Who owns Boston Acoustics?
Boston Acoustics is owned by HARMAN (the United States), which has owned the brand since 23 September 2025.[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
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Stamford, Connecticut
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1979
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Consumer electronics › TVs & audio
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Boston Acoustics
Boston Acoustics was founded in 1979 around a promise of high performance and considered design at a price people would actually pay, rather than exotic engineering at any cost. Its products cover home loudspeakers, tabletop systems and car audio, and the brand's own account of itself emphasises meeting the same customers' expectations generation after generation and using high-quality materials in every component it builds. It came to HARMAN with the rest of Sound United in September 2025.
Ownership timeline of Boston Acoustics
Where Boston Acoustics sits in HARMAN
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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)
- Arcam (1976)
- 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.
🇺🇸 Boston Acoustics and other American brands
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Boston Acoustics?
The parent company of Boston Acoustics is HARMAN, a privately held company headquartered in the United States.
Is Boston Acoustics American?
Yes. Boston Acoustics originated in the United States in 1979 and its owner, HARMAN, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has HARMAN owned Boston Acoustics?
HARMAN has owned Boston Acoustics since 23 September 2025.
Is Boston Acoustics still owned by HARMAN?
Yes. As of 25 September 2026, Boston Acoustics 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] Boston Acoustics — about us — HARMAN International Industries, Incorporated, Official document; retrieved 25 September 2026. The original address no longer opens it, so the link goes to an archived copy (original address).
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