KT&G: brands it owns and its ownership tree
KT&G (KRX: 033780) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Daejeon, South Korea that owns 5 consumer brands.[1]
KT&G is a South Korean tobacco, next-generation-products and ginseng company, tracing its state monopoly origins to 1899 and its present publicly listed corporate form to a 2002 privatisation, when it was renamed from Korea Tobacco & Ginseng Corporation to KT&G. Its own press material describes it as holding the number one position in Korea across combustible cigarettes, next-generation products (NGP) and health functional foods, exporting more than 870 brands to around 148 countries as of 2024. Its flagship cigarette brand, ESSE, was launched in Korea in 1996 and, per KT&G, has grown into the global number one superslim cigarette brand with roughly one-third share of the worldwide superslim category and cumulative sales past one trillion sticks as of 2025.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- KT&G Corporation (also Korea Tobacco & Ginseng Corporation, KT and G)
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇰🇷 Daejeon, South Korea
- Founded
- 1899
- Tickers
- KRX: 033780
- Website
- www.ktng.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
KT&G in numbers
- KT&G owns 5 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is tobacco & nicotine with 5 brands.[1]
Everything KT&G owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does KT&G own?
KT&G owns 5 consumer brands tracked here, including lil, ESSE, Bohem, Raison and This (cigarettes).
Is KT&G a South Korean company?
Yes. KT&G is headquartered in Daejeon, South Korea and was founded in 1899.
Who owns KT&G?
KT&G is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as 033780 on the KRX.
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] KT&G Launches its Global Brand ESSE in Germany, Making a Full-scale Entry into the European Market — KT&G Corporation, Official press release; retrieved 21 September 2026.
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