Yakult: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Yakult (TSE: 2267) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan that owns 2 consumer brands across 2 categories.[1]
Yakult was founded in 1935 by a microbiologist who had isolated a lactic acid bacterium strong enough to survive stomach acid and wanted to make it affordable to ordinary families. Danone held a substantial stake for years before reducing it. The company sells through a network of hundreds of thousands of women delivering door to door.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd.
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
- Founded
- 1935
- Tickers
- TSE: 2267
- Wikidata
- Q1064073
- Website
- www.yakult.co.jp/english/
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Yakult in numbers
- Yakult owns 2 consumer brands tracked here across 2 top-level categories; the largest is beverages with 1 brands.[1]
Everything Yakult 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 Yakult own?
Yakult owns 2 consumer brands tracked here, including Yakult and Joie.
Is Yakult a Japanese company?
Yes. Yakult is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and was founded in 1935.
Who owns Yakult?
Yakult is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as 2267 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] Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. Integrated Report 2025 — Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd., Annual report, published 30 September 2025; retrieved 6 September 2026.
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