Who owns Seoksu?
Seoksu is owned by HiteJinro (South Korea, KRX: 000080).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: HiteJinro Co., Ltd. Business Report (사업보고서) for fiscal year 2025, filed with DART, 18 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- HiteJinro Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Founded
- 1982
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Bottled water
- Parent ticker
- KRX: 000080
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Seoksu
Seoksu is a bottled mineral water brand launched in 1982 and made by HiteJinro Beverage, a wholly owned subsidiary established in 2006 that produces bottled water in Yongin. In 2025 HiteJinro extended the brand into carbonated water with Seoksu Sparkling. Bottled water accounted for 6.1 per cent of the group's consolidated sales that year.
Ownership timeline of Seoksu
Where Seoksu sits in HiteJinro
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by HiteJinro
HiteJinro controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
Other brands in bottled water, and who owns them
The 123 brands in bottled water on Brandtree belong to 74 owners. The largest is Spadel, with 5.
About the owner: HiteJinro
HiteJinro is a publicly listed company headquartered in South Korea, founded in 1924. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as KRX: 000080.
HiteJinro is a South Korean drinks company founded in October 1924 as the soju maker Jinro. Hite Brewery's consortium bought Jinro out of court receivership in 2005, and the two merged and took the HiteJinro name in September 2011; HiteJinro Holdings owned 50.86 per cent at the end of 2025. Its 2025 consolidated sales were 2.50 trillion won, of which soju made 60.9 per cent, beer 30.3 per cent and bottled water 6.1 per cent.
🇰🇷 Seoksu and other South Korean brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 237 brands that began in South Korea. 12 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Seoksu is not one of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Seoksu?
The parent company of Seoksu is HiteJinro, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Korea.
Is Seoksu South Korean?
Yes. Seoksu originated in South Korea in 1982 and its owner, HiteJinro, is also headquartered in South Korea.
Is Seoksu still owned by HiteJinro?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Seoksu is still owned by HiteJinro. 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] HiteJinro Co., Ltd. Business Report (사업보고서) for fiscal year 2025, filed with DART — HiteJinro Co., Ltd., Stock exchange filing, published 18 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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