Who owns Franco Sarto?
Franco Sarto is owned by Caleres (the United States, NYSE: CAL).[1]
Evidence: Caleres, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-04-02, SEC EDGAR, 2 April 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Caleres, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, St. Louis
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1990
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Accessories & footwear › Footwear
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: CAL
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Franco Sarto
Franco Sarto is a women's footwear brand in the Caleres Brand Portfolio. The 10-K states that since 1990 the brand has embodied timeless, wearable styles inspired by the craft and design of Italian footwear. The filing lists it among the brands Caleres owns, sold through wholesale customers and online alongside the company's other contemporary footwear labels.
What Caleres's annual report says about Franco Sarto
Sentences about Franco Sarto from Caleres's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Franco Sarto : Since 1990, Franco Sarto has embodied timeless, wearable styles inspired by the craft and design of Italian footwear.
How often Caleres names Franco Sarto in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Franco Sarto
Where Franco Sarto sits in Caleres
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Caleres
Caleres controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
- Allen Edmonds (1922)
- Blowfish Malibu (2005)
- LifeStride (1940)
- Naturalizer (1927)
- Sam Edelman (2004)
- Stuart Weitzman (1986)
Other brands in footwear, and who owns them
Caleres has more brands in footwear on Brandtree than any other owner: 7 of 78.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| BOGS | Weyco Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Caleres
Caleres is a publicly listed company headquartered in St. Louis, United States. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: CAL.
Caleres is a St. Louis footwear company with two reporting segments: Famous Footwear, a family footwear retailer, and Brand Portfolio, which designs and sells owned and licensed shoe brands. Its 10-K for the year ended 31 January 2026 lists Sam Edelman, Vionic, Naturalizer, Allen Edmonds, Stuart Weitzman, LifeStride, Franco Sarto and Blowfish Malibu as owned, and Dr. Scholl's, Vince and Veronica Beard footwear as licensed from their owners (not listed here).
🇺🇸 Franco Sarto and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Franco Sarto is not one of them.
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- Aerie — American Eagle Outfitters 🇺🇸
- All in Motion — Target 🇺🇸
- Altra — VF Corporation 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Franco Sarto?
The parent company of Franco Sarto is Caleres, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Franco Sarto American?
Yes. Franco Sarto originated in the United States in 1990 and its owner, Caleres, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Franco Sarto still owned by Caleres?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Franco Sarto is still owned by Caleres. 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] Caleres, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-04-02 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 2 April 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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