Lotte: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Lotte (KRX: 004990) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea that owns 4 consumer brands.[1]
Lotte was founded in Tokyo in 1948 by a Korean entrepreneur selling chewing gum, and the name comes from Charlotte in Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther. It grew into a conglomerate spanning confectionery, retail, hotels and chemicals across Korea and Japan, and the founding Shin family controls it.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Lotte Corporation
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea
- Founded
- 1948
- Tickers
- KRX: 004990
- Wikidata
- Q483548
- Website
- www.lotte.co.kr/global/en/
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Lotte in numbers
- Lotte owns 4 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is food with 4 brands.[1]
Everything Lotte 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 Lotte own?
Lotte owns 4 consumer brands tracked here, including Ghana Chocolate, Pepero, Lotte Xylitol and Choco Pie.
Is Lotte a South Korean company?
Yes. Lotte is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea and was founded in 1948.
Who owns Lotte?
Lotte is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as 004990 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] Lotte Corporation — business and brands — Lotte Corporation, Official document; retrieved 6 September 2026.
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