Organization

The Pokémon Company International

The Pokémon Company International manages the Pokémon property outside Asia. Its responsibilities include brand management, licensing and marketing, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, animation and the official Pokémon website. Its Play! Pokémon program connects local League gatherings with competitive Championship Series events, giving the company a role in both the card product and organized play.

Headquarters: Based inBellevue, United States source
Activity: Active in 1 game

Website

Organization

The Pokémon Company International

The Pokémon Company International manages the Pokémon property outside Asia. Its responsibilities include brand management, licensing and marketing, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, animation and the official Pokémon website. Its Play! Pokémon program connects local League gatherings with competitive Championship Series events, giving the company a role in both the card product and organized play.

Headquarters: Based inBellevue, United States source
Activity: Active in 1 game

Website

Company record

Legal and ownership facts as the cited sources state them.

Legal name: The Pokémon Company International, Inc.¹
Founded: Feb 2001²

Ownership history

2009Pokémon USA and Pokémon UK merged to form The Pokémon Company International³

Company family

Parent companyThe Pokémon Company¹

This company

The Pokémon Company International

SubsidiaryMillennium Print Group

Ownership as the sources state it. Group companies are listed when they are in the directory.

Sources

Timeline

When its relationships started, ended or were announced, by year.

2024

2024Starts
The Pokémon Company International sells Pokémon TCG directly to consumers in Australia and New Zealand. source

2020

Nov 9, 2020Starts
The Pokémon Company International sells Pokémon TCG directly to consumers in Canada. source

Dates as the sources publish them, at their precision; announcements and effective dates are separate events. A relationship without a dated source is not shown here, so the timeline is not a complete history. Parties without a profile appear under the name their source uses. † rests only on secondary sources.

Company record

Legal and ownership facts as the cited sources state them.

Legal name: The Pokémon Company International, Inc.¹
Founded: Feb 2001²

Ownership history

2009Pokémon USA and Pokémon UK merged to form The Pokémon Company International³

Company family

Parent companyThe Pokémon Company¹

This company

The Pokémon Company International

SubsidiaryMillennium Print Group

Ownership as the sources state it. Group companies are listed when they are in the directory.

Sources

Timeline

When its relationships started, ended or were announced, by year.

2024

2024Starts
The Pokémon Company International sells Pokémon TCG directly to consumers in Australia and New Zealand. source

2020

Nov 9, 2020Starts
The Pokémon Company International sells Pokémon TCG directly to consumers in Canada. source

Dates as the sources publish them, at their precision; announcements and effective dates are separate events. A relationship without a dated source is not shown here, so the timeline is not a complete history. Parties without a profile appear under the name their source uses. † rests only on secondary sources.