Private company

Lotte

Logo: Lotte, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons³

South Korean and Japanese corporate group

Lotte Group is a corporate group started by Zainichi Korean businessman Shin Kyuk-ho in South Korea on June 15, 1948, starting with the South Korean Lotte Co., composed of Lotte Holdings (Japan) and Lotte Corporation (South Korea). Shin expanded Lotte to his ancestral country, South Korea, with the establishment of Lotte Confectionery in Seoul on April 3, 1967.² It employed about 60,000 people.¹ Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jun 1948Founded¹

Industrybeverage industry, chemical industry, construction industry, electronics industry, entertainment industry¹
HeadquartersSeoul¹
Websitewww.lotte.co.jp/english
Legal formconglomerate¹

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Corporate structure

Lotte is part of a group headed by Lotte Holdings. 17 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Lotte Holdings Nishi-Shinjuku
- Lotte Seoul
  - E. Wedel Subsidiary · Warsaw
  - Korea Seven Subsidiary · Seoul, South Korea
  - Lotte Card Subsidiary · Seoul
  - Lotte Duty Free Subsidiary · Jung District
  - Lotte Entertainment Subsidiary · Songpa District
  - Lotte Shopping Subsidiary · Seoul, South Korea
    - Lotte Himart Subsidiary · Gangnam District
    - Lotte Home Shopping Subsidiary · Seoul, South Korea
    - Lotte Outlet Subsidiary · Seoul, South Korea
    - Lotte Shopping Holdings (Hong Kong) Co., Limited Subsidiary · Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    - LOTTE SHOPPING JOINT STOCK COMPANY (CÔNG TY CỔ PHẦN TRUNG TÂM THƯỢNG MAI LOTTE VIỆT NAM) Subsidiary · Seoul, South Korea
  - Rakhat Subsidiary · Almaty
  - Busan Lotte World Tower Owned · Busan, South Korea
  - Chiba Lotte Marines Owned · Japan
  - Lotte City Hotel Kinshicho Owned · Japan
  - Lotte World Tower Owned · Songpa District, South Korea
- Ginza Cozy Corner Subsidiary · Shinjuku, Japan
- Mary Chocolate Co. Subsidiary · Ota, Japan
- Lotte Chemical Stake · 40.6% · Seoul

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Lotte reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Busan Lotte World Tower
Chiba Lotte Marines
E. Wedel
Lotte City Hotel Kinshicho
Lotte Entertainment
Lotte World Tower

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.¹

The story

Founded by Shin Kyuk-ho on Jun 1948.¹

Leadership

Who has led Lotte, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

FounderShin Kyuk-ho¹

Products and brands

Lotte Corporation – is located in Songpa-gu, Seoul and Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd. in Shinjuku, Tokyo. It is controlled by the founder Shin Kyuk-Ho's extended family.

Business

Lotte Group's major businesses are food, retail, chemical, construction, manufacturing, tourism, service, finance, etc.

Food: Lotte Confectionery, Lotte Chilsung, Lotte Liquor, Lotte Asahi Liquor, Lotte GRS, and others.

Retail/Entertainment: Lotte Department Store, Lotte Shopping, Lotte Hi-Mart, Lotte Super, Lotte On, Lotter Korea Seven, FRL Korea, Lotte Cultureworks and others.

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Chemical/construction/manufacturing: Lotte Construction, Lotte Chemical, Lotte Fine Chemical, Lotte MCC, Lotte E&C, Lotte Aluminium, Lotte Ineos Chemical, Korea Fujifilm, and others.

Tourism/service/finance: Lotte Global Logistics, Lotte Rental, Lotte Resort, Lotte Duty Free, Lotte World, Lotte Property & Development, Lotte Capital, Lotte Hotels & Resorts, Lotte Giants, Daehong Communications, Lotte Hotel Busan, Lotte International, and others

Sports

Lotte also owns professional baseball teams.

Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan (1971–present)

Lotte Giants in Busan, South Korea (1982–present).

Lotte R&D Center

Korea R&D Center: 201, Magokjungang-ro, Gangseo-gu Seoul, South Korea

Japan R&D Center: Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

From Wikipedia’s article on Lotte Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁴

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Lotte Holdings

Subsidiaries

Also owns

Busan Lotte World Tower
Chiba Lotte Marines
E. Wedel
Lotte City Hotel Kinshicho
Lotte World Tower

From Wikidata.¹

Acquisitions

1980Lotte Duty Free became a subsidiary¹

Controversies and legal

Controversies

See Lotte Corporation - Controversies.