Who owns EMMA Safety Footwear?
EMMA Safety Footwear is owned by Hultafors Group (Sweden), which has owned the brand since 2020.[1][2]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Hultafors Group — our brands, Hultafors Group AB. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Hultafors Group AB reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇸🇪 Sweden, Gothenburg
- Origin
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands, Kerkrade
- Founded
- 1931
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Accessories & footwear › Footwear
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About EMMA Safety Footwear
EMMA Safety Footwear has made professional footwear since 1931 and works from Kerkrade, in the south-eastern corner of the Netherlands. It sells on craftsmanship and on a small environmental footprint, and makes a point of its record on social responsibility and honest practice — an unusual pitch in a category normally sold on toe-cap ratings and price.
Ownership timeline of EMMA Safety Footwear
- 2020 – present Hultafors Group [1][2] reported
Where EMMA Safety Footwear sits in Hultafors Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Hultafors Group
Hultafors Group controls 15 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
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- Snickers Workwear (1975)
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Other brands in footwear, and who owns them
The 78 brands in footwear on Brandtree belong to 29 owners. The largest is Caleres, with 7; Hultafors Group has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Allen Edmonds | Caleres | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cartago | Grendene | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Ekisha | Servis | 🇵🇰 Pakistan |
| Alexandre Birman | Azzas 2154 | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Bahamas | Relaxo | 🇮🇳 India |
| Blondo | Steve Madden | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bocage | Groupe Eram | 🇫🇷 France |
| CCC | MODIVO | 🇵🇱 Poland |
About the owner: Hultafors Group
Hultafors Group is a privately held company headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden. Brandtree records 15 brands under its control.
Hultafors Group is a Swedish house of brands for tradespeople, organised into two segments it calls personal protective equipment and hardware solutions. It sells almost nothing under its own name and instead owns the brands professionals actually buy: workwear, safety footwear, hearing and eye protection, hand tools, work lights, tool belts and ladders. It is registered in Gothenburg and is one of the wholly owned operations of Investment AB Latour, the listed Swedish investment company, which lists it alongside Swegon, Nord-Lock Group and Caljan.
Hultafors Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇳🇱 EMMA Safety Footwear and other Dutch brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 61 brands that began in the Netherlands. 34 of them (56%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, EMMA Safety Footwear among them.
- Viktor&Rolf — OTB Group 🇮🇹
- 4PS — Hilti 🇱🇮
- Albert Heijn — Ahold Delhaize 🇳🇱
- Amstel — Heineken 🇳🇱
- B&C International — Springs Window Fashions 🇺🇸
- Becel — KKR 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of EMMA Safety Footwear?
The parent company of EMMA Safety Footwear is Hultafors Group, a privately held company headquartered in Sweden.
Is EMMA Safety Footwear Dutch or Swedish?
EMMA Safety Footwear originated in the Netherlands in 1931, but it is owned today by Hultafors Group, which is headquartered in Sweden. So EMMA Safety Footwear is a Dutch-origin brand under Swedish ownership.
Since when has Hultafors Group owned EMMA Safety Footwear?
Hultafors Group has owned EMMA Safety Footwear since 2020.
Is EMMA Safety Footwear still owned by Hultafors Group?
Yes. As of 2 October 2026, EMMA Safety Footwear is still owned by Hultafors Group. 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] Hultafors Group — our brands — Hultafors Group AB, Official document; retrieved 27 September 2026.
- [2] Latour acquires EMMA Safety Footwear B.V. — Investment AB Latour, Official press release, published 30 January 2020; retrieved 2 October 2026.
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