Who owns LHD?
LHD is owned by Lakeland (the United States, NASDAQ: LAKE), which has owned the brand since 1 July 2024.[1]
Evidence: Lakeland Industries, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-04-16, SEC EDGAR, 16 April 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Lakeland Industries, Inc. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Huntsville, Alabama
- Origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany, Wesseling
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Fashion apparel › Workwear
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: LAKE
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About LHD
LHD is the firefighter turnout gear and personal protective equipment business that Lakeland Industries bought from LHD Group Deutschland and its Hong Kong and Australian subsidiaries on 1 July 2024. The 10-K describes it as a leading provider of turnout gear, accessories and cleaning, repair and maintenance of protective equipment, headquartered in Wesseling, Germany.
What Lakeland's annual report says about LHD
Sentences about LHD from Lakeland's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
On July 1, 2024, the Company acquired the fire and rescue business of LHD Group Deutschland GmbH and its subsidiaries in Hong Kong and Australia (collectively, "LHD") in an all-cash transaction.
Total consideration was $14.8 million, net of $1.5 million cash acquired, of which $15.5 million was paid to retire LHD's debt and $0.8 million was paid to the seller at closing.
LHD is a leading provider of firefighter turnout gear, accessories, and personal protective equipment cleaning, repair, and maintenance and is headquartered in Wesseling, Germany, with operations in Hong Kong and Australia.
How often Lakeland names LHD 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 LHD
Where LHD sits in Lakeland
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Lakeