This is a list of assets owned by Japanese multinational conglomerate Sony Group Corporation.

Subsidiaries and affiliates by business segment

Electronics

  • Sony Corporation
  • Sony Global Manufacturing & Operations Corporation

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Group

  • Sony Semiconductor Solutions
  • Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing
  • Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing (joint venture with TSMC and Denso)
  • Sony Depthsensing Solutions (formerly SoftKinetic)
  • Sony Advanced Visual Sensing

Sony Interactive Entertainment / PlayStation

  • Audeze
  • Audiokinetic
  • Bungie
  • Cinemersive Labs
  • PlayStation Productions
  • PlayStation Studios
  • Creative Arts
  • Visual Arts
  • Music
  • Sound
  • Creative
  • Firesprite
  • Guerrilla Games
  • Haven Studios
  • Housemarque
  • Insomniac Games
  • Insomniac North Carolina
  • Media Molecule
  • Naughty Dog
  • ICE Team
  • Nixxes Software
  • Polyphony Digital
  • Bend Studio
  • Team Asobi
  • teamLFG
  • Malaysia Studio
  • San Diego Studio
  • San Mateo Studio
  • Santa Monica Studio
  • Sucker Punch Productions
  • Valkyrie Entertainment
  • XDev
  • PlayStation Mobile
  • PlayStation Publishing
  • Repeat.gg

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.

  • Sony Pictures Studios
  • Sony Pictures Studios Post Production Facilities
  • Worldwide Product Fulfillment
  • Madison Gate Records
  • Sony Pictures Consumer Products
  • Pixomondo
  • Sony Pictures Experiences
  • Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
  • Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan Inc. (66.7%)
  • Madhouse (5%)
  • Sony Pictures Europe
  • Sony Pictures Interactive
  • Sony Pictures Digital
  • Sony Pictures Digital Productions Inc.

Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group

  • Columbia Pictures
  • Ghost Corps
  • Spider-Man theatrical rights
  • Spider-Man Universe film and character rights (in conjunction with Marvel Studios)
  • Sony Pictures Animation
  • 3000 Pictures
  • Screen Gems
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • Sony Pictures Releasing
  • Sony Pictures Releasing International
  • Sony Pictures Releasing de México
  • Sony Pictures Imageworks

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

  • Sony Pictures Kids Zone

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group

  • Destination Films
  • Stage 6 Films
  • Affirm Films
  • Affirm Television
  • Great American Pure Flix streaming (joint venture with Great American Media.)
  • TriStar Pictures
  • TriStar Productions

Crunchyroll, LLC

  • Crunchyroll
  • Crunchyroll UK and Ireland
  • Crunchyroll Store Australia
  • Crunchyroll EMEA
  • Crunchyroll SAS
  • Crunchyroll SA
  • Crunchyroll GmbH
  • Crunchyroll Games
  • Crunchyroll Store
  • Crunchyroll Channel (FAST channel; joint venture with Sony Pictures Television Networks' Game Show Network, LLC)
  • Hayate Inc. (joint venture with Aniplex)
  • Lay-duce

Sony Pictures Television

  • CPT Holdings, Inc.
  • Embassy Row
  • Sony Pictures Television Studios
  • Sony Pictures Television Formats
  • Sony Pictures Television Game Shows
  • Califon Productions, Inc. (subsequently pronounced Call-It-Phone, real name credited in Wheel of Fortune.)
  • Jeopardy Productions, Inc. (Credited in Jeopardy!)
  • Sony Pictures Television Kids

Sony Pictures Television International Production

  • Bad Wolf
  • Bad Wolf America
  • Wolf Studios Wales
  • Blueprint Television (joint venture with Blueprint Pictures. Not to be confused with Blueprint Entertainment.)
  • Curio Pictures
  • Eleven
  • Eleventh Hour Films
  • Fable Pictures
  • Floresta Productions
  • Hot Sauce Pictures
  • Left Bank Pictures
  • Satisfaction Group (20%)
  • Satisfaction – The Television Agency
  • Satisfy
  • Starling
  • AH! Production
  • Enibas Productions
  • Elimac Productions
  • La Grosse Equipe
  • Alef One
  • Satisfaction Iberia
  • Stellify Media
  • Stolen Picture
  • Teleset
  • Teleset Mexico
  • The Whisper Group
  • Chapter 3 Graphics
  • East Media
  • Whisper Cymru
  • Whisper North
  • Whisper West

