Who owns Chicco?
Chicco is owned by Artsana (Italy).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Artsana Group — 2024 Sustainability Report, Artsana S.p.A. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Artsana S.p.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇹 Italy, Grandate, Como
- Origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Founded
- 1958
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Baby care › Baby feeding & nursing
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Chicco
Chicco is the brand Artsana built itself around, launched in 1958 and now the group's only international one. It covers feeding and soothing, nursing, prams and car seats, toys, shoes and children's clothing, is sold in more than 120 countries through around 360 single-brand stores, and turns over about €700 million a year; the United States is its second market after Italy.
Ownership timeline of Chicco
Where Chicco sits in Artsana
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
- Bimbostore (98.52%)
- Boppy
- Chicco
- Fiocchi di Riso
- Fisiolact
- NeoBaby
- Pee&Poo
- Prénatal (98.52%)
- That's Love
- Toys Center (98.52%)
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Other brands owned by Artsana
Artsana controls 10 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
Other brands in baby feeding & nursing, and who owns them
Artsana has more brands in baby feeding & nursing on Brandtree than any other owner: 5 of 14.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Manhattan Toy | Crown Crafts | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Baby Buddha | Mayborn | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Lansinoh | Pigeon | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Skip Hop | Carter's | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Philips Avent | Philips | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Neat Solutions | Crown Crafts | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Sassy | Crown Crafts | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Tommee Tippee | Mayborn | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
About the owner: Artsana
Artsana is a privately held company headquartered in Grandate, Como, Italy, founded in 1946. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control.
Artsana is the Italian group behind Chicco, founded in 1946 by Pietro Catelli and still run from Grandate, outside Como. Funds managed by Investindustrial have held 60% of it since 2016 and the Catelli family's holding company the other 40%. Counting the Prénatal Retail Group shops it consolidates, it reported net revenues of €1,334 million for 2024, 43 subsidiaries and 5,800 employees. In 2024 it sold Goovi, the Control condom brand it had owned since 1977, Prénatal's Dutch business and King Jouet, to concentrate on what it calls the core baby sector.
🇮🇹 Chicco and other Italian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 209 brands that began in Italy. 76 of them (36%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Chicco is not one of them.
- Borotalco — Bolton Group 🇮🇹
- Regina — Sofidel 🇮🇹
- Serenity — Ontex 🇧🇪
- Villa Lodola — Milbon 🇯🇵
- ATV Azienda Trasporti Verona — FNM 🇮🇹
- Academia Barilla — Barilla 🇮🇹
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Chicco?
The parent company of Chicco is Artsana, a privately held company headquartered in Italy.
Is Chicco Italian?
Yes. Chicco originated in Italy in 1958 and its owner, Artsana, is also headquartered in Italy.
Is Chicco still owned by Artsana?
Yes. As of 27 September 2026, Chicco is still owned by Artsana. 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] Artsana Group — 2024 Sustainability Report — Artsana S.p.A., Official document; retrieved 27 September 2026.
- [2] Artsana Group — Chicco — Artsana S.p.A., Official document; retrieved 27 September 2026.
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