Companies Involved in Pokémon |
|
Pokémon is one of the biggest media franchises to exist and as such, many companies have been involved. The franchise is joint owned by Game Freak, the developers of the main series Pokémon games, Nintendo and Creatures Inc. with the brand being run by The Pokémon Company who deal with marketing, licensing and more. Beyond that, many companies have been involved with the Pokémon franchise, through game development and more. This page provides a list of all companies that have developed games for Pokémon. |
Pokémon Structure
List of Founding Pokémon Companies
Name | Opening Date | Location |
Creatures | 8th November 1995 | Tokyo, Japan |
GAME FREAK | 26th April 1989 | Tokyo, Japan |
Nintendo | September 23rd 1889 | Kyoto, Japan |
List of Pokémon Companies
Name | Opening Date | Location |
The Pokémon Company | 23rd April 1998 | Tokyo, Japan |
The Pokémon Company International | April 2009 | Bellevue, United States of America London, United Kingdom |
Pokémon Card D Studio | June 30th 2020 | Tokyo, Japan |
Pokémon Center Co. | August 25th 2011 | Tokyo, Japan |
Pokémon Korea | August 28th 2006 | Seoul, South Korea |
Pokémon Shanghai | July 20th 2020 | Shanghai, China |
Pokémon Singapore | May 7th 2018 | Singapore |
Pokémon Taiwan | December 30th 2022 | Taiwan |
The Pokémon Works | March 4th 2024 | Tokyo, Japan |
PokéPark Kanto | December 12th 2023 | Tokyo, Japan |
The Pokémon Company International Ireland | June 2021 | >Dublin, Ireland |
The Pokémon Company International Mexico | June 2023 | Mexico |
List of Companies that have developed Pokémon Games
Name | Opening Date | Location |
Ambrella | 1996 | Tokyo, Japan |
Bandai Namco | 31st March 2006 | Tokyo, Japan |
DeNA | 4th March 1999 | Tokyo, Japan |
Denyu-sha | 8th April 2002 | Tokyo, Japan |
Genius Sonority | June 2002 | Tokyo, Japan |
HAL Laboratory | 21st February 1980 | Tokyo, Japan |
Headstrong Games | 2000 | London, England |
HEROZ | 30th April 2009 | Tokyo, Japan |
Hudson Soft | 18th May 1973 | Tokyo, Japan |
ILCA | October 1st 2010 | Tokyo, Japan |
Intelligent Systems | December 1986 | Kyoto, Japan |
Jupiter Corp. | 11th June 1992 | Kyoto, Japan |
Koei Tecmo | 1st April 2009 | Yokohama, Japan |
Marvelous | 1st October 2011 | Tokyo, Japan |
Niantic | October 6th 2015 | San Francisco, United States |
Pokémon Card D Studio | June 30th 2020 | Tokyo, Japan |
The Pokémon Works | March 4th 2024 | Tokyo, Japan |
Select Button | 2014 | Tokyo, Japan |
Spike Chunsoft | 9th April 1984 | Tokyo, Japan |
TiMi Studios | 2008 | Shenzhen, China |
List of Companies that produced Pokémon media
Name | Opening Date | Location |
Legendary Entertainment | 2000 | Burbank, US |
ShoPro | June 27th 1967 | Tokyo, Japan |
Studio Colorido | August 22nd 2011 | Tokyo, Japan |
Toho | August 12th 1932 | Tokyo, Japan |
List of Companies that work in merchandise
Name | Opening Date | Location |
Jazwares | 1997 | Florida, US |
Original Stitch | June 3rd 2015 | San Francisco, US |