Who owns John Jacobs?
John Jacobs is owned by Lenskart (India, NSE: LENSKART).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Lenskart Solutions Limited Annual Report 2025-26 and notice of the 18th Annual General Meeting, 24 July 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Lenskart Solutions Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇳 India, Gurugram, Haryana
- Origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Accessories & footwear › Eyewear
- Parent ticker
- NSE: LENSKART BSE: 544600
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About John Jacobs
John Jacobs is the label Lenskart Solutions positions as affordable-premium eyewear, a step above the Lenskart name itself. The company lists it with Owndays and Meller among its premium and design-led brands, each meant for a different customer, price and occasion while sharing the same factories, shops and delivery network. It is the first name the company gives when it describes the house of brands it says it is building.
Ownership timeline of John Jacobs
Where John Jacobs sits in Lenskart
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
- Aqualens
- John Jacobs
- Lenskart
- Meller (84.21%)
- Owndays (96.67%)
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Other brands owned by Lenskart
Lenskart controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
Other brands in eyewear, and who owns them
The 25 brands in eyewear on Brandtree belong to 7 owners. The largest is EssilorLuxottica, with 6; Lenskart has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Arnette | EssilorLuxottica | 🇫🇷 France |
| Fielmann | Fielmann Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| America's Best Contacts and Eyeglasses | National Vision | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Blenders Eyewear | Safilo | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Titan Eye+ | Titan | 🇮🇳 India |
| Warby Parker | Warby Parker | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Oakley | EssilorLuxottica | 🇫🇷 France |
| Oliver Peoples | EssilorLuxottica | 🇫🇷 France |
About the owner: Lenskart
Lenskart is a publicly listed company headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana, India, founded in 2008. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as NSE: LENSKART and BSE: 544600.
Lenskart Solutions is an Indian eyewear company that designs, makes and sells glasses, sunglasses and contact lenses, online and through its own shops. Incorporated in 2008, it sold shares to the public in November 2025 and is listed in Mumbai. At 31 March 2026 it had 3,327 shops in 16 countries, 2,609 of them in India, and international business brought in 41.5 per cent of revenue. It calls itself a house of brands: besides Lenskart it owns John Jacobs and Aqualens, 96.67 per cent of the Japanese chain Owndays and 84.21 per cent of the company behind Meller, a sunglasses brand from Barcelona.
🇮🇳 John Jacobs and other Indian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 255 brands that began in India. 9 of them (4%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; John Jacobs is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of John Jacobs?
The parent company of John Jacobs is Lenskart, a publicly listed company headquartered in India.
Is John Jacobs Indian?
Yes. John Jacobs originated in India and its owner, Lenskart, is also headquartered in India.
Is John Jacobs still owned by Lenskart?
Yes. As of 5 October 2026, John Jacobs is still owned by Lenskart. 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] Lenskart Solutions Limited Annual Report 2025-26 and notice of the 18th Annual General Meeting — Lenskart Solutions Limited, Annual report, published 24 July 2026; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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