Kirin Holdings Co Ltd

Company Profile

• Business description

  Kirin is the second-largest brewer in Japan with a 28% market share. It holds a top share in the happoshu (low-malt beer) and new genre (no-malt beer) categories. Apart from beer, it also operates a wide range of alcoholic and soft beverage products in Japan. It has made several acquisitions, including Lion Nathan and National Foods in Australia, the second-largest Brazilian brewer Schincariol and Myanmar’s biggest brewer over the past decade. It sold the businesses in Brazil and Myanmar in 2017 and 2023, respectively. In 2023, the company made a tender offer to bring Fancl on as a wholly owned subsidiary. Its revenue accounts for roughly 5% of Kirin’s total sales. Its overseas business, which includes alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages, represents about 40% of the group’s sales.

• Contact

  Nakano Central Park South
  10-2, Nakano 4-chome
  Nakano-ku
  Tokyo164-0001
  JPN

  T: +81 368377000

  http://www.kirinholdings.co.jp

• Sector

  Consumer Defensive

  Stock type

  Defensive

• Industry

  Beverages - Brewers

  Fiscal Year End

  31 December 2025

  Employees

  33,739