Who owns Choice Clothing?
Choice Clothing is owned by Pepkor (South Africa, JSE: PPH), which has owned the brand since 1 June 2025.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Pepkor integrated report 2025, Pepkor Holdings Limited. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Pepkor Holdings Limited reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇿🇦 South Africa, Cape Town
- Origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Category
- Retail › Specialty retail › Fashion retail
- Parent ticker
- JSE: PPH
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Choice Clothing
Choice Clothing is an adult-focused, off-price apparel retailer with footwear and accessories, operating 105 stores in South Africa and Namibia. Pepkor announced its acquisition on 26 November 2024 and implemented it on 1 June 2025, which marked the group's entry into semi-formal off-price retail; Choice stays a stand-alone business.
Ownership timeline of Choice Clothing
Where Choice Clothing sits in Pepkor
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Pepkor
Pepkor controls 15 brands on Brandtree, 13 of them in retail.
Also in retail
Other brands in fashion retail, and who owns them
The 40 brands in fashion retail on Brandtree belong to 3 owners. The largest is TFG, with 20; Pepkor has 6.
About the owner: Pepkor
Pepkor is a publicly listed company headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa. Brandtree records 15 brands under its control, and it is listed as JSE: PPH.
Pepkor Holdings is a South African discount and value retailer listed on the JSE since 20 September 2017. Its 2025 integrated report describes a retail core of PEP, Ackermans and Choice Clothing, a Speciality division for fashion and footwear, a Lifestyle division selling furniture, appliances and technology, the Avenida chain in Brazil, and a financial services and informal-market business that includes Flash. It reported group revenue of R95.3 billion for the year to 30 September 2025.
🇿🇦 Choice Clothing and other South African brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 175 brands that began in South Africa. 12 of them (7%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Choice Clothing is not one of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Choice Clothing?
The parent company of Choice Clothing is Pepkor, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Africa.
Is Choice Clothing South African?
Yes. Choice Clothing originated in South Africa and its owner, Pepkor, is also headquartered in South Africa.
Since when has Pepkor owned Choice Clothing?
Pepkor has owned Choice Clothing since 1 June 2025.
Is Choice Clothing still owned by Pepkor?
Yes. As of 12 October 2026, Choice Clothing is still owned by Pepkor. 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] Pepkor integrated report 2025 — Pepkor Holdings Limited, Annual report; retrieved 12 October 2026.
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