Who owns Yakult?
Yakult is owned by Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. (Japan, TSE: 2267).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. Integrated Report 2025, 30 September 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1935
- Category
- Food › Dairy & alternatives › Yogurt
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 2267
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Yakult
Yakult is a fermented milk drink in a small plastic bottle containing the Lactobacillus casei Shirota strain. It is sold in around forty countries, largely through the Yakult Ladies delivery network, a model the company has replicated everywhere it operates.
Ownership timeline of Yakult
Where Yakult sits in Yakult
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Yakult
Yakult controls 2 brands on Brandtree.
- Joie (1970)
Other brands in yogurt, and who owns them
The 83 brands in yogurt on Brandtree belong to 48 owners. The largest is Danone, with 5.
About the owner: Yakult
Yakult is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1935. Brandtree records 2 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 2267.
Yakult was founded in 1935 by a microbiologist who had isolated a lactic acid bacterium strong enough to survive stomach acid and wanted to make it affordable to ordinary families. Danone held a substantial stake for years before reducing it. The company sells through a network of hundreds of thousands of women delivering door to door.
🇯🇵 Yakult 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; Yakult is not one of them.
- Ajinomoto — Ajinomoto 🇯🇵
- Almond Koka — Glico 🇯🇵
- Amuleia — Nisshin Seifun 🇯🇵
- Aohata — Kewpie 🇯🇵
- C1000 — House Foods 🇯🇵
- Calbee Potato Chips — Calbee 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Yakult?
The parent company of Yakult is Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd., a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Yakult Japanese?
Yes. Yakult originated in Japan in 1935 and its owner, Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd., is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Yakult still owned by Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd.?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Yakult is still owned by Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. 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] Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. Integrated Report 2025 — Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd., Annual report, published 30 September 2025; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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