Independent Research on the Business of Trading Card Games
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Published by The Pokémon Company International. The organizations, platforms and series in this game’s ecosystem.
28 records, each with its direction, scope and sources.
Details: Localized edition
Research note: No separate legal publisher predicate is inferred from this statement.
Edition and language market; Country
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Packaging
Research note: product examples described by Copag
Production location or supply; Country
Source wording: Brazil
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Ownership and trademark rights
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: IP holder
Rights and publishing; Geography unspecified
Qualified · 4 sources
Details: Ownership and trademark rights
Research note: rights named in legal notice; shares not asserted
Rights and publishing; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 6 sources
Details: Ownership and trademark rights
Research note: joint copyright credit; shares not asserted
Rights and publishing; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 6 sources
Details: Ownership and trademark rights
Research note: joint copyright credit; shares not asserted
Rights and publishing; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 6 sources
32 records, each with its direction, scope and sources.
Details: Distribution, Mass Market Retail, Card Shops & LGS
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Licensing-industry directory calls appointment exclusive; company corroborates AU/NZ mass and specialty operation; current exclusivity requires confirmation.
Distribution and sales area; Multiple regions
Source wording: Australia and New Zealand
27 records, each with its direction, scope and sources.
Details: Program governance
Research note: Source supported official program governance not per event organization.
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
30 records, each with its direction, scope and sources.
Details: Auction access and submissions
Research note: Current lot volume is not established.
Secondary market activity; Region
Source wording: Europe and other markets
Confirmed · 1 source
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-18, item news:bleedingcool_tcg:8f563642b271
Details: Ownership and trademark rights
Research note: named marks in legal notice
Rights and publishing; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Game and brand operation
Rights and publishing; Region
Source wording: outside Asia
Geographic interpretation is unresolved.
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Product manufacturing
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Manufactures product for game
Production location or supply; Geography unspecified
Qualified · 1 source
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-11-02, item news:icv2_news:c2c027278d0b
Details: Product manufacturing
Production location or supply; Country
Source wording: Brazil
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Game and brand operation
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Die eigene Geschäftsfeldseite belegt die Entwicklung und Vermarktung des TCG durch The Pokémon Company. Die engere Operator-Rolle ist geprüft; Publisher als eigene Rolle bleibt offen.
Rights and publishing; Country
Source wording: Japan
Qualified · 1 source
Details: Game and brand operation
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: TPCi bezeichnet sich als TCG-verantwortlich außerhalb Asiens. Die Operator-Rolle ist belegt; eine separate juristische Publisher-Zuordnung bleibt offen.
Rights and publishing; Region
Source wording: outside Asia
Geographic interpretation is unresolved.
Qualified · 1 source
Details: Game and brand operation
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Official local operator; formal publisher role not independently verified | Die eigene chinesische Unternehmensseite nennt Pokémon Shanghai und sein Geschäft mit der vereinfachten chinesischen TCG-Ausgabe. Die Operator-Rolle ist qualifiziert; formale Publisher-Rechte bleiben offen.
Rights and publishing; Country
Source wording: mainland China
Qualified · 1 source
Details: Game and brand operation
Rights and publishing; Region
Source wording: outside Asia
Geographic interpretation is unresolved.
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Game and brand operation
Research note: Official local operator; formal publisher role not independently verified
Rights and publishing; Country
Source wording: mainland China
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Game and brand operation
Rights and publishing; Country
Source wording: Japan
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Packaging
Research note: associated packaging; no exclusivity
Production location or supply; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Card printing
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Which products and regions relative to Millennium Print Group unresolved
Production location or supply; Geography unspecified
Source wording: territory unspecified
Geographic interpretation is unresolved.
Qualified · 1 source
Details: Card printing
Research note: non_exclusive_general_partner; editions and site not assigned
Production location or supply; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Card printing
Research note: Copag's Brazilian-language manufacturing, not every Pokemon edition
Production location or supply; Country
Source wording: Brazil
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Card printing
Production location or supply; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Localized edition
Research note: No separate legal publisher predicate is inferred from this statement.
Edition and language market; Country
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Game publishing
Rights and publishing; Country
Source wording: United States
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Game publishing
Rights and publishing; Geography unspecified
Source wording: outside Asia; regional publisher and operator attribution in existing research and user-confirmed
Geographic interpretation is unresolved.
Details: Game publishing
Rights and publishing; Country
Source wording: Japan/current; company-level publisher attribution also user-confirmed
Details: Game publishing
Rights and publishing; Region
Source wording: outside Asia
Geographic interpretation is unresolved.
