Who owns Sapporo Draft Beer Kuro Label?
Sapporo Draft Beer Kuro Label is owned by Sapporo (Japan, TSE: 2501).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Sapporo Breweries Ltd. Medium-Term Management Plan (2027–30). Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Sapporo Breweries Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1977
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Lager
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 2501
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Sapporo Draft Beer Kuro Label
Sapporo Draft Beer Kuro Label, called Black Label in the company's strategy documents, was first released in 1977 as Sapporo Bottled Draft, when pasteurised beer dominated the Japanese market, and helped establish unpasteurised draft beer in Japan. It is one of the two beers on which Sapporo is concentrating its domestic investment, and the company reports that sales of the canned version roughly doubled over ten years while total demand for canned beer grew only about ten per cent.
Ownership timeline of Sapporo Draft Beer Kuro Label
Where Sapporo Draft Beer Kuro Label sits in Sapporo
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Sapporo
Sapporo controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Kireto Lemon
- Okanagan Spring (1985)
- Pokka
- Sapporo Premium Beer
- Sleeman (1988)
- Unibroue
- Yebisu (1890)
Other brands in lager, and who owns them
The 200 brands in lager on Brandtree belong to 55 owners. The largest is AB InBev, with 17; Sapporo has 4.
About the owner: Sapporo
Sapporo is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1876. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 2501.
Sapporo traces its beginnings to the Kaitakushi Brewery founded in Sapporo, Hokkaido in 1876. The listed company, formerly the pure holding company Sapporo Holdings, became a business holding company and changed its name to Sapporo Breweries Ltd. on 1 July 2026, with revenue of 506.9 billion yen in 2025. It is concentrating on alcoholic beverages: in December 2025 it agreed to sell its real estate subsidiary, owner of Yebisu Garden Place and Sapporo Factory, to a consortium of PAG and KKR in stages ending in 2029, and in April 2026 it agreed to transfer the Stone craft beer brand to Firestone Walker.
🇯🇵 Sapporo Draft Beer Kuro Label 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; Sapporo Draft Beer Kuro Label is not one of them.
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- Gogo no Kocha — Kirin 🇯🇵
- Hibiki — Suntory 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Sapporo Draft Beer Kuro Label?
The parent company of Sapporo Draft Beer Kuro Label is Sapporo, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Sapporo Draft Beer Kuro Label Japanese?
Yes. Sapporo Draft Beer Kuro Label originated in Japan in 1977 and its owner, Sapporo, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Sapporo Draft Beer Kuro Label still owned by Sapporo?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Sapporo Draft Beer Kuro Label is still owned by Sapporo. 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] Sapporo Breweries Ltd. Medium-Term Management Plan (2027–30) — Sapporo Breweries Ltd., Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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