- CEO
- Motoya Okada
- Full Time Employees
- 200,000
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Department Stores
- Address
- 1-5-1 Nakase Chiba Japan 261-8515
- IPO Date
- Jul 31, 2001
- Business
- Aeon Co., Ltd. (AONNY) is a Japanese diversified retail holding company that operates supermarkets, convenience stores, discount stores, drugstores, dispensing pharmacies, and specialty stores selling casual fashion, shoes, and other merchandise; develops and leases shopping centers; and provides financial services including credit cards, banking, insurance, and fee-based businesses. The company conducts its general merchandise stores, supermarket, discount store, health and wellness, integrated financial, developer, service and specialty store, and international segments primarily in Japan, China, ASEAN countries including Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia, and other international markets. Founded in 1758 and headquartered in Chiba, Japan, Aeon employs over 168,000 people and serves as the parent of a group encompassing retail, development, finance, services, and related operations. In recent developments, the company launched AEON Digital Bank in Malaysia in May 2024, acquired an interest in a Vietnamese finance company in February 2025, completed a significant stake acquisition in Tsuruha Holdings in February 2024 to bolster its drugstore business, announced a planned integration with Welcia Holdings by the end of 2027 to dominate Japan's drugstore market, and entered a strategic partnership with Marubeni Corporation in February 2024 focused on green and digital transformation initiatives; additionally, in December 2025, it initiated a tender offer for Tsuruha Holdings and outlined management integration plans with Welcia Holdings.