Inaba Foods: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Inaba Foods is a privately held company headquartered in Shizuoka, Japan that owns 3 consumer brands across 2 categories.[1][2][3][4]
Inaba Foods is a privately held Japanese maker of canned and retort foods and pet food, with head offices in Yui, Shizuoka, and in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, and factories in Shizuoka, China and Thailand. Its history goes back to Inaba Shoten, which began making dried bonito in 1805; the company itself was set up in 1948. It began making pet food in 1958, at first canned cat food for export to the US, and its group company Inaba Petfood, founded in 1997, sells the CIAO range. The group reported sales of ¥166.5bn and operating profit of ¥13bn for fiscal 2024, with 5,800 employees.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Inaba Foods Co., Ltd. (also いなば食品, INABA FOODS, Inaba Shokuhin)
- Type
- privately held company · see all privately held company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇯🇵 Shizuoka, Japan
- Founded
- 1948
- Website
- www.inaba-foods.jp
- Last verified
- · 4 sources
Inaba Foods in numbers
- Inaba Foods owns 3 consumer brands tracked here across 2 top-level categories; the largest is pet & animal care with 2 brands.[1]
Everything Inaba Foods owns
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Inaba Foods own?
Inaba Foods owns 3 consumer brands tracked here, including CIAO Churu, CIAO and Inaba Light Tuna.
Is Inaba Foods a Japanese company?
Yes. Inaba Foods is headquartered in Shizuoka, Japan and was founded in 1948.
Who owns Inaba Foods?
Inaba Foods is privately held. Inaba Foods is a privately held Japanese maker of canned and retort foods and pet food, with head offices in Yui, Shizuoka, and in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, and factories in Shizuoka, China and Thailand.
Sources (4) & 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] いなば食品株式会社 — 会社概要 — Inaba Foods Co., Ltd., Official document; retrieved 24 October 2026.
- [2] いなば食品株式会社 — 沿革 — Inaba Foods Co., Ltd., Official document; retrieved 24 October 2026.
- [3] いなば食品株式会社 — 事業紹介 — Inaba Foods Co., Ltd., Official document; retrieved 24 October 2026.
- [4] いなばペットフード株式会社 — 会社概要 — Inaba Petfood Co., Ltd., Official document; retrieved 24 October 2026.
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