Who owns Country Life?
Country Life, a media brand, is owned by Future (the United Kingdom, LSE: FUTR).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Future plc Annual Report 2025, 4 December 2025 (archived copy). Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Future plc reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Bath
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1897
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Publishing › Newspapers & magazines
- Parent ticker
- LSE: FUTR
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Country Life
Country Life has published since 1897 and is best known for its property pages and for the portrait of a young woman that has appeared near the front of nearly every issue for over a century. It is published weekly and its archive is used by architectural historians, since its photographs record the interiors of many country houses that have since been altered or demolished.
Ownership timeline of Country Life
Where Country Life sits in Future
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Future
Future controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
- Marie Claire (UK) (1937)
- PC Gamer (1993)
- TechRadar (2008)
- Tom's Guide (1996)
Other brands in newspapers & magazines, and who owns them
The 70 brands in newspapers & magazines on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is Reach, with 9; Future has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| BelfastLive | Reach | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Beobachter | Ringier | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Aftenposten | Schibsted Media | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| Condé Nast | Advance | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Car and Driver | Hearst | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Brisbane Times | Nine | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| ARQ | Grupo Clarín | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Dow Jones | News Corp | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Future
Future is a publicly listed company headquartered in Bath, United Kingdom, founded in 1985. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: FUTR.
Future was founded in Bath in 1985 publishing computer magazines and has become one of the largest special-interest publishers in the English-speaking world by buying titles other companies were giving up on. Much of its revenue now comes from affiliate commissions rather than advertising.
🇬🇧 Country Life and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 552 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 291 of them (53%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Country Life is not one of them.
- Anime Limited — TOHO 🇯🇵
- BelfastLive — Reach 🇬🇧
- Celtic FC Women — Celtic plc 🇬🇧
- Chrysalis Records — Reservoir 🇺🇸
- Eventim Apollo — CTS Eventim 🇩🇪
- Formula 1 — Liberty Media 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Country Life?
The parent company of Country Life is Future, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Country Life British?
Yes. Country Life originated in the United Kingdom in 1897 and its owner, Future, is also headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Country Life still owned by Future?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Country Life is still owned by Future. 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] Future plc Annual Report 2025 — Future plc, Annual report, published 4 December 2025; retrieved 16 September 2026. The original address no longer opens it, so the link goes to an archived copy (original address).
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