Who owns POLA?
POLA is owned by POLA ORBIS (Japan, TSE: 4927).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC. FY2026 Q2 Supplementary Material (appendix: About POLA ORBIS Group; Beauty Care Business Brand Portfolio). Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Shizuoka
- Founded
- 1929 by Shinobu Suzuki
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Skin care › Facial skin care
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 4927
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About POLA
POLA is the group's high-prestige skincare brand and one of its two flagship brands. The group history states that Shinobu Suzuki founded the business in Shizuoka prefecture in 1929, and the group presentation lists the brand as "since 1929". POLA sells in Japan through salons, department stores, e-commerce and cosmetics specialty stores, and overseas through department stores, directly operated stores, duty free and e-commerce. The operating company is POLA INC., established in 1946 as POLA Cosmetics and renamed in 2007; products are developed by POLA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES.
Ownership timeline of POLA
- Current owner POLA ORBIS [1] reported
Where POLA sits in POLA ORBIS
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by POLA ORBIS
POLA ORBIS controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
Other brands in facial skin care, and who owns them
POLA ORBIS has more brands in facial skin care on Brandtree than any other owner: 6 of 76.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Clinique | Estée Lauder | 🇺🇸 United States |
| ANYA | Proya | 🇨🇳 China |
| COSRX | Amorepacific | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Clé de Peau Beauté | Shiseido | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Paula's Choice | Unilever | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| ALBION | KOSÉ | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| O HUI | LG H&H | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| ageLOC | Nu Skin | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: POLA ORBIS
POLA ORBIS is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 4927.
POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS is the pure holding company, established on 29 September 2006, of the Japanese POLA and ORBIS cosmetics businesses; its head office is the POLA Ginza Building in Tokyo and it is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market (code 4927). Its own company history traces the group to a business founded in Shizuoka prefecture in 1929. Its results presentation describes beauty care as 96% of FY2025 consolidated net sales of 170.2 billion yen, with POLA and ORBIS as flagship brands sold through their own direct selling channels. Brand dates below come from the group history page and the FY2026 Q2 supplementary presentation. Jurlique is Australian but owned by the group; the group history says it became a "major investor" in Jurlique in 2012 and the presentation says the brand was acquired in 2012, and no ownership percentage is stated in either document, so none is recorded.
🇯🇵 POLA 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; POLA is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of POLA?
The parent company of POLA is POLA ORBIS, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is POLA owned by Shiseido?
No. POLA is owned by POLA ORBIS, not Shiseido.
Is POLA owned by KOSÉ?
No. POLA is owned by POLA ORBIS, not KOSÉ.
Is POLA Japanese?
Yes. POLA originated in Japan in 1929 and its owner, POLA ORBIS, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is POLA still owned by POLA ORBIS?
Yes. As of 3 October 2026, POLA is still owned by POLA ORBIS. 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] POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC. FY2026 Q2 Supplementary Material (appendix: About POLA ORBIS Group; Beauty Care Business Brand Portfolio) — POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC., Official document; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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