Who owns Balenciaga?
Balenciaga 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
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Founded
- 1919
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Luxury goods › Luxury fashion & leather goods
- Parent ticker
- EPA: KER
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Balenciaga
Balenciaga was founded by Cristóbal Balenciaga in San Sebastián in 1919 and moved to Paris in 1937, where his cutting was admired by other couturiers to a degree few designers have matched. The house closed in 1968 and was revived in 1986. Kering acquired it in 2001.
Ownership timeline of Balenciaga
Where Balenciaga 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
- Alexander McQueen (1992)
- 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.
🇪🇸 Balenciaga and other Spanish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 119 brands that began in Spain. 55 of them (46%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Balenciaga among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Balenciaga?
The parent company of Balenciaga is Kering, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Is Balenciaga Spanish or French?
Balenciaga originated in Spain in 1919, but it is owned today by Kering, which is headquartered in France. So Balenciaga is a Spanish-origin brand under French ownership.
Is Balenciaga still owned by Kering?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Balenciaga 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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