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King Car: brands it owns and its ownership tree

King Car is a privately held company headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan that owns 2 consumer brands.[1]

King Car is a privately held Taiwanese conglomerate that began in insecticide manufacturing before expanding into food and beverages, flowers, aquaculture and biotechnology. Its own account of its history opens its first beverage plant in Zhongli in 1979 under the Root Beer name, and the group has since built two of Taiwan's best-known drinks brands from that base: Mr. Brown Coffee, the country's leading bottled coffee, and Kavalan, Taiwan's first whisky distillery and now an internationally awarded single malt producer. It also runs Mr. Brown branded cafés, an orchid garden and biotech and diagnostics units in Yilan County.

Company facts

Legal name
King Car Corporation (also King Car Group, King Car Food Industrial Co., Ltd., 金車關係事業)
Type
privately held company · see all privately held company owners
Headquarters
🇹🇼 Taipei, Taiwan
Website
www.kingcar.com.tw
Last verified
· 1 sources

King Car in numbers

Everything King Car owns

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Everything King Car owns Tree of 2 brands under King Car. King Car Kavalan Mr. Brown Coffee

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Frequently asked questions

What brands does King Car own?

King Car owns 2 consumer brands tracked here, including Mr. Brown Coffee and Kavalan.

Is King Car a Taiwanese company?

Yes. King Car is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.

Who owns King Car?

King Car is privately held. King Car is a privately held Taiwanese conglomerate that began in insecticide manufacturing before expanding into food and beverages, flowers, aquaculture and biotechnology.

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. [1] King Car Group — About Us / Company History — King Car Corporation, Official document; retrieved 21 September 2026.

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