Sony Pictures Television Nonfiction

  • 19 Entertainment
  • 19 Recordings
  • B17 Entertainment
  • Brass Monkeys Media
  • The Intellectual Property Corporation
  • Maxine Productions
  • Rebel Minds Media
  • Sharp Entertainment
  • This Machine Filmworks

Sony Pictures Television Networks

  • Game Show Network, LLC
  • Game Show Network (Cable channel)
  • Game Show Central (FAST channel)
  • Crunchyroll Channel (FAST channel; joint venture with Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan-owned Aniplex's Crunchyroll, LLC)
  • CPE US Networks
  • Get (Digital multicast network)
  • Sony Movie Channel (Cable channel)
  • Sony Cine (Spanish-language cable channel)

International

  • Sony Pictures Networks India
  • Sony Entertainment Television
  • Sony Ten
  • Sony Max
  • Sony Max 2
  • Sony SAB
  • SonyLIV streaming
  • Sony Six
  • Sony Aath
  • Sony BBC Earth (joint venture with BBC Studios)
  • Sony YAY!
  • Sony Pix
  • Sony Wah
  • Sony Pal
  • Sony Marathi
  • Studio NEXT

Sony Pictures Networks Productions

  • AXN
  • AXN Black
  • AXN Movies
  • AXN Mystery
  • AXN Now
  • AXN Spin
  • AXN White
  • Sony AXN
  • Lifetime Latin America (joint venture with A+E Networks Latin America, distributed by Ole Distribution)
  • Sony Channel

Sony Music Group

  • Sony Music Publishing
  • Bleeding Fingers Music
  • Challenge Records
  • EMI Music Publishing
  • EMI Production Music
  • Extreme Music
  • Hickory Records
  • KPM Music
  • Remote Control Productions
  • APM Music (joint venture with Universal Music Publishing Group)
  • Sonoton
  • Bruton Music
  • Cezame Music
  • Hard and Kosinus
  • Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
  • Columbia Records
  • Startime International
  • Epic Records
  • Freebandz
  • Arista Records
  • Bad Boy Records
  • So So Def Recordings
  • Kemosabe Records
  • Legacy Recordings
  • The Orchard
  • Blind Pig Records
  • Frenchkiss Records
  • Shrapnel Records
  • Onimusic
  • RCA Records
  • Jive Records
  • RCA Inspiration
  • Fo Yo Soul
  • GospoCentric Records
  • B'Rite Music
  • Quiet Water Entertainment
  • Verity Records
  • Roswell Records
  • Volcano Entertainment
  • Ultra Records
  • Sony Masterworks
  • Bluebird Records
  • Masterworks Broadway
  • Milan Records
  • Odyssey Records
  • Okeh Records
  • Playbill Records
  • Portrait Records
  • RCA Red Seal Records
  • Sony Classical Records
  • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
  • Sony Music Australia
  • Sony Music Brazil
  • Amigo Records
  • Phonomotor Records
  • Som Livre
  • Sony Music Canada
  • Ratas Music Group
  • Sony Music China
  • Sony Music France
  • Sony Music Germany
  • Ariola
  • Sony Music Entertainment Hong Kong
  • Sony Music India
  • Sony Music Indonesia
  • Sony Music Latin
  • Sony Music Mexico
  • Sony Music Nashville
  • Arista Nashville
  • Columbia Nashville
  • RCA Records Nashville
  • Provident Entertainment
  • Essential Records
  • Flicker Records
  • Provident Films
  • Reunion Records
  • Beach Street Records
  • Sony Music Philippines
  • Sony Music Entertainment Poland
  • Sony Music Taiwan
  • Sony Music Thailand
  • Bakery Music
  • Sony BEC-TERO Music
  • Sony Music UK
  • Black Butter Records (49%)
  • Columbia Records UK
  • Dream Life Records
  • Insanity Records (joint venture with Insanity Group)
  • Magic Star
  • Ministry of Sound
  • Music For Nations
  • RCA Label Group UK
  • Relentless Records
  • Since '93
  • Sony Commercial Group
  • Sony Music Legacy - UK
  • Sony Music Nashville UK
  • Global Podcast Division
  • Neon Hum Media

