Club Monaco is owned by Regent (the United States), which acquired the brand on 1 May 2021 from Ralph Lauren.[1] Before Regent, Club Monaco was owned by Ralph Lauren from 1999 to 2021.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Club Monaco was founded in Toronto in 1985 selling a tightly edited range in a limited palette of black, white and grey, and grew into a contemporary clothing chain across North America and Asia. Ralph Lauren owned it from 1999 until selling it to Regent in 2021.
Ownership timeline of Club Monaco
1999 – 2021Ralph Lauren — sold 1 May 2021[1]reportedSold to the private investment firm Regent in 2021, so the brand is no longer part of Ralph Lauren.
Regent is a private-equity firm headquartered in Beverly Hills, California, United States, founded in 2013. Brandtree records 1 brand under its control.
Regent is a Los Angeles private investment firm that buys consumer and retail brands from larger corporate owners, typically businesses that no longer fit a parent's strategy and that would otherwise be wound down. Its purchases include Club Monaco from Ralph Lauren and the fashion house Escada.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 178 brands that began in Canada.
45 of them (25%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Club Monaco among them.
Ralph Lauren sold Club Monaco to Regent, a Los Angeles private investment firm, having owned the Canadian contemporary clothing brand since 1999. The price was not disclosed. Ralph Lauren had been narrowing its portfolio to concentrate on its own name.
The parent company of Club Monaco is Regent, a private-equity firm headquartered in the United States.
Is Club Monaco Canadian or American?
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Club Monaco originated in Canada in 1985, but it is owned today by Regent, which is headquartered in the United States. So Club Monaco is a Canadian-origin brand under American ownership.
When did Regent buy Club Monaco?
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Regent completed its acquisition of Club Monaco on 1 May 2021, after announcing the deal on 25 January 2021. The price was not disclosed.
Who owned Club Monaco before Regent?
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Before Regent, Club Monaco was owned by Ralph Lauren from 1999 until 2021.
Is Club Monaco still owned by Regent?
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Yes. As of 25 September 2026, Club Monaco is still owned by Regent. 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.
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