Who owns Silcot?
Silcot is owned by Unicharm (Japan, TSE: 8113).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Unicharm Corporation Integrated Report 2025, 31 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Unicharm Corporation reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1988
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Skin care › Facial skin care
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 8113
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Silcot
Silcot makes cotton pads for applying toner and removing makeup, a step that is standard in Japanese and Korean skincare routines and much less common elsewhere. It is the leading brand in that category in Japan. Unicharm owns it, and its pads are engineered to absorb less product so that more reaches the skin.
Ownership timeline of Silcot
Where Silcot sits in Unicharm
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Unicharm
Unicharm controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
Other brands in facial skin care, and who owns them
The 76 brands in facial skin care on Brandtree belong to 38 owners. The largest is POLA ORBIS, with 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| DECENCIA | POLA ORBIS | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| 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 |
About the owner: Unicharm
Unicharm is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1961. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 8113.
Unicharm was founded in 1961 and is the largest hygiene products company in Asia, leading nappies, feminine care and adult incontinence across Japan and much of Southeast Asia. Japan's demographics mean it sells more adult incontinence products than infant nappies at home.
🇯🇵 Silcot and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 448 brands that began in Japan. 22 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Silcot is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Silcot?
The parent company of Silcot is Unicharm, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Silcot Japanese?
Yes. Silcot originated in Japan in 1988 and its owner, Unicharm, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Silcot still owned by Unicharm?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Silcot is still owned by Unicharm. 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] Unicharm Corporation Integrated Report 2025 — Unicharm Corporation, Annual report, published 31 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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