Asahi Breweries

Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.

Asahi's 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
Company type	Public
Traded as	TYO: 2502 TOPIX Large 70 Component
Industry	Beverage
Predecessor	Asahi Beer Co., Ltd. (1949-1989) Asahi Breweries, Ltd. (1989-2010)
Founded	September 1, 1949; 74 years ago (1949-09-01)
Headquarters	Azumabashi, Sumida, Tokyo , Japan
Key people	Akiyoshi Koji (president and Representative Director, CEO)
Products	Beer Beverages
Revenue	¥2.120 trillion (2018)[1]
Operating income	¥221.383 billion (2018)
Net income	¥150.938 billion (2018)
Total assets	¥3.079 trillion (2018)
Total equity	¥1.149 trillion (2018)
Website	www.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%).^[2] 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%.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5]