Who owns ZOZOTOWN?
ZOZOTOWN is owned by LY Corporation (Japan, TSE: 4689), which has owned the brand since 2019.[1]
LY Corporation owns 51.4% of ZOZOTOWN rather than all of it.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: LY Corporation Integrated Report FY2024, 19 November 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- LY Corporation (51.4% stake) reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Category
- Internet & digital › Online commerce › Online retail
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 4689
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About ZOZOTOWN
ZOZOTOWN is the fashion e-commerce service of ZOZO, Inc., which LY Corporation describes as one of Japan's largest fashion e-commerce providers. ZOZO became a consolidated subsidiary of the group in 2019, and the LY integrated report shows a 51.4% holding as of September 2025, with the company listed on the TSE under code 3092. The group lists ZOZOUSED under the same ZOZO business.
Ownership timeline of ZOZOTOWN
- 2019 – present LY Corporation (51.4%) [1] reported
Where ZOZOTOWN sits in LY Corporation
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
- Ikyu.com
- LINE
- Yahoo! JAPAN
- ZOZOTOWN (51.4%)
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Other brands owned by LY Corporation
LY Corporation controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
- Ikyu.com
- LINE (2011)
- Yahoo! JAPAN (1996)
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|---|---|---|
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| Amazon.com | Amazon | 🇺🇸 United States |
| eobuwie | MODIVO | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| Delio (Poland) | Żabka Group | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg |
| Freshippo | Alibaba | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
| Apohem | Axfood | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
About the owner: LY Corporation
LY Corporation is a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan, founded in 2023. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 4689.
LY Corporation is the Tokyo-listed company, code 4689 on the TSE Prime market, formed in October 2023 by an intra-group reorganisation that brought together Yahoo Japan Corporation and LINE Corporation. It is itself controlled: its integrated report names A Holdings Corporation as its parent, held 50.0% each by SoftBank Corp. and NAVER Corporation, with A Holdings owning 62.4% of LY and general shareholders 37.6%. It runs the Yahoo! JAPAN portal and the LINE messaging app and holds stakes in PayPay, ZOZO and ASKUL.
LY Corporation: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇯🇵 ZOZOTOWN 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; ZOZOTOWN is not one of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of ZOZOTOWN?
The parent company of ZOZOTOWN is LY Corporation, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is ZOZOTOWN Japanese?
Yes. ZOZOTOWN originated in Japan and its owner, LY Corporation, is also headquartered in Japan.
Since when has LY Corporation owned ZOZOTOWN?
LY Corporation has owned ZOZOTOWN since 2019.
Is ZOZOTOWN still owned by LY Corporation?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, ZOZOTOWN is still owned by LY Corporation (51.4% stake). 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] LY Corporation Integrated Report FY2024 — LY Corporation, Annual report, published 19 November 2025; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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