Earth: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Earth (TSE: 4985) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan that owns 9 consumer brands across 2 categories.[1]
Earth Corporation is a Japanese household insecticide, pest-control, bath-additive and oral-care maker listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market (code 4985). Its company profile gives a founding date of 1 April 1892 in Osaka by Hidezo Kimura and an establishment date of 26 August 1925 (as Kimura Pharmaceuticals; renamed Earth Chemical in 1964). Its Integrated Report 2024 says the Otsuka Group took a capital participation in 1970, and the shareholder table there lists Otsuka Pharmaceutical (9.94%), Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory (8.80%) and Otsuka Chemical (1.80%) among its top ten holders, but Earth remains a separately listed company. Earth's brand page also shows oral-care brands (Shumitect, Polident, Polygrip, Biotene, Aquafresh) that were not added here because the documents opened do not say whether Earth owns them or sells them under licence; the 2024 report says only that Earth Corporation had sales collaboration with Block Drug (1996) and GlaxoSmithKline (2002).
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Earth Corporation (also Earth Chemical, Earth Seiyaku)
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
- Founded
- 1892
- Tickers
- TSE: 4985
- Website
- corp.earth.jp/en/
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Earth in numbers
- Earth owns 9 consumer brands tracked here across 2 top-level categories; the largest is home care with 6 brands.[1]
Everything Earth owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Earth own?
Earth owns 9 consumer brands tracked here, including Gokiburi Hoi Hoi, Bathclin, Mondahmin, Earth Red, Earth Jet and Saratect.
Is Earth a Japanese company?
Yes. Earth is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and was founded in 1892.
Who owns Earth?
Earth is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as 4985 on the TSE.
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] Earth Corporation Integrated Report 2024 — Earth Corporation, Annual report; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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