Nippon Paint: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Nippon Paint (TSE: 4612) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan that owns 4 consumer brands.[1]
Nippon Paint Holdings is a Japanese paint and coatings group whose roots go back to Komyosha, founded in Tokyo in 1881. It became a holding company in 2014 and describes itself as an asset assembler: it grows by acquiring paint businesses and leaving them to run themselves. Its own company history records Dunn-Edwards (United States, 2017), Betek Boya (Turkey) and DuluxGroup (Australia) in 2019, the Asian joint ventures with Wuthelam and PT Nipsea in 2021, Cromology and JUB in 2022 and AOC in 2025. Dulux in Australia and New Zealand belongs to this group. The Dulux brand in Nigeria is recorded separately under another owner.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd. (also NIPPON PAINT HOLDINGS CO.,LTD., NPHD)
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1881
- Tickers
- TSE: 4612
- Website
- www.nipponpaint-holdings.com/en/
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Nippon Paint in numbers
- Nippon Paint owns 4 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is home, garden & diy with 4 brands.[1]
- 3 of its brands originated outside Japan.
Everything Nippon Paint 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 Nippon Paint own?
Nippon Paint owns 4 consumer brands tracked here, including Nippon Paint, Dulux (Australia and New Zealand), Dunn-Edwards and Filli Boya.
Is Nippon Paint a Japanese company?
Yes. Nippon Paint is headquartered in Japan and was founded in 1881.
Who owns Nippon Paint?
Nippon Paint is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as 4612 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] Nippon Paint Holdings — Corporate Profile and History — Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd., Official document; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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