Who owns BILLY?
BILLY is owned by Inter IKEA (the Netherlands).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Inter IKEA Group Annual Summary 2025, 20 November 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Inter IKEA Group reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands, Delft
- Origin
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Founded
- 1979
- Category
- Home care › Household goods & storage › Kitchenware & small appliances
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About BILLY
The BILLY bookcase has been sold since 1979 and more than a hundred million have been made. It is used as an informal price index in some economic commentary because its specification has changed so little over four decades. It is produced at a single plant in Sweden that turns out one unit roughly every few seconds when running at capacity.
Ownership timeline of BILLY
- Current owner Inter IKEA [1] reported
Where BILLY sits in Inter IKEA
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Inter IKEA
Inter IKEA controls 2 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in home care.
Also in home care
- IKEA (1943)
Other brands in kitchenware & small appliances, and who owns them
The 105 brands in kitchenware & small appliances on Brandtree belong to 36 owners. The largest is Arçelik, with 13; Inter IKEA has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Arçelik | Arçelik | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
| AQUA | Haier | 🇨🇳 China |
| COLMO | Midea | 🇨🇳 China |
| All-Clad | Groupe SEB | 🇫🇷 France |
| Balay | BSH | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Hamilton Beach | Hamilton Beach Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Amica | Amica | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| Baratza | Breville Group | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Every brand in kitchenware & small appliances and its owner →
About the owner: Inter IKEA
Inter IKEA is a trust-owned company headquartered in Delft, Netherlands, founded in 1943. Brandtree records 2 brands under its control.
IKEA was founded in Sweden in 1943 by a seventeen-year-old selling pens and matches by mail. Its ownership is deliberately opaque: Inter IKEA owns the brand and the concept, Ingka Group runs most of the shops as a franchisee, and both sit under Dutch foundations designed to make a takeover impossible.
🇸🇪 BILLY and other Swedish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 117 brands that began in Sweden. 53 of them (45%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, BILLY among them.
- Cylinda — Vestel 🇹🇷
- Electrolux — Electrolux 🇸🇪
- & Other Stories — H&M Group 🇸🇪
- AXA — Lantmännen 🇸🇪
- Absolut — Pernod Ricard 🇫🇷
- Acast — Acast 🇸🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of BILLY?
The parent company of BILLY is Inter IKEA, a trust-owned company headquartered in the Netherlands.
Is BILLY Swedish or Dutch?
BILLY originated in Sweden in 1979, but it is owned today by Inter IKEA, which is headquartered in the Netherlands. So BILLY is a Swedish-origin brand under Dutch ownership.
Is BILLY still owned by Inter IKEA?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, BILLY is still owned by Inter IKEA. 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] Inter IKEA Group Annual Summary 2025 — Inter IKEA Group, Annual report, published 20 November 2025; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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