Who owns Burberry?
Burberry is owned by Burberry Group plc (the United Kingdom, LSE: BRBY).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Burberry Group plc Annual Report 2024/25, 14 May 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Burberry Group plc reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, London
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Basingstoke
- Founded
- 1856
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Luxury goods › Luxury fashion & leather goods
- Parent ticker
- LSE: BRBY
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Burberry
Burberry's check was so widely counterfeited in the early 2000s that the company withdrew it from most products for a decade to break its association with a subculture it had not chosen. It admitted in 2018 to burning unsold stock and stopped the practice after the outcry.
Ownership timeline of Burberry
Where Burberry sits in Burberry
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Burberry
Burberry controls 2 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
- The Burberry Trench Coat (1912)
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; Burberry has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Berluti | LVMH | 🇫🇷 France |
| Alexander McQueen | Kering | 🇫🇷 France |
| Jil Sander | OTB Group | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Alaïa | Richemont | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| 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: Burberry
Burberry is a publicly listed company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, founded in 1856. Brandtree records 2 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: BRBY.
Burberry is one of the few large British luxury houses still independent, having repeatedly been the subject of takeover speculation. Its founder invented gabardine in 1879, the weatherproof fabric that made the trench coat possible and that outfitted polar expeditions and the First World War trenches.
🇬🇧 Burberry and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 552 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 291 of them (53%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Burberry is not one of them.
- ASOS Design — ASOS 🇬🇧
- Alexander McQueen — Kering 🇫🇷
- Autograph — Marks & Spencer 🇬🇧
- Bravissimo — Wacoal 🇯🇵
- COS — H&M Group 🇸🇪
- Carvela — Steve Madden 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Burberry?
The parent company of Burberry is Burberry Group plc, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Burberry British?
Yes. Burberry originated in the United Kingdom in 1856 and its owner, Burberry Group plc, is also headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Burberry still owned by Burberry Group plc?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Burberry is still owned by Burberry Group plc. 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] Burberry Group plc Annual Report 2024/25 — Burberry Group plc, Annual report, published 14 May 2025; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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