Who owns TOP?
TOP, a home-care brand, is owned by Lion (Japan, TSE: 4912).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Lion Integrated Report 2025, Lion Corporation. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Lion Corporation reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1979
- Category
- Home care › Laundry › Laundry detergent
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 4912
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About TOP
TOP is Lion's laundry detergent brand, launched in 1979 as a detergent with enzyme power formulated with enzyme capsules, followed in 1980 by a phosphate-free version. The super-concentrated liquid TOP NANOX arrived in 2010, TOP SUPER NANOX in 2016 and the NANOX one gel in 2023. In Malaysia, where Lion operates through Southern Lion, TOP is the number one laundry detergent brand and has added capsule detergents.
Ownership timeline of TOP
Where TOP sits in Lion
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Lion
Lion controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in home care.
Also in home care
- Acron (1963)
- CHARMY (1982)
- LOOK
- Mama Lemon (1966)
Other brands in laundry detergent, and who owns them
The 49 brands in laundry detergent on Brandtree belong to 26 owners. The largest is Alicorp, with 4; Lion has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bolívar | Alicorp | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| Dr. Wool | Jyothy Labs | 🇮🇳 India |
| Ciclón | La Fabril | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| Ariel | Procter & Gamble | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Savon Étoile | SCS | 🇨🇲 Cameroon |
| Magic | Sulfo Rwanda | 🇷🇼 Rwanda |
| LIQ | Aekyung | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Msafi | Bidco Africa | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
About the owner: Lion
Lion is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1891. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 4912.
Lion Corporation is a Japanese maker of toothpastes, toothbrushes, laundry and dishwashing detergents, soaps and over-the-counter medicines. It dates its foundation to 30 October 1891, when Tomijiro Kobayashi established T. Kobayashi & Co. in Kanda, Tokyo, and the present company was formed in 1980 by the merger of Lion Dentifrice and Lion Fat and Oil. Headquartered in Taito-ku, Tokyo and listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, it operates subsidiaries in South Korea and China and joint ventures in Thailand and Malaysia with local partners SAHA and Lam Soon, and has made oral healthcare the top priority of its Vision2030 plan.
🇯🇵 TOP 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; TOP is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of TOP?
The parent company of TOP is Lion, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is TOP Japanese?
Yes. TOP originated in Japan in 1979 and its owner, Lion, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is TOP still owned by Lion?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, TOP is still owned by Lion. 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] Lion Integrated Report 2025 — Lion Corporation, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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