Asahi Breweries
The Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (アサヒグループホールディングス株式会社, Asahi Gurūpu Hōrudingusu kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese beverage holding company headquartered in Sumida, Tokyo.
Headquarters in Sumida, Tokyo | |
Native name | アサヒグループホールディングス株式会社 |
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| Company type | Public |
| TYO: 2502 TOPIX Large 70 Component | |
| Industry | Beverage |
| Predecessor | Osaka Breweries, Ltd. |
| Founded | 1889 |
| Headquarters | Azumabashi, , Japan |
Key people | Akiyoshi Koji (president and Representative Director, CEO) |
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| Revenue | ¥2.120 trillion (2018) |
| ¥221.383 billion (2018) | |
| ¥150.938 billion (2018) | |
| Total assets | ¥3.079 trillion (2018) |
| Total equity | ¥1.149 trillion (2018) |
| Website | www |
In 2019, the group had revenue of JPY 2.1 trillion. Asahi's business portfolio can be segmented as follows: alcoholic beverage business (40.5%), overseas business (32%), soft drinks business (17.2%), food business (5.4%) and "other" business (4.9%). Asahi, with a 37% market share, is the largest of the four major beer brewers in Japan followed by Kirin Beer with 34% and Suntory with 16%. In response to a maturing domestic Japanese beer market, Asahi broadened its geographic footprint and business portfolio through the acquisition of highly coveted beer businesses in Western Europe and Central Eastern Europe. This has resulted in Asahi having a large market share in many European countries, such as a beer market share of 44% in the Czech Republic, 32% in Poland, 36% in Romania, and 18% in Italy.