Who owns Arcam?
Arcam is owned by HARMAN (the United States).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: HARMAN Completes Sound United Acquisition to Expand Premium Audio Leadership, HARMAN International Industries, Incorporated, 23 September 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- HARMAN International Industries, Incorporated reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Stamford, Connecticut
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Cambridge
- Founded
- 1976 by John Dawson, Chris Evans
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Consumer electronics › TVs & audio
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Arcam
Arcam was founded in Cambridge in 1976 as Amplification and Recording Cambridge by John Dawson and the late Chris Evans, who met at the university's tape recording society and set their doctorates aside to develop amplifiers. The A60 integrated amplifier, first built in small numbers for friends, went on to sell in thousands and established the company. Arcam also produced the first domestic add-on digital-to-analogue converter, the Black Box, and the first domestic DAB tuner, the Alpha 10. It still operates from Cambridgeshire, and Dawson still works on its amplifier designs.
Ownership timeline of Arcam
Where Arcam sits in HARMAN
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by HARMAN
HARMAN controls 10 brands on Brandtree, 10 of them in home, garden & diy.
Also in home, garden & diy
- AKG (1947)
- Boston Acoustics (1979)
- Bowers & Wilkins (1966)
- Classé
- Definitive Technology (1990)
- Harman Kardon (1953)
- JBL (1946)
- Mark Levinson (1972)
- Revel (1995)
Other brands in tvs & audio, and who owns them
HARMAN has more brands in tvs & audio on Brandtree than any other owner: 10 of 35.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Sonos | Sonos | 🇺🇸 United States |
| BlueParrott | GN Group | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| JVC | JVCKENWOOD | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| ASTRO Gaming | Logitech | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| PDP | Turtle Beach | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Fusion | Garmin | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Klipsch | Gentex | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Anker soundcore | Anker Innovations | 🇨🇳 China |
About the owner: HARMAN
HARMAN is a privately held company headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control.
HARMAN designs and engineers connected products for carmakers, consumers and enterprises: car audio and infotainment systems, loudspeakers and headphones, enterprise automation and services around the Internet of Things. It says more than 50 million cars on the road carry its audio and connected car systems, and it employs about 30,000 people across the Americas, Europe and Asia. It has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics since March 2017. On 23 September 2025 it completed the acquisition of Sound United, the former consumer audio business of Masimo Corporation, whose brands now run as a standalone unit inside HARMAN's Lifestyle division.
🇬🇧 Arcam and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 543 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 282 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Arcam among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Arcam?
The parent company of Arcam is HARMAN, a privately held company headquartered in the United States.
Is Arcam British or American?
Arcam originated in the United Kingdom in 1976, but it is owned today by HARMAN, which is headquartered in the United States. So Arcam is a British-origin brand under American ownership.
Is Arcam still owned by HARMAN?
Yes. As of 25 September 2026, Arcam is still owned by HARMAN. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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] HARMAN Completes Sound United Acquisition to Expand Premium Audio Leadership — HARMAN International Industries, Incorporated, Official press release, published 23 September 2025; retrieved 25 September 2026.
- [2] ARCAM at 50: a Class act — HARMAN International Industries, Incorporated, Official press release, published 4 June 2026; retrieved 25 September 2026.
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