Nankai: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Nankai (TSE: 9044) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Osaka, Japan that owns 2 consumer brands.[1]
Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. gives 27 December 1885 as its founding date and a registered head office in Naniwa-ku, Osaka, and lists securities code 9044 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market in its Integrated Report 2025. The report says the group has 54 consolidated subsidiaries and that the company would spin off its railway business in April 2026 and become NANKAI Co., Ltd.; the website footer now reads NANKAI Co., Ltd. Its transportation companies include Hankai Tramway and the Nankai, Kansai Airport Transport, Nankai Wing and Tokushima bus companies.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (also NANKAI Co., Ltd., Nankai Group)
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan
- Founded
- 1885
- Tickers
- TSE: 9044
- Website
- www.nankai.co.jp
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Nankai in numbers
- Nankai owns 2 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is travel & transport with 2 brands.[1]
Everything Nankai 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 Nankai own?
Nankai owns 2 consumer brands tracked here, including Hankai Tramway and Nankai Bus.
Is Nankai a Japanese company?
Yes. Nankai is headquartered in Osaka, Japan and was founded in 1885.
Who owns Nankai?
Nankai is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as 9044 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] Nankai Group Integrated Report 2025 — Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd., Annual report; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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