Who owns Kurt Geiger?
Kurt Geiger is owned by Steve Madden (the United States, NASDAQ: SHOO), which has owned the brand since 6 May 2025.[1]
Evidence: Steven Madden, Ltd. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-02, SEC EDGAR, 2 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Steven Madden, Ltd. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Long Island City, New York
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, London
- Founded
- 1963
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Accessories & footwear › Footwear
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: SHOO
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Kurt Geiger
Kurt Geiger is a London accessible luxury footwear and handbag brand founded in 1963. Steven Madden completed its acquisition of the holding company Mercury Acquisitions Topco on 6 May 2025 for a preliminary price of about $403 million, adding 31 Kurt Geiger London full-price shops, 17 outlets and 72 concessions in British department stores to the American group.
What Steve Madden's annual report says about Kurt Geiger
Sentences about Kurt Geiger from Steve Madden's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Kurt Geiger is a London-based accessible luxury accessories and footwear brand, well known for its unique brand image, bold and distinctive design aesthetic and compelling value proposition.
In May 2025, we acquired the Kurt Geiger trademark via our acquisition of Mercury Acquisitions Topco Limited ("MATL"), the ultimate parent company of Kurt Geiger.
The Kurt Geiger brand is sold globally, including in the United Kingdom, United States, Europe, Mexico, and the Asia-Pacific region.
How often Steve Madden names Kurt Geiger 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 Kurt Geiger
- 2025 – present Steve Madden [1] verified
Where Kurt Geiger sits in Steve Madden
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Steve Madden
Steve Madden controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
Other brands in footwear, and who owns them
The 82 brands in footwear on Brandtree belong to 31 owners. The largest is Caleres, with 7; Steve Madden has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Allen Edmonds | Caleres | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cartago | Grendene | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Ekisha | Servis | 🇵🇰 Pakistan |
| Alexandre Birman | Azzas 2154 | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Bahamas | Relaxo | 🇮🇳 India |
| Bocage | Groupe Eram | 🇫🇷 France |
| CCC | MODIVO | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| BOGS | Weyco Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Steve Madden
Steve Madden is a publicly listed company headquartered in Long Island City, New York, United States, founded in 1990. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: SHOO.
Steven Madden, Ltd. is a New York company, incorporated in 1990, that designs and sources fashion footwear, handbags, accessories and apparel sold through department stores, off-price chains and its own shops. Its biggest move in years was buying London's Kurt Geiger, with the Carvela brand, for about $403 million in May 2025, which lifted its store count to 399 and made the business far more international. Most of its products are made by independent factories in countries including China, Cambodia, Vietnam and Mexico.
Steve Madden: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇬🇧 Kurt Geiger and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 571 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 297 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Kurt Geiger among them.
- ASOS Design — ASOS 🇬🇧
- Alexander McQueen — Kering 🇫🇷
- Autograph — Marks & Spencer 🇬🇧
- Bravissimo — Wacoal 🇯🇵
- Burberry — Burberry 🇬🇧
- COS — H&M Group 🇸🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Kurt Geiger?
The parent company of Kurt Geiger is Steve Madden, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Kurt Geiger British or American?
Kurt Geiger originated in the United Kingdom in 1963, but it is owned today by Steve Madden, which is headquartered in the United States. So Kurt Geiger is a British-origin brand under American ownership.
Since when has Steve Madden owned Kurt Geiger?
Steve Madden has owned Kurt Geiger since 6 May 2025.
Is Kurt Geiger still owned by Steve Madden?
Yes. As of 29 October 2026, Kurt Geiger is still owned by Steve Madden. 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] Steven Madden, Ltd. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-02 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 2 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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