Asahi Breweries

Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.
Native name
アサヒグループホールディングス株式会社
FormerlyAsahi Beer Co., Ltd. (1949-1989)
Asahi Breweries, Ltd. (1989-2010)
Company typePublic
TYO: 2502
TOPIX Large 70 Component
IndustryBeverage
FoundedSeptember 1, 1949 (1949-09-01)
HeadquartersAzumabashi, ,
Japan
Key people
Akiyoshi Koji (president and Representative Director, CEO)
Products
  • Beer
  • Beverages
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)
SubsidiariesAsahi Breweries
Asahi Soft Drinks
Asahi Group Foods
Websitewww.asahigroup-holdings.com/en/

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.

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%. Asahi has a 48.5% share of the Australian beer market. In response to a maturing domestic Japanese beer market, Asahi broadened its geographic footprint and business portfolio through the acquisition of 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.