Who owns Wako?
Wako is owned by Seiko Group (Japan, TSE: 8050).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Seiko Group Value Report 2025 (English), Seiko Group Corporation. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Seiko Group Corporation reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Founded
- 1947
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Retailer own brands › General merchandise own brands
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 8050
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Wako
Wako is a luxury specialty store in Ginza, Tokyo, operated by WAKO Co., Ltd., a Seiko Group company that the Value Report 2025 dates to 1947 as a split-off of the retail division. The report says it offers watches, clocks, jewellery, handbags, men’s and women’s products, interior items and food, and that the Wako Main Store sits in the second-generation clock tower building.
Ownership timeline of Wako
- Current owner Seiko Group [1] reported
Where Wako sits in Seiko Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Seiko Group
Seiko Group controls 4 brands on Brandtree.
- Credor (1974)
- Grand Seiko (1960)
- Seiko (1881)
Other brands in general merchandise own brands, and who owns them
The 162 brands in general merchandise own brands on Brandtree belong to 68 owners. The largest is JD Sports, with 15.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Blacks | JD Sports | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Bebemundo | Corporación Favorita | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| Innom | Reitan Retail | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| B&Q | Kingfisher | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Anko | Wesfarmers | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Basualdo | Cencosud | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Bike Republic | Colruyt Group | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| Glans | Hagar | 🇮🇸 Iceland |
Every brand in general merchandise own brands and its owner →
About the owner: Seiko Group
Seiko Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1881. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 8050.
Seiko Group Corporation is the Ginza, Tokyo holding company of the Seiko Group, established in 1881 as K. Hattori; its own corporate page lists a head office at 1-chome Ginza, Chuo-ku. Its Value Report 2025 organises the group into watches, devices and systems solutions, and says it manages and controls consolidated subsidiaries including Seiko Watch Corporation and Wako Co., Ltd. Seiko Epson Corporation is shown in the report as a separately listed company split from the group, not as a Seiko Group brand.
🇯🇵 Wako and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 437 brands that began in Japan. 21 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Wako is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Wako?
The parent company of Wako is Seiko Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Wako Japanese?
Yes. Wako originated in Japan in 1947 and its owner, Seiko Group, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Wako still owned by Seiko Group?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Wako is still owned by Seiko Group. 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] Seiko Group Value Report 2025 (English) — Seiko Group Corporation, Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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