Sony Music Entertainment Japan

  • Aniplex
  • A-1 Pictures Inc.
  • Aniplex of America Inc.
  • Aniplex (Shanghai) Ltd. (51%)
  • Boundary Inc.
  • CloverWorks Inc.
  • Crunchyroll, LLC (joint venture with Sony Pictures)
  • Crunchyroll
  • Egg Firm
  • Hayate Inc. (joint venture with Crunchyroll, LLC)
  • Palworld Entertainment
  • Peppermint Anime GmbH (joint venture with Peppermint GmbH)
  • Myriagon Studio
  • Lasengle
  • Ariola Japan
  • Echoes
  • Epic Records Japan
  • Kioon Music
  • Fitz Beat
  • Haunted Records
  • Ki/oon Records2
  • NeOSITE
  • Siren Song
  • Trefort
  • M-On Entertainment, Inc.
  • Music On! TV
  • mora
  • Sacra Music
  • Peanuts Worldwide (80%; with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates (20%))
  • Sony DADC Japan Inc.
  • Sony Music Artists Inc.
  • Sony Music Communications Inc.
  • Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.
  • Sony Music Labels Inc.
  • Sony Music Marketing Inc.
  • Sony Music Associated Records
  • Sony Music Publishing
  • Sony Music Records
  • gr8! Records
  • Mastersix Foundation
  • N46Div
  • Niagara Records
  • VVV Records
  • Unties
  • Jisedai Inc.
  • MusicRay'n Inc.
  • room NB Inc.
  • Zepp Hall Network Inc.

Sony Honda Mobility

  • Afeela (50%)

Foundations and schools

  • Sony Foundation for Education
  • Sony Music Foundation
  • Sony USA Foundation Inc.
  • Sony Foundation Australia Trustee Ltd.
  • Sony of Canada Science Scholarship Foundation Inc.
  • Sony Europe Foundation
  • Shohoku College

Subsidiaries and affiliates by location

Japan

  • Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
  • Sony Music Labels Inc.
  • Sony Music Marketing Inc.
  • Sony Music Communications Inc.
  • Sony Music Artists Inc.
  • Sony Creative Products Inc.
  • Sony DADC Japan Inc.
  • Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
  • Sony Energy Devices Corporation
  • Sony Network Communications Inc.
  • Sony Biz Networks Corporation
  • SMN Corporation (formerly So-net Media Networks Co., Ltd.) (58.7%)
  • MotionPortrait, Inc.
  • Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.
  • Sony PCL Inc.
  • Sony Marketing Inc.
  • Sony Global Solutions Inc.
  • Sony Global Education, Inc.
  • P5, Inc.
  • FeliCa Networks, Inc. (51%; joint venture with NTT Docomo and JR East)
  • AII Inc. (60.9%)
  • Frontage Inc. (60%)
  • SRE Holdings (formerly Sony Real Estate Corporation) (36.9%)
  • Aerosense Inc. (joint venture with ZMP Inc. and Sumitomo Corporation)
  • M3, Inc. (34%)
  • Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc. (51%; joint venture with Olympus)
  • Sony Enterprise Co., Ltd.
  • Ginza Sony Park
  • Sony People Solutions Inc.
  • Sony Honda Mobility (50%; joint venture with Honda)

