Who owns Alexander McQueen?
Alexander McQueen is owned by Kering (France, EPA: KER).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Kering Universal Registration Document 2025, Kering SA, 1 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Kering SA reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France, Paris
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, London
- Founded
- 1992
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Luxury goods › Luxury fashion & leather goods
- Parent ticker
- EPA: KER
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen founded his London house in 1992 after training on Savile Row, and became known for tailoring and for shows staged as theatre. Kering has held a majority since 2000, and the house has continued under Sarah Burton and her successors since McQueen's death in 2010.
Ownership timeline of Alexander McQueen
Where Alexander McQueen sits in Kering
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Kering
Kering controls 10 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
- Balenciaga (1919)
- Bottega Veneta (1966)
- Boucheron (1858)
- Brioni (1945)
- Gucci (1921)
- Pomellato (1967)
- Qeelin (2004)
- Saint Laurent (1961)
Other brands in luxury fashion & leather goods, and who owns them
The 40 brands in luxury fashion & leather goods on Brandtree belong to 20 owners. The largest is LVMH, with 8; Kering has 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Berluti | LVMH | 🇫🇷 France |
| Jil Sander | OTB Group | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Alaïa | Richemont | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Burberry | Burberry | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Miu Miu | Prada Group | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Thom Browne | Zegna | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Giorgio Armani | Armani | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Versace | Capri Holdings | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
Every brand in luxury fashion & leather goods and its owner →
About the owner: Kering
Kering is a publicly listed company headquartered in Paris, France, founded in 1963. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control, and it is listed as EPA: KER.
Kering began in 1963 as a timber business founded by François Pinault, became the retail group Pinault-Printemps-Redoute, and transformed into a luxury group, taking the Kering name in 2013. The Pinault family holding Artémis controls it.
🇬🇧 Alexander McQueen and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 552 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 291 of them (53%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Alexander McQueen among them.
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- Autograph — Marks & Spencer 🇬🇧
- Bravissimo — Wacoal 🇯🇵
- Burberry — Burberry 🇬🇧
- COS — H&M Group 🇸🇪
- Carvela — Steve Madden 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Alexander McQueen?
The parent company of Alexander McQueen is Kering, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Is Alexander McQueen British or French?
Alexander McQueen originated in the United Kingdom in 1992, but it is owned today by Kering, which is headquartered in France. So Alexander McQueen is a British-origin brand under French ownership.
Is Alexander McQueen still owned by Kering?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Alexander McQueen is still owned by Kering. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Kering Universal Registration Document 2025 — Kering SA, Annual report, published 1 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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