Who owns TCHO?
TCHO is owned by Glico (Japan, TSE: 2206), which has owned the brand since 2018.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Ezaki Glico — Business Introduction, Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Osaka
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Food › Confectionery › Chocolate
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 2206
- Trademark registrant
- EZAKI GLICO CO., LTD. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About TCHO
TCHO is an American chocolate company that Glico acquired in 2018 as TCHO Ventures, Inc., which makes and sells chocolate confectionery in North America. The acquisition has disappointed: in its 2025 accounts Glico recorded an impairment on TCHO's business assets, measuring their value in use at zero because performance had fallen well short of its original projection and future cash flow was expected to be negative.
Trademark record for TCHO
The USPTO record for the TCHO mark lists EZAKI GLICO CO., LTD. as the owner of record (serial number 77977929). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of TCHO
Where TCHO sits in Glico
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Glico
Glico controls 14 brands on Brandtree, 13 of them in food.
Also in food
- Almond Koka (2014)
- BifiX Yogurt (1999)
- Bisco (1933)
- GABA (2005)
- Giant Cone (1963)
- Glico Caramel (1922)
- Icreo (2009)
- LIBERA (2016)
- Pocky (1966)
- PRETZ (1963)
- Pucchin Pudding (1972)
- SUNAO (2017)
Other brands in chocolate, and who owns them
The 132 brands in chocolate on Brandtree belong to 46 owners. The largest is Mars, with 9; Glico has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bounty | Mars | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cadbury | Mondelēz | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Danusia | Wawel | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| Elizabeth Shaw | Colian | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| Baby Ruth | Ferrero | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Almond Joy | Hershey | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Caffarel | Lindt & Sprüngli | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Eitt Sett | Nói Síríus | 🇮🇸 Iceland |
About the owner: Glico
Glico is a publicly listed company headquartered in Osaka, Japan, founded in 1922. Brandtree records 14 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 2206.
Ezaki Glico is an Osaka confectionery and food company founded by Ri-ichi Ezaki, who in 1919 confirmed that oyster broth was rich in glycogen. Its business began on 11 February 1922, when Glico Caramel went on sale at the Mitsukoshi department store in Osaka, and the company was incorporated in February 1929. It reported consolidated sales of 361.3 billion yen in 2025 across health foods, dairy, nutritional confectionery, food ingredients and overseas operations at 19 bases. Glico is listed in Tokyo, bought the American chocolate maker TCHO in 2018, and in March 2026 raised its holdings in three Swiss chocolate companies to 19.89 per cent.
🇺🇸 TCHO and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,570 brands that began in the United States. 501 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, TCHO among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of TCHO?
The parent company of TCHO is Glico, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is TCHO American or Japanese?
TCHO originated in the United States, but it is owned today by Glico, which is headquartered in Japan. So TCHO is an American-origin brand under Japanese ownership.
Since when has Glico owned TCHO?
Glico has owned TCHO since 2018.
Is TCHO still owned by Glico?
Yes. As of 2 October 2026, TCHO is still owned by Glico. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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] Ezaki Glico — Business Introduction — Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd., Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: TCHO, serial 77977929 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 2 October 2026.
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