Who owns Arnette?
Arnette is owned by EssilorLuxottica (France, EPA: EL), which has owned the brand since 1999.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: EssilorLuxottica 2025 Universal Registration Document, 6 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- EssilorLuxottica SA reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France, Charenton-le-Pont
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1992
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Accessories & footwear › Eyewear
- Parent ticker
- EPA: EL
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Arnette
Arnette is a street-inspired eyewear brand born in California in 1992 and acquired by Luxottica in 1999. EssilorLuxottica positions it at young consumers, with the aim of making it an active lifestyle brand for Generation Z built on inclusivity and a do-it-yourself ethos. It is one of the group's proprietary eyewear brands, owned outright rather than made under licence.
Ownership timeline of Arnette
- 1999 – present EssilorLuxottica [1] reported
Where Arnette sits in EssilorLuxottica
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by EssilorLuxottica
EssilorLuxottica controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
Other brands in eyewear, and who owns them
EssilorLuxottica has more brands in eyewear on Brandtree than any other owner: 6 of 25.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Fielmann | Fielmann Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Aqualens | Lenskart | 🇮🇳 India |
| America's Best Contacts and Eyeglasses | National Vision | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Blenders Eyewear | Safilo | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Titan Eye+ | Titan | 🇮🇳 India |
| Warby Parker | Warby Parker | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Medical Óptica Audición | Fielmann Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Óptica & Audiología Universitaria | Fielmann Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
About the owner: EssilorLuxottica
EssilorLuxottica is a publicly listed company headquartered in Charenton-le-Pont, France. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as EPA: EL.
EssilorLuxottica is the French-Italian eyewear and lens group formed by combining Essilor, which traces its roots to a Paris cooperative of eyewear makers founded in 1849, and Luxottica, founded by Leonardo Del Vecchio in 1961. It reported revenue of 28.5 billion euros in 2025 and operated 17,750 stores at the end of that year. Alongside owned brands such as Ray-Ban, Oakley and Varilux, it makes eyewear under licence for fashion houses, Prada being its largest licence.
EssilorLuxottica: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Arnette and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,570 brands that began in the United States. 501 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Arnette among them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Arnette?
The parent company of Arnette is EssilorLuxottica, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Is Arnette American or French?
Arnette originated in the United States in 1992, but it is owned today by EssilorLuxottica, which is headquartered in France. So Arnette is an American-origin brand under French ownership.
Since when has EssilorLuxottica owned Arnette?
EssilorLuxottica has owned Arnette since 1999.
Is Arnette still owned by EssilorLuxottica?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Arnette is still owned by EssilorLuxottica. 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] EssilorLuxottica 2025 Universal Registration Document — EssilorLuxottica, Annual report, published 6 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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