfeeding brand Lansinoh in 2004. It reports Japan, China, Singapore and Americas and Europe businesses, the last renamed from the Lansinoh Business in March 2026.
🇯🇵 Pigeon and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 456 brands that began in Japan. 23 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Pigeon is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Pigeon?
The parent company of Pigeon is Pigeon Corporation, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Pigeon Japanese?
Yes. Pigeon originated in Japan and its owner, Pigeon Corporation, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Pigeon still owned by Pigeon Corporation?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Pigeon is still owned by Pigeon Corporation. 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] Pigeon Corporation Integrated Report 2025 — Pigeon Corporation, Annual report, published 31 August 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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