Who owns Yonghe King?
Yonghe King is owned by Jollibee Group (the Philippines, PSE: JFC), which has owned the brand since 2004.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Jollibee Group 2025 Annual Report, Jollibee Foods Corporation. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Jollibee Foods Corporation reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇵🇭 Philippines, Pasig City
- Origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- Category
- Restaurants & foodservice › Quick-service restaurants › Burger & chicken chains
- Parent ticker
- PSE: JFC
- Trademark registrant
- Centenary Ventures Limited (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Yonghe King
Yonghe King is a Chinese all-day fast-food chain positioned as "The Soya King", serving freshly ground soy milk, minced pork rice and fried chicken thigh from morning to night. Jollibee owns it outright and ran 513 stores at the end of 2025, opening 127 new ones, of which franchised outlets passed 58 per cent of the network for the first time.
Trademark record for Yonghe King
The USPTO record for the Yonghe King mark lists Centenary Ventures Limited as the owner of record (serial number 87698094). A trademark is often held by a group company rather than the listed parent, so the registrant's name can differ from the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Yonghe King
- 2004 – present Jollibee Group [1] reported
Where Yonghe King sits in Jollibee 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 Jollibee Group
Jollibee Group controls 13 brands on Brandtree, 12 of them in restaurants & foodservice.
Also in restaurants & foodservice
- Chowking (1985)
- Compose Coffee
- Greenwich
- Highlands Coffee
- Hong Zhuang Yuan
- Jollibee (1978)
- Mang Inasal (2003)
- Milksha
- Smashburger
- The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (1963)
- Tim Ho Wan (2009)
Other brands in burger & chicken chains, and who owns them
Jollibee Group has more brands in burger & chicken chains on Brandtree than any other owner: 5 of 39.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Arby's | Inspire Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| KFC | Yum! Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Chester's | CP Foods | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Burger King | Restaurant Brands International | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Papa Murphy's | MTY Group | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Wimpy (Middle East) | Americana Restaurants | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
| Steak n Shake | Biglari Holdings | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Choppies Fried Chicken | Choppies | 🇧🇼 Botswana |
About the owner: Jollibee Group
Jollibee Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Pasig City, Philippines, founded in 1978. Brandtree records 13 brands under its control, and it is listed as PSE: JFC.
Jollibee Foods Corporation was registered with the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission on 11 January 1978 and has grown from a Manila fast-food chain into a restaurant group with more than 10,300 stores in 33 countries and about 28,900 employees at the end of 2025. It owns some of its brands outright, holds majority stakes in others, and runs the Philippine franchises of Burger King, Panda Express and Yoshinoya, which belong to other companies. Its shares are listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange.
Jollibee Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇨🇳 Yonghe King and other Chinese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 339 brands that began in China. 39 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Yonghe King among them.
- CHAGEE — Chagee 🇨🇳
- Chaonabian — Jiumaojiu 🇨🇳
- Luckin Coffee — Luckin Coffee 🇨🇳
- Lucky Cup — Mixue 🇨🇳
- 1688.com — Alibaba 🇭🇰
- 17.5° — Nongfu Spring 🇨🇳
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Yonghe King?
The parent company of Yonghe King is Jollibee Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in the Philippines.
Is Yonghe King Chinese or Filipino?
Yonghe King originated in China, but it is owned today by Jollibee Group, which is headquartered in the Philippines. So Yonghe King is a Chinese-origin brand under Filipino ownership.
Since when has Jollibee Group owned Yonghe King?
Jollibee Group has owned Yonghe King since 2004.
Is Yonghe King still owned by Jollibee Group?
Yes. As of 27 September 2026, Yonghe King is still owned by Jollibee Group. 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] Jollibee Group 2025 Annual Report — Jollibee Foods Corporation, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: YONGHE KING, serial 87698094, registration 7349800 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 27 September 2026.
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