Who owns Carrera?
Carrera is owned by Safilo (Italy, BIT: SFL), which has owned the brand since 1996.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Safilo Group Annual Report 2025, Safilo Group S.p.A. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Safilo Group S.p.A. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇹 Italy, Padua
- Origin
- 🇦🇹 Austria
- Founded
- 1956 by Wilhelm Anger
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Accessories & footwear › Eyewear
- Parent ticker
- BIT: SFL
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Carrera
Carrera took its name in 1956, when the Austrian eyewear maker Wilhelm Anger renamed his company after the Carrera Panamericana road race in Mexico. Safilo acquired a business unit of Carrera GmbH in 1996, and Carrera is now one of its flagship brands, sold in Flag, Signature and Sport lines with ski goggles and helmets. In the United States Safilo has worked with Amazon on Carrera glasses with Alexa and open-ear audio.
Ownership timeline of Carrera
Where Carrera sits in Safilo
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Safilo
Safilo controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
- Blenders Eyewear (2012)
- Smith (1965)
Other brands in eyewear, and who owns them
The 25 brands in eyewear on Brandtree belong to 7 owners. The largest is EssilorLuxottica, with 6; Safilo has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Arnette | EssilorLuxottica | 🇫🇷 France |
| Fielmann | Fielmann Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Aqualens | Lenskart | 🇮🇳 India |
| America's Best Contacts and Eyeglasses | National Vision | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Titan Eye+ | Titan | 🇮🇳 India |
| Warby Parker | Warby Parker | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Oakley | EssilorLuxottica | 🇫🇷 France |
| Oliver Peoples | EssilorLuxottica | 🇫🇷 France |
About the owner: Safilo
Safilo is a publicly listed company headquartered in Padua, Italy, founded in 1934. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control, and it is listed as BIT: SFL.
Safilo is an Italian eyewear maker whose roots go back to 1934, when Guglielmo Tabacchi bought Italy's first eyewear factory in Calalzo di Cadore; it is based in Padua and listed on Euronext Milan, and HAL Holding became its major shareholder in 2010. It had net sales of 983.4 million euros in 2025. Its owned brands, led by Carrera, Smith, Polaroid and Blenders, and the perpetual Eyewear by David Beckham licence make about half its sales; the rest comes from fashion licences such as Tommy Hilfiger, BOSS and Carolina Herrera.
🇦🇹 Carrera and other Austrian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 33 brands that began in Austria. 18 of them (55%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Carrera among them.
- Atomic — Amer Sports 🇫🇮
- Helmut Lang — Fast Retailing 🇯🇵
- AKG — Samsung Electronics 🇰🇷
- Austria Mozartkugel — Manner 🇦🇹
- Austrian Airlines — Lufthansa Group 🇩🇪
- BILLA — REWE International 🇦🇹
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Carrera?
The parent company of Carrera is Safilo, a publicly listed company headquartered in Italy.
Is Carrera Austrian or Italian?
Carrera originated in Austria in 1956, but it is owned today by Safilo, which is headquartered in Italy. So Carrera is an Austrian-origin brand under Italian ownership.
Since when has Safilo owned Carrera?
Safilo has owned Carrera since 1996.
Is Carrera still owned by Safilo?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Carrera is still owned by Safilo. 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] Safilo Group Annual Report 2025 — Safilo Group S.p.A., Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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