Canada

  • Sony Canada

United States

  • Sony Corporation of America
  • Sony Entertainment Inc.
  • Sony Music Group
  • Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
  • Sony Creative Software
  • Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation
  • Sony Magnetic Products Inc. of America
  • Sony Latin America

Latin America

  • Sony Argentina S.A.
  • Sony Comércio e Indústria Ltda. (Brazil)
  • Sony Componentes Ltda. (Brazil)
  • Sony da Amazônia Ltda. (Brazil)
  • Sony Chile Ltda. (Chile)
  • Sony de México S.A. de C.V.
  • Sony de Mexicali, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)
  • Sony Nuevo Laredo, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)
  • Sony de Tijuana Oeste, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)
  • Sony Corporation of Panama, S. A.
  • Sony Puerto Rico, Inc.
  • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment de México S.A. de C.V.

Europe

  • Sony Austria GmbH.
  • Sony DACD Austria A.G.
  • Sony DADC Europe Limited
  • Sony DADC, OOO (Borovsk, Russia)
  • Sony Service Centre (Europe) N.V. (Brussels, Belgium)
  • Sony Overseas S.A. (Switzerland)
  • Sony Czech, spol. s.r.o.
  • Sony Berlin G.m.b.H. (Germany)
  • Sony Deutschland G.m.b.H. (Köln, Germany)
  • Sony Europe GmbH (Germany)
  • Sony Nordic A/S (Denmark)
  • Sony España S.A. (Spain)
  • Sony France S.A.
  • Sony United Kingdom Ltd.
  • Sony Global Treasury Service Plc (UK)
  • Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited (UK)
  • Sony Hungaria Kft. (Hungary)
  • Sony Italia S.p.A. (Italy)
  • Sony Benelux B.V. (Netherlands)
  • Sony Europa B.V. (Netherlands)
  • Sony Logistics Europe B.V. (Netherlands)
  • Sony Poland Sp.z.o.o. (Poland)
  • Sony Portugal Ltda. (Portugal)
  • Sony Slovakia s r. o. (Slovakia)
  • Sony Eurasia Pazarlama A.S. (Turkey)

China

  • Sony (China) Ltd.
  • Beijing Suohong Electronics Co., Ltd.
  • Shanghai Suoguang Visual Products Co., Ltd.
  • Shanghai Suoguang Electronics Co., Ltd.
  • Sony Electronics (Wuxi) Co., Ltd.
  • Sony Corporation of Hong Kong Ltd.
  • Sony International (Hong Kong) Ltd.

South Korea

  • Sony Electronics of Korea Corporation
  • Sony Korea Corporation

India

  • Sony India Private Limited
  • Sony India Software Services Pvt. Ltd
  • Culver Max Entertainment

Southeast Asia and Oceania

  • PT Sony Indonesia
  • Sony Music Entertainment Indonesia
  • Sony Electronics (Malaysia) SDN. BHD.
  • Sony Music Entertainment Malaysia
  • Sony Technology (Malaysia) SDN. BHD.
  • Sony Philippines, Inc.
  • Sony Music Entertainment Philippines
  • Sony Electronics (Singapore) Pte. LTD.
  • Sony Magnetic Products (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
  • Sony Mobile Electronics (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
  • Sony Device Technology (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
  • Sony Siam Industries Co., Ltd.
  • Sony Australia Limited
  • Sony Computer Entertainment Australia Pty. Ltd
  • Sony New Zealand Ltd.
  • Sony Vietnam Ltd.

Middle East

  • Sony Middle East and Africa FZE (UAE)

Non-affiliate holdings

Japan

  • Bandai Namco Holdings (2.5%)
  • Kadokawa Corporation (10.11%)
  • From Software (14.09%)
  • MBS Media Holdings, Inc. (4.44%)
  • VAIO Corporation (5%)
  • Tamron (14.8%)

United States

  • Devolver Digital (5%)
  • Epic Games (4.9%)
  • Mangamo
  • Discord
  • AccelByte

Mainland China

  • Bilibili, Inc. (4.98%)

