Who owns Burberry Eyewear?
Burberry Eyewear is made and sold by EssilorLuxottica (France, EPA: EL) under licence, an arrangement in place since 2006; EssilorLuxottica does not own the name.[1] The Burberry Eyewear name is owned by Burberry.
Evidence: EssilorLuxottica 2025 Universal Registration Document, 6 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Licensed to
- EssilorLuxottica SA reported
- Since
- Headquarters
- 🇫🇷 France, Charenton-le-Pont
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Accessories & footwear › Eyewear
- Parent ticker
- EPA: EL
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Burberry Eyewear
Burberry eyewear has been made by Luxottica, now EssilorLuxottica, under a licence agreement since 2006. The Burberry name belongs to the British fashion house created in England in 1856, not to the eyewear maker. EssilorLuxottica designs the frames for men and women around recognisable elements of Burberry's ready-to-wear and accessories collections, and pays the licensor royalties on the collection's sales.
Ownership timeline of Burberry Eyewear
Where Burberry Eyewear sits in EssilorLuxottica
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by EssilorLuxottica
EssilorLuxottica controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
Other brands in eyewear, and who owns them
EssilorLuxottica has more brands in eyewear on Brandtree than any other owner: 6 of 25.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Fielmann | Fielmann Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Aqualens | Lenskart | 🇮🇳 India |
| America's Best Contacts and Eyeglasses | National Vision | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Blenders Eyewear | Safilo | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Titan Eye+ | Titan | 🇮🇳 India |
| Warby Parker | Warby Parker | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Medical Óptica Audición | Fielmann Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Óptica & Audiología Universitaria | Fielmann Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
About the owner: EssilorLuxottica
EssilorLuxottica is a publicly listed company headquartered in Charenton-le-Pont, France.
EssilorLuxottica is the French-Italian eyewear and lens group formed by combining Essilor, which traces its roots to a Paris cooperative of eyewear makers founded in 1849, and Luxottica, founded by Leonardo Del Vecchio in 1961. It reported revenue of 28.5 billion euros in 2025 and operated 17,750 stores at the end of that year. Alongside owned brands such as Ray-Ban, Oakley and Varilux, it makes eyewear under licence for fashion houses, Prada being its largest licence.
EssilorLuxottica: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇬🇧 Burberry Eyewear and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 571 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 297 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Burberry Eyewear among them.
- ASOS Design — ASOS 🇬🇧
- Alexander McQueen — Kering 🇫🇷
- Autograph — Marks & Spencer 🇬🇧
- Bravissimo — Wacoal 🇯🇵
- Burberry — Burberry 🇬🇧
- COS — H&M Group 🇸🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who makes Burberry Eyewear?
EssilorLuxottica makes and sells Burberry Eyewear under a licensing agreement that has been in place since 2006.
Does EssilorLuxottica own Burberry Eyewear?
No. EssilorLuxottica holds a licence to make and sell Burberry Eyewear, which is not the same as owning it.
Where did Burberry Eyewear come from?
Burberry Eyewear originated in the United Kingdom.
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] EssilorLuxottica 2025 Universal Registration Document — EssilorLuxottica, Annual report, published 6 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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