Who owns La Mer?
La Mer is owned by Estée Lauder (the United States, NYSE: EL), which has owned the brand since 1995.[1]
Evidence: The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-08-19, SEC EDGAR, 19 August 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, New York
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1965
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Skin care › Facial skin care
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: EL
- Trademark registrant
- La Mer Technology, Inc. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About La Mer
La Mer is a luxury skin care brand built on a fermented sea kelp broth developed by an aerospace physicist who was trying to treat his own burns and reportedly ran thousands of experiments over twelve years. Estée Lauder acquired it in 1995, and it is among the most expensive moisturisers sold at scale.
What Estée Lauder's annual report says about La Mer
Sentences about La Mer from Estée Lauder's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Reflecting its artistry roots, the brand is focused on creating a teaching and learning community of consumers around the world. 5 Table of Contents Acquired in 1995, La Mer is a leading global luxury skin care brand that is available in limited distribution worldwide.
Skin Care Reported skin care net sales increased $376 million, or 5%, in fiscal 2026, reflecting higher net sales from La Mer, Est e Lauder and The Ordinary, combined, of approximately $466 million.
Net sales from La Mer increased, reflecting the benefit from new product launches, as well as growth from The Treatment Lotion franchise.
How often Estée Lauder names La Mer 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 La Mer
The USPTO record for the La Mer mark lists La Mer Technology, Inc. as the owner of record (serial number 73408371). 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.[2]
Ownership timeline of La Mer
- 1995 – present Estée Lauder [1] verified
Where La Mer sits in Estée Lauder
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Estée Lauder
Estée Lauder controls 13 brands on Brandtree, 13 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
- AERIN (2012)
- Aveda (1978)
- Bobbi Brown (1991)
- Clinique (1968)
- Darphin (1958)
- Estée Lauder (1946)
- Jo Malone London (1990)
- M·A·C (1984)
- Origins (1990)
- The Ordinary (2016)
- Tom Ford Beauty (2006)
- Too Faced (1998)
Other brands in facial skin care, and who owns them
The 76 brands in facial skin care on Brandtree belong to 38 owners. The largest is POLA ORBIS, with 6; Estée Lauder has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| DECENCIA | POLA ORBIS | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| ANYA | Proya | 🇨🇳 China |
| COSRX | Amorepacific | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Clé de Peau Beauté | Shiseido | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Paula's Choice | Unilever | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| ALBION | KOSÉ | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| O HUI | LG H&H | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| ageLOC | Nu Skin | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Estée Lauder
Estée Lauder is a publicly listed company headquartered in New York, United States, founded in 1946. Brandtree records 13 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: EL.
The Estée Lauder Companies was founded in New York in 1946 by Estée and Joseph Lauder. It sells prestige beauty through department stores, travel retail and specialty channels, and the Lauder family retains voting control.
Estée Lauder: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 La Mer and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; La Mer is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of La Mer?
The parent company of La Mer is Estée Lauder, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is La Mer American?
Yes. La Mer originated in the United States in 1965 and its owner, Estée Lauder, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has Estée Lauder owned La Mer?
Estée Lauder has owned La Mer since 1995.
Is La Mer still owned by Estée Lauder?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, La Mer is still owned by Estée Lauder. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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] The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-08-19 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 19 August 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: LA MER, serial 73408371 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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