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Game publishing
Rights and publishing; Country
Source wording: Japan
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Game publishing
Rights and publishing; Country
Source wording: Japan
Confirmed · 2 sources
Details: Distribution, Online, Mass Market Retail, Card Shops & LGS
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: BoardGameWire quotes 2025/26 company accounts naming this title; company channel divisions confirmed, title allocation by channel unspecified.
Distribution and sales area; Country
Source wording: United Kingdom
Qualified · 1 source
Details: Distribution, Card Shops & LGS
Research note: Officially appointed distributor user confirmed.
Distribution and sales area; Country
Source wording: Brazil
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Distribution, Mass Market Retail, Card Shops & LGS
Research note: Appointed as reported.
Distribution and sales area; Multiple regions
Source wording: Australia and New Zealand
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Distribution, Online, Mass Market Retail, Card Shops & LGS
Research note: BoardGameWire quotes 2025/26 company accounts naming this title; company channel divisions confirmed, title allocation by channel unspecified.
Distribution and sales area; Country
Source wording: United Kingdom
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Distribution, Mass Market Retail
Research note: Largest partner as reported.
Distribution and sales area; Country
Source wording: United States
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Distribution, Card Shops & LGS
Research note: Officially appointed distributor user confirmed.
Distribution and sales area; Country
Source wording: Brazil
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Distribution
Research note: Licensed producer role recorded separately.
Distribution and sales area; Country
Source wording: Brazil
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: D2C
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Offers game product, promotion
Distribution and sales area; Geography unspecified
Qualified · 2 sources
Details: D2C
Distribution and sales area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: D2C
Distribution and sales area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Wholesale, B2B, Card Shops & LGS
Research note: Copag B2B portal sells own catalog; Pokémon title-specific B2B SKU availability behind login
Distribution and sales area; Country
Source wording: Brazil
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: D2C
Distribution and sales area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: D2C
Research note: International Pokémon Center channel; country-specific legal operator not assigned.
Distribution and sales area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Primary-market retail
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Primary-market retailer, Las Vegas, United States
Distribution and sales area; Country
Source wording: Las Vegas, United States
Qualified · 1 source
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-29, item news:icv2_news:797ef3fe27a1
Details: Primary-market retail
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Primary-market retailer, promotion with purchase
Distribution and sales area; Geography unspecified
Qualified · 1 source
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-18, item news:bleedingcool_tcg:2771a3ab8daa
Details: Primary-market retail
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Primary-market retailer, promotion with purchase
Distribution and sales area; Geography unspecified
Qualified · 1 source
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-18, item news:bleedingcool_tcg:2771a3ab8daa
Details: Primary-market retail
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Primary-market retailer, promotion with purchase
Distribution and sales area; Geography unspecified
Qualified · 1 source
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-18, item news:bleedingcool_tcg:2771a3ab8daa
Details: Primary-market retail
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Primary-market retailer, promotion with purchase
Distribution and sales area; Geography unspecified
Qualified · 1 source
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-18, item news:bleedingcool_tcg:2771a3ab8daa
Details: Primary-market retail
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Primary-market retailer
Distribution and sales area; Geography unspecified
Qualified · 1 source
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-22, item news:tcgplayer_seller_blog:e47a3019de2f
Details: Primary-market retail
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Primary-market retailer, promotion with purchase
Distribution and sales area; Geography unspecified
Qualified · 1 source
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-18, item news:bleedingcool_tcg:2771a3ab8daa
Details: Primary-market retail
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Primary-market retailer, promotion with purchase
Distribution and sales area; Geography unspecified
Qualified · 1 source
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-18, item news:bleedingcool_tcg:2771a3ab8daa
Details: Primary-market retail
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Primary-market retailer, lottery sales
Distribution and sales area; Geography unspecified
Qualified · 1 source
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-13, item news:wargamer_tcg:fe5d2a06784a
Details: Primary-market retail
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Primary-market retailer, promotion with purchase
Distribution and sales area; Geography unspecified
Qualified · 1 source
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-18, item news:bleedingcool_tcg:2771a3ab8daa
Details: D2C, Online
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Availability of TCG inventory varies
Distribution and sales area; Multiple regions
Source wording: USA Canada UK Germany Australia New Zealand
Qualified · 1 source
Details: D2C
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Sells game direct to consumer, Japan, lottery sales, online
Distribution and sales area; Country
Source wording: Japan
Qualified · 1 source
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-15, item goldset_v0:gs_0070
Details: D2C
Distribution and sales area; Multiple regions
Source wording: USA Canada UK Germany Australia New Zealand
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: D2C
Distribution and sales area; Country
Source wording: Brazil
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Wholesale, B2B, Card Shops & LGS
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Company explicitly lists title and EMEA retail supply; own statement, exact per-game countries and exclusivity not specified.
Distribution and sales area; Region
Source wording: EMEA; contract territories unverified
Qualified · 1 source
Details: Wholesale, B2B, Card Shops & LGS
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Own catalog lists the game and store OP signup; selected SKUs, authorization and exact shipping territories per game need checking.
Distribution and sales area; Country
Source wording: United States
Qualified · 1 source
Details: Wholesale, B2B, Card Shops & LGS
Research note: Company explicitly lists title and EMEA retail supply; own statement, exact per-game countries and exclusivity not specified.
Distribution and sales area; Region
Source wording: EMEA; contract territories unverified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Wholesale, B2B, Card Shops & LGS
Research note: Own catalog lists the game and store OP signup; selected SKUs, authorization and exact shipping territories per game need checking.
Distribution and sales area; Country
Source wording: United States
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Program governance
Research note: Source supported official program governance not per event organization.
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Program governance
Research note: Source supported official program governance not per event organization.
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Program governance
Research note: Source supported official program governance not per event organization.
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Program governance
Research note: Source supported official program governance not per event organization.
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Program governance
Research note: Source supported official program governance not per event organization.
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Details: Program governance
Research note: Source supported official program governance not per event organization.
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Digital game
Research note: Digital gameplay not physical-card sale
Platform audience or availability; Geography unspecified
Source wording: available markets
Geographic interpretation is unresolved.
Confirmed · 2 sources
Details: Official content and rules
Research note: Official TCG content hub
Platform audience or availability; Worldwide
Source wording: outside Asia
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Program operator
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Copag says it operates tournaments with TPCi and local organizers
Event or organized play area; Country
Source wording: Brazil
Qualified · 1 source
Details: Event delivery
Research note: Regional program.
Event or organized play area; Country
Source wording: Brazil
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Platform operation
Platform audience or availability; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Platform operation
Research note: Digital gameplay does not imply physical-card distribution.
Platform audience or availability; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Platform operation
Research note: Portal operation is separate from the still-open legal publisher role.
Platform audience or availability; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Program and series structure
Research note: Local operating agencies are not identified in the current sources.
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Program and series structure
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Program and series structure
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 4 sources
Details: Program and series structure
Research note: Current source is a historical archive slice; current index coverage needs verification.
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Program and series structure
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Program and series structure
Research note: Event organizers vary; rating zones do not imply an event in every territory.
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Program and series structure
Research note: Current source is year-specific; successor page is not yet verified.
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Program and series structure
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Program and series structure
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Official portal
Research note: Official local news and events; legal publisher role open
Platform audience or availability; Country
Source wording: mainland China
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Event and store locator
Platform audience or availability; Country
Source wording: Japan
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Program information
Research note: The company page identifies Pokémon Korea, Inc. and includes card-game and card-game-event business in its activities.
Event or organized play area; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Tournament software
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Supports event registration and player profiles, Japan
Platform audience or availability; Country
Source wording: Japan
Qualified · 1 source
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-15, item goldset_v0:gs_0070
Details: Buylist and resale
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: sells and buys Pokémon TCG cards
Secondary market activity; Country
Source wording: Tokyo, Japan
Qualified · 1 source
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-15, item goldset_v0:gs_0077
Details: Buylist and resale
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: sells and buys Pokémon TCG cards
Secondary market activity; Country
Source wording: Fukuoka, Japan
Qualified · 1 source
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-15, item goldset_v0:gs_0076
Details: Buylist and resale
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: will sell and buy Pokémon cards
Secondary market activity; Country
Source wording: Kyoto, Japan
Qualified · 1 source
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-15, item goldset_v0:gs_0169
Details: Buylist and resale
Research note: Explicit Pokemon buylist and independent singles catalog; same company also organized September 2026 Digimon regional.
Secondary market activity; Country
Source wording: Canada
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Buylist and resale
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Page title explicitly advertises MTG/Pokemon/Yu-Gi-Oh! buylist, but live game-specific form could not be independently read; store also lists singles.
Secondary market activity; Country
Source wording: Canada
Qualified · 1 source
Details: Live Commerce
Research note: Individual transactions may be primary or secondary and require separate classification.
