Who owns Bowers & Wilkins?
Bowers & Wilkins 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 Kingdom
- Founded
- 1966
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Consumer electronics › TVs & audio
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Bowers & Wilkins
Bowers & Wilkins is a British loudspeaker maker that reached its sixtieth year in 2026, when it launched the fifth generation of its flagship 800 Series Diamond range. Those speakers are built around a diamond dome tweeter and finished by the company's team in Worthing, on the south coast of England. The firm describes its designs as the embodiment of founder John Bowers's True Sound philosophy — reproducing a recording exactly as it was made — and sells them to recording studios as well as to households.
Ownership timeline of Bowers & Wilkins
Where Bowers & Wilkins 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)
- Arcam (1976)
- Boston Acoustics (1979)
- 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.
🇬🇧 Bowers & Wilkins 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, Bowers & Wilkins among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Bowers & Wilkins?
The parent company of Bowers & Wilkins is HARMAN, a privately held company headquartered in the United States.
Is Bowers & Wilkins British or American?
Bowers & Wilkins originated in the United Kingdom in 1966, but it is owned today by HARMAN, which is headquartered in the United States. So Bowers & Wilkins is a British-origin brand under American ownership.
Since when has HARMAN owned Bowers & Wilkins?
HARMAN has owned Bowers & Wilkins since 23 September 2025.
Is Bowers & Wilkins still owned by HARMAN?
Yes. As of 25 September 2026, Bowers & Wilkins 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] 60 Years In The Making: Bowers & Wilkins 800 Series Diamond D5 — HARMAN International Industries, Incorporated, Official press release, published 4 June 2026; retrieved 25 September 2026.
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