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Who owns Byredo?

Byredo is owned by Puig (Spain, BME: PUIG), which acquired the brand on 1 May 2022.[1][2] Byredo was founded in 2006 in Stockholm and was independent until 2022.

This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.

Evidence: Puig Brands, S.A. Annual Report 2025, 27 February 2026. Last checked .

Key facts

Current owner
Puig Brands, S.A. reported
Owned since
· deal details
Previous owner
Independent (2006–2022)
Owner HQ
🇪🇸 Spain, Barcelona
Origin
🇸🇪 Sweden, Stockholm
Founded
2006
Category
Personal care & beauty › Cosmetics & fragrance › Fragrance
Parent ticker
BME: PUIG
Last verified
· 2 sources

About Byredo

Byredo is a Stockholm niche fragrance house founded in 2006, selling minimally packaged scents at prices well above designer fragrance. Puig acquired a majority stake in 2022, valuing the business at around €1 billion. Its founder Ben Gorham was a professional basketball player before starting the company, with no formal training in perfumery.

Ownership timeline of Byredo

Owners of Byredo over 2006 to 2026 Puig 2022–present Puig 2010201520202025
  1. 2022 – present Puig — acquired 1 May 2022 [1][2] reported

Where Byredo sits in Puig

Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

Where Byredo sits in Puig Tree of 7 brands under Puig. Puig Byredo Carolina Herrera Charlotte Tilbury Dr. Barbara Sturm Jean Paul Gaultier Nina Ricci and 1 more

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Other brands owned by Puig

Puig controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in personal care & beauty.

Also in personal care & beauty

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Other brands in fragrance, and who owns them

Puig has more brands in fragrance on Brandtree than any other owner: 5 of 20.

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About the owner: Puig

Puig is a publicly listed company headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, founded in 1914. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as BME: PUIG.

Puig was founded in Barcelona in 1914 by a Catalan perfumer and remains controlled by the third generation of the founding family, which retained voting control when the company listed in Madrid in 2024. It owns rather than licenses most of its fragrance houses, which is unusual in the industry.

Puig: full profile, brands and acquisition history →

🇸🇪 Byredo and other Swedish brands

Brandtree records a controlling owner for 117 brands that began in Sweden. 53 of them (45%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Byredo among them.

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Deals involving Byredo

Acquisition closed

Puig acquires Byredo

Puig acquired a majority stake in Byredo, the Stockholm niche fragrance house founded in 2006 by a former professional basketball player with no training in perfumery. Reports valued the business near EUR 1 billion; the price was not disclosed.

Value
Undisclosed
Buyer
Puig
Seller
—
Regulatory
None recorded

Frequently asked questions

Who is the parent company of Byredo?

The parent company of Byredo is Puig, a publicly listed company headquartered in Spain.

Is Byredo Swedish or Spanish?

Byredo originated in Sweden in 2006, but it is owned today by Puig, which is headquartered in Spain. So Byredo is a Swedish-origin brand under Spanish ownership.

When did Puig buy Byredo?

Puig completed its acquisition of Byredo on 1 May 2022, after announcing the deal on 1 May 2022. The price was not disclosed.

Who owned Byredo before Puig?

Byredo was an independent company from its founding in 2006 in Stockholm until Puig acquired it in 2022.

Is Byredo still owned by Puig?

Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Byredo is still owned by Puig. 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. [1] Puig Brands, S.A. Annual Report 2025 — Puig Brands, S.A., Annual report, published 27 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
  2. [2] Puig acquires a majority stake in Byredo — Puig Brands S.A., Official press release, published 1 May 2022; retrieved 16 September 2026.

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