Europe

  • Spotify Technology S.A. (2.35%)
  • Raspberry Pi

Former holdings and subsidiaries

Sold or spun off

  • AK Holdings – sold to Nojima
  • Animax Broadcast Japan Inc. (joint venture with Bandai Namco, Toei Animation, TMS Entertainment and Nihon Ad Systems)
  • Kids Station
  • Avex Group
  • Chart Show TV – sold to TRACE Group (currently Trace Hits)
  • Chart Show Hits – sold to TRACE Group
  • Crackle – sold to Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment
  • FEARnet HD (joint venture with Comcast and Lionsgate) – sold to Comcast and folded into Syfy and Chiller
  • Film1 – sold to SPI International
  • Gracenote – sold to Tribune Media (later sold to Nielsen)
  • Lean-M – sold to JVM Holdings
  • Loews Cineplex Entertainment – sold to Onex Corporation in 2002; theatres now owned by Cineplex Entertainment in Canada and AMC Theatres in the United States
  • Movielink (joint venture with Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Warner Bros.) – sold to Blockbuster LLC
  • The Orchard Film Group – divested and became 1091 Media
  • Sony Chemicals Corporation – sold off and became Dexerials.
  • Sony Online Entertainment – sold to Columbus Nova and became Daybreak Game Company
  • Sony Pictures Television France – sold to Satisfaction Group
  • Sony Pictures Television Germany – sold to Banijay and became Noisy Pictures
  • Sony Pictures Television's Southeast Asian channels – sold to KC Global Media
  • Animax
  • AXN
  • Gem
  • One
  • Sony Pictures Television's UK channels – sold to Narrative Capital
  • Sony Channel – became Great! TV
  • Sony Movies – became Great! Movies
  • Sony Movies Action – became Great! Movies Action
  • Sony Movies Classic – became Great! Movies Classic
  • Pop
  • Pop Max
  • Tiny Pop
  • Vampire Squid Productions (IP holder of Octonauts) – 49% sold to Wanda Studios
  • Viasat 3 – sold to ANT1 Group
  • Viasat 6 – sold to ANT1 Group
  • Sunbow Entertainment – sold to TV-Loonland AG
  • Starz TV – sold to TRACE Group
  • The Vault – sold to TRACE Group
  • Shine Group – stake sold back to the company
  • Syco Entertainment (excluding Syco Music) – stake sold back to Simon Cowell
  • Tuvalu Media – stake sold back to the company
  • Sony Financial Group

Defunct

Electronics

All of these companies below were merged into Sony Electronics Corporation in April 2021, with the surviving entity changed its name to Sony Corporation.

  • Sony Imaging Products & Solutions Inc.
  • Sony Home Entertainment & Sound Products Inc.
  • Sony Mobile Communications Inc.

Sony Marketing Inc., a subsidiary of Sony Corporation, merged the following company in April 2021.

  • Sony Business Solutions Corporation

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

  • Sony LSI Design Inc. – Merged into Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation in April 2022.
  • Altair Semiconductor (formerly Sony Semiconductor Israel) – spun off

Sony Interactive Entertainment

  • 989 Studios
  • Bigbig Studios
  • Bluepoint Games
  • Dark Outlaw Games
  • Evolution Studios
  • Fabrik Games
  • Firewalk Studios
  • Gaikai – Integrated into SIE
  • Guerrilla Cambridge
  • Incognito Entertainment
  • iSize – Integrated into SIE
  • Japan Studio
  • Polys Entertainment – spun off into Polyphony Digital
  • Team Asobi – spun off into a separate studio
  • Team Ico
  • Team Gravity
  • London Studio
  • Manchester Studio
  • Neon Koi
  • Pixelopus
  • Psygnosis/Studio Liverpool
  • SN Systems – Integrated into SIE
  • Sony Imagesoft
  • Team Soho
  • Zipper Interactive

