Who owns HAY?
HAY is owned by MillerKnoll (the United States, NASDAQ: MLKN), which has owned the brand since 2 December 2019.[1][2]
MillerKnoll owns 67% of HAY rather than all of it.
Evidence: MillerKnoll, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-07-20, SEC EDGAR, 20 July 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- MillerKnoll, Inc. (67% stake) verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Zeeland
- Origin
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Furniture & furnishings › Furniture
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: MLKN
- Trademark registrant
- HAY ApS (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About HAY
HAY is a furniture and home accessories brand whose operating company, HAY ApS, is incorporated in Denmark. MillerKnoll describes it as everyday designs reimagined. The subsidiary list filed with MillerKnoll's annual report marks the HAY group as 67 per cent owned, so MillerKnoll holds a controlling majority rather than the whole business.
What MillerKnoll's annual report says about HAY
Sentences about HAY from MillerKnoll's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
The Company's products are marketed worldwide by its own sales staff, independent dealers and retailers, via its eCommerce websites, and through its owned Herman Miller, Design Within Reach ("DWR"), HAY, Knoll, and Muuto retail stores.
DWR Stores 45 DWR Outlets 3 Herman Miller U.S. Stores 30 Herman Miller International Stores 9 Other (1) 6 Total Store Locations 93 (1) Other includes Knoll, HAY, and Muuto The Company considers its existing facilities to be in good condition and adequate for its design, production, distribution, and selling requirements.
DWR provides a channel to bring MillerKnoll's iconic and design-centric products across our brands such as Knoll, Muuto, and HAY, to retail customers, along with other proprietary and third-party products, with a focus on modern design.
How often MillerKnoll names HAY 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.
Trademark record for HAY
The USPTO record for the HAY mark lists HAY ApS as the owner of record (serial number 79122457). A trademark is often held by a group company rather than the listed parent, so the registrant's name can differ from the owner named above.[3]
Ownership timeline of HAY
- 2019 – present MillerKnoll (67%) [1][2] verified
Where HAY sits in MillerKnoll
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by MillerKnoll
MillerKnoll controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in home, garden & diy.
Also in home, garden & diy
Other brands in furniture, and who owns them
MillerKnoll has more brands in furniture on Brandtree than any other owner: 8 of 45.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bontempi Casa | Colombini Group | 🇸🇲 San Marino |
| England | La-Z-Boy | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Lovesac | Lovesac | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Citterio | Molteni Group | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Pottery Barn | Williams-Sonoma | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Focus on Furniture | Adairs | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Home Box | Landmark Group | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
| allen + roth | Lowe's | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: MillerKnoll
MillerKnoll is a publicly listed company headquartered in Zeeland, United States. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: MLKN.
MillerKnoll, formerly Herman Miller, Inc., is a Michigan design-furniture group whose 10-K describes a collective of brands including Herman Miller, Knoll, Design Within Reach, HAY, Muuto, NaughtOne and Holly Hunt. It owns 67 per cent of HAY, according to the subsidiary list filed with the 10-K, and 100 per cent of the others shown here. It also owns textile, leather and felt businesses (Maharam, Edelman, Spinneybeck, FilzFelt, Knoll Textiles) that are not listed on this site.
🇩🇰 HAY and other Danish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 100 brands that began in Denmark. 25 of them (25%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, HAY among them.
- BR — Salling Group 🇩🇰
- Bang & Olufsen — Bang & Olufsen 🇩🇰
- BlueParrott — GN Group 🇩🇰
- Davidsen — Kesko 🇫🇮
- Royal Copenhagen — Fiskars Group 🇫🇮
- 3-Stjernet — Atria 🇫🇮
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of HAY?
The parent company of HAY is MillerKnoll, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is HAY Danish or American?
HAY originated in Denmark, but it is owned today by MillerKnoll, which is headquartered in the United States. So HAY is a Danish-origin brand under American ownership.
Since when has MillerKnoll owned HAY?
MillerKnoll has owned HAY since 2 December 2019.
Is HAY still owned by MillerKnoll?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, HAY is still owned by MillerKnoll (67% stake). The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (3) & 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] MillerKnoll, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-07-20 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 20 July 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
- [2] Herman Miller, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2020-07-28 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 28 July 2020; retrieved 5 October 2026.
- [3] USPTO: HAY, serial 79122457 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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