Who owns Kimpton?
Kimpton is owned by IHG (the United Kingdom, LSE: IHG), which has owned the brand since 16 January 2015.[1]
Evidence: InterContinental Hotels Group PLC Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-02-26, SEC EDGAR, 26 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- InterContinental Hotels Group PLC verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Windsor
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, San Francisco, California
- Founded
- 1981
- Category
- Travel & transport › Hotels › Luxury hotels
- Parent ticker
- LSE: IHG
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Kimpton
Kimpton pioneered the American boutique hotel, converting older buildings and allowing pets without restriction or charge. IHG acquired it in 2015 for about $430 million. Its hotels run a complimentary evening wine hour, a practice the chain began in the 1980s and which competitors have copied in various forms since.
What IHG's annual report says about Kimpton
Sentences about Kimpton from IHG's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Kimpton continued its rapid expansion in key leisure destinations, reaching 154 open and pipeline hotels, including debut openings in Portugal and Germany, and a first signing in the United Arab Emirates .
Other notable openings included 17 voco properties, marking the brand's entry in Thailand, 15 hotels in the Holiday Inn Brand Family and five Kimpton hotels, including the brand's debut in Germany.
Signings also included 19 Garner hotels marking the brand's debut in India, Thailand and Italy, and 14 Kimpton properties, including the first for the brand in the UAE, Morocco and Austria.
How often IHG names Kimpton 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 more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Kimpton
Where Kimpton sits in IHG
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by IHG
IHG controls 15 brands on Brandtree, 15 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
Other brands in luxury hotels, and who owns them
The 43 brands in luxury hotels on Brandtree belong to 22 owners. The largest is Genting, with 4; IHG has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Crockfords | Genting | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo | Monte-Carlo SBM | 🇲🇨 Monaco |
| Fairmont | Accor | 🇫🇷 France |
| Grand Fiesta Americana | Grupo Posadas | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| St. Regis | Marriott | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Anantara Hotels & Resorts | Minor International | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Song Hotels | H World | 🇨🇳 China |
| Conrad Hotels | Hilton | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: IHG
IHG is a publicly listed company headquartered in Windsor, United Kingdom, founded in 2003. Brandtree records 15 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: IHG.
IHG is British and owns hotel brands most travellers assume are American, including Holiday Inn. It was demerged from the brewer Bass, which had bought Holiday Inn in 1988, so a company that began by making beer now runs one of the largest hotel groups in the world.
🇺🇸 Kimpton and other American brands
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Kimpton?
The parent company of Kimpton is IHG, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Kimpton American or British?
Kimpton originated in the United States in 1981, but it is owned today by IHG, which is headquartered in the United Kingdom. So Kimpton is an American-origin brand under British ownership.
Since when has IHG owned Kimpton?
IHG has owned Kimpton since 16 January 2015.
Is Kimpton still owned by IHG?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Kimpton is still owned by IHG. 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] InterContinental Hotels Group PLC Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-02-26 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 26 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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