Sony Pictures Entertainment

  • 2waytraffic – became Sony Pictures Television International Formats
  • 2waytraffic Mobile
  • 2waytraffic International
  • Hooq
  • 3D NetCo LLC (3net, joint venture with Discovery Communications and IMAX)
  • Adelaide Productions
  • Animax Europe
  • Animax Germany
  • Crunchyroll Manga
  • Crunchyroll Studios
  • Anime Digital Network
  • Anime on Demand
  • Kazé
  • AnimeLab
  • Right Stuf – folded into Crunchyroll Store
  • Nozomi Entertainment – folded into Crunchyroll, LLC
  • 5 Points Pictures
  • Critical Mass Video
  • Lucky Penny Entertainment
  • Wakanim
  • Ellation – folded into Crunchyroll, LLC
  • VRV – folded into Crunchyroll
  • Funimation streaming – folded into Crunchyroll
  • Funimation Channel – became Toku
  • Funimation Films
  • Bliss
  • Bolder Media
  • Culver Entertainment
  • CSC Media Group – folded into Sony Pictures Television
  • Electric Ray – folded into Sony Pictures Television
  • First Independent Films – folded into Columbia TriStar Home Video
  • Genius Products – folded into Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • Flava
  • Gemstone Studios – folded into Sony Pictures Television's drama department
  • Huaso (joint venture with Hua Long Film Digital Production)
  • Human Media
  • Movies4Men 2
  • Palladium Fiction
  • Pop Girl
  • Scarlet Media
  • Scuzz
  • Silver River Productions
  • Sony Channel Southeast Asia
  • Sony Crime Channel
  • Sony Le Plex HD
  • Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group
  • Sony Pictures Mobile
  • Sony Rox HD
  • Stolen Picture
  • True Crime
  • True Drama
  • True Movies 2
  • TV1 General Entertainment Partnership (joint venture with CBS Studios International and NBCUniversal)
  • TV1
  • SF
  • Victory Television
  • TriStar Television – folded into Sony Pictures Television
  • Columbia TriStar Television – rebranded as Sony Pictures Television
  • Sony Pictures Networks India
  • AXN
  • Sony Le Plex
  • Sony ROX
  • Sony Mix
  • Sony ESPN

Sony Music Group

  • 550 Music
  • Abril Music – bought from Editora Abril in 2003 by BMG and absorbed by Ariola Records
  • Battery Records (hip hop)
  • Bertelsmann Music Group
  • Beyond Music (1998–2001)
  • Bluebird Records
  • BMG Heritage Records
  • Buddah Records
  • BMG Kidz
  • BNA Records
  • Burgundy Records
  • Chaos Recordings
  • C2 Records
  • Colpix Records/Colgems Records
  • Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
  • Frenchkiss Label Group
  • Indolent Records
  • J Records
  • GUN Records
  • Kinetic Records
  • LaFace Records
  • Logic Records
  • MTM Music Group
  • MTM Records
  • BriarPatch Music
  • CottonPatch Music
  • DebDave Music, Inc.
  • Mallven Music
  • Multitone Records
  • Novus Records
  • Odd Future Records
  • Ode Records
  • Odyssey Records
  • Philles Records
  • Playbill Records
  • Private Music
  • Profile Records
  • RCA Camden
  • RCA Gold Seal
  • RCA Italiana
  • RCA Victrola
  • Ruthless Records
  • S2 Records
  • Windham Hill Records
  • Living Music
  • Vinyl Solution
  • Windswept Pacific Music – catalog acquired by EMI Music Publishing
  • Work Group
  • Zomba Group of Companies
  • Benson Records
  • Capricorn Records
  • Internal Affairs
  • Battery Records (dance)
  • Jive Electro
  • Mojo Records
  • Scotti Brothers Records
  • Silvertone Records
  • Sub•Lime Records
  • Zoo Entertainment

Sony Music Entertainment Japan

  • Quatro A Inc. – absorbed into Aniplex
  • Rialto Entertainment Inc. – absorbed into Aniplex
  • ForwardWorks – absorbed into Aniplex

See also

  • List of libraries owned by Sony
  • List of acquisitions by Sony

Notes

References