Secondary market activity; Geography unspecified
Source wording: available markets
Geographic interpretation is unresolved.
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Auction access and submissions
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Offers auction access for game
Secondary market activity; Geography unspecified
Qualified · 1 source
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-30, item news:icv2_news:72c5c3f4fc5c
Details: Auction access and submissions
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Offers auction access for game
Secondary market activity; Geography unspecified
Qualified · 1 source
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-22, item news:icv2_news:9ea97302e947
Details: Auction access and submissions
Research note: TCG auction calendar includes Pokémon showcase
Secondary market activity; Worldwide
Source wording: United States and international bidding
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Auction access and submissions
Research note: Weekly and premier auctions plus Buy Now
Secondary market activity; Worldwide
Source wording: United States and international
Confirmed · 2 sources
Details: Auction operation
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: TCG auction calendar includes Pokémon showcase
Secondary market activity; Geography unspecified
Source wording: United States and international bidding
Geographic interpretation is unresolved.
Qualified · 1 source
Details: Auction operation
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Weekly and premier auctions plus Buy Now
Secondary market activity; Geography unspecified
Source wording: United States and international
Geographic interpretation is unresolved.
Qualified · 1 source
Details: Auction operation
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Same guidelines explicitly name Magic One Piece Lorcana Yu-Gi-Oh
Secondary market activity; Geography unspecified
Source wording: Europe and other markets
Geographic interpretation is unresolved.
Qualified · 1 source
Details: Marketplace operation
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Secondary market activity; Region
Source wording: Europe
Qualified · 1 source
Details: Marketplace operation
Research note: Search results are noisy and individual listings need validation
Secondary market activity; Country
Source wording: Japan
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Marketplace operation
Research note: Game category appears on TCGplayer category page; listing mix can include new and used
Secondary market activity; Country
Source wording: United States
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Marketplace operation
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Game-specific marketplace category shows Singles; international selling and shipping conditions depend on seller.
Secondary market activity; Worldwide
Source wording: international online; company based Italy
Qualified · 1 source
Details: Marketplace operation
Research note: MYP own game page and site describe seller-to-buyer singles marketplace; exact number of live sellers and individual listing condition changes.
Secondary market activity; Country
Source wording: Brazil
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Marketplace operation
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Jiraffe identifies magi as its flea-market app; game-specific listing page has individually offered cards. Platform also runs physical shops; this row describes the marketplace.
Secondary market activity; Country
Source wording: Japan; online
Qualified · 1 source
Details: Secondary-market shop
Secondary market activity; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Singles sales
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Page title explicitly advertises MTG/Pokemon/Yu-Gi-Oh! buylist, but live game-specific form could not be independently read; store also lists singles.
Secondary market activity; Country
Source wording: Canada
Qualified · 1 source
Details: Singles sales
Limited confirmation. This claim has restrictions or unresolved details and is excluded from company rankings.
Research note: Explicit Pokemon buylist and independent singles catalog; same company also organized September 2026 Digimon regional.
Secondary market activity; Country
Source wording: Canada
Qualified · 1 source
Details: Game category and listings
Research note: Supports marketplace category for game
Secondary market activity; Geography unspecified
Confirmed · 2 sources
Details: Game category and listings
Research note: Listings may mix new and used goods; individual transactions need primary/secondary classification.
Secondary market activity; Country
Source wording: Japan; online
Confirmed · 2 sources
Details: Game category and listings
Research note: Listings may mix new and used goods; individual transactions need primary/secondary classification.
Secondary market activity; Country
Source wording: United States
Confirmed · 11 sources
Details: Game category and listings
Research note: Listings may mix new and used goods; individual transactions need primary/secondary classification.
Secondary market activity; Region
Source wording: Europe
Confirmed · 4 sources
Details: Game category and listings
Research note: Listings may mix new and used goods; individual transactions need primary/secondary classification.
Secondary market activity; Worldwide
Source wording: international online; company based Italy
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Game category and listings
Research note: Listings may mix new and used goods; individual transactions need primary/secondary classification.
Secondary market activity; Country
Source wording: Japan
Confirmed · 1 source
Details: Game category and listings
Research note: Listings may mix new and used goods; individual transactions need primary/secondary classification.
Secondary market activity; Country
Source wording: Brazil
Confirmed · 1 source
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-11-02, item news:wargamer_tcg:5559577c61e9
Location: Admin review admin-review-2026-10-21, item news:whatnot_blog_us:20a06938c1d5
