Brooks Brothers is owned by Authentic Brands (the United States), which acquired the brand on 30 September 2020 for $325 million.[1][2] Brooks Brothers was founded in 1818 in New York, New York and was independent until 2020.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Authentic Brands Group — about, Authentic Brands Group LLC. Last checked .
Brooks Brothers is the oldest clothing retailer in America, founded in 1818, and introduced the button-down collar shirt after its president saw polo players pinning theirs down. It went bankrupt in 2020 and its name was bought out of the process.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Authentic Brands controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
The 35 brands in designer apparel on Brandtree belong to 20 owners. The largest is Bosideng, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| BUOU BUOU | Bosideng | 🇨🇳 China |
| Claudie Pierlot | SMCP | 🇫🇷 France |
| Manyavar | Vedant Fashions | 🇮🇳 India |
| Animale | Azzas 2154 | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Les Copains | OVS | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Hoss Intropia | Tendam | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| Bytom | VRG | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| Todd Snyder New York | American Eagle Outfitters | 🇺🇸 United States |
Authentic Brands is a privately held company headquartered in New York, New York, United States, founded in 2010. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control.
Authentic Brands buys trademarks rather than businesses. It owns the names and licenses them to operators who actually make and sell the products, so a shop with its brand above the door is usually run by someone else entirely. It also owns the estates of several dead celebrities.
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Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Brooks Brothers is not one of them.
Authentic Brands and Simon Property Group bought Brooks Brothers out of bankruptcy for about $325 million. The oldest clothing retailer in America, founded in 1818, had been undone by the collapse in demand for office tailoring.
The parent company of Brooks Brothers is Authentic Brands, a privately held company headquartered in the United States.
Yes. Brooks Brothers originated in the United States in 1818 and its owner, Authentic Brands, is also headquartered in the United States.
Authentic Brands completed its acquisition of Brooks Brothers on 30 September 2020, after announcing the deal on 14 August 2020. The deal was valued at $325 million (enterprise value).
Brooks Brothers was an independent company from its founding in 1818 in New York, New York until Authentic Brands acquired it in 2020.
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Brooks Brothers is still owned by Authentic Brands. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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