Who owns Lancôme?
Lancôme is owned by L'Oréal (France, EPA: OR), which has owned the brand since 1964.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: L'Oréal Universal Registration Document 2025, L'Oréal S.A, 1 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- L'Oréal S.A. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France, Clichy
- Origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- Founded
- 1935
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Cosmetics & fragrance › Makeup
- Parent ticker
- EPA: OR
- Trademark registrant
- L'OREAL (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Lancôme
Lancôme is a French luxury beauty house founded in 1935 by Armand Petitjean, a former colleague of François Coty, who launched with five fragrances at the Brussels World's Fair. L'Oréal acquired it in 1964 and it is the group's largest luxury brand, spanning fragrance, skin care and cosmetics.
Trademark record for Lancôme
The USPTO record for the Lancôme mark lists L'OREAL as the owner of record (serial number 71491851). 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 Lancôme
Where Lancôme sits in L'Oréal
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by L'Oréal
L'Oréal controls 21 brands on Brandtree, 21 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
- Aesop (1987)
- CeraVe (2005)
- Creed (1760)
- Essie (1981)
- Garnier (1904)
- Kérastase (1964)
- Kiehl's (1851)
- L'Oréal Paris (1909)
- La Roche-Posay (1975)
- Matrix (1980)
- Maybelline (1915)
- Mixa (1924)
- NYX Professional Makeup (1999)
- Redken (1960)
- shu uemura (1983)
- SkinCeuticals (1997)
- Thayers (1847)
- Urban Decay (1996)
Other brands in makeup, and who owns them
L'Oréal has more brands in makeup on Brandtree than any other owner: 5 of 43.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| ADDICTION | KOSÉ | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| CoverGirl | Coty | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bobbi Brown | Estée Lauder | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Eudora | Grupo Boticário | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Flower Knows | Proya | 🇨🇳 China |
| Little Ondine | Yatsen | 🇨🇳 China |
| AGE20'S | Aekyung | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| PIXY | Mandom | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: L'Oréal
L'Oréal is a publicly listed company headquartered in Clichy, France, founded in 1909. Brandtree records 21 brands under its control, and it is listed as EPA: OR.
L'Oréal was founded in 1909 by chemist Eugène Schueller, who had developed a hair dye. It is the largest cosmetics company in the world and is organised into consumer products, luxe, dermatological beauty and professional products. The Bettencourt Meyers family and Nestlé are its two largest shareholders.
🇫🇷 Lancôme and other French brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 322 brands that began in France. 100 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Lancôme is not one of them.
- A-Derma — Pierre Fabre 🇫🇷
- Axe — Unilever 🇬🇧
- BIC Razors — BIC 🇫🇷
- Bioderma — NAOS 🇫🇷
- Botot — Bolton Group 🇮🇹
- Chanel No. 5 — Chanel 🇬🇧
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Lancôme?
The parent company of Lancôme is L'Oréal, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Is Lancôme French?
Yes. Lancôme originated in France in 1935 and its owner, L'Oréal, is also headquartered in France.
Since when has L'Oréal owned Lancôme?
L'Oréal has owned Lancôme since 1964.
Is Lancôme still owned by L'Oréal?
Yes. As of 28 September 2026, Lancôme is still owned by L'Oréal. 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] L'Oréal Universal Registration Document 2025 — L'Oréal S.A., Annual report, published 1 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: LANCOME, serial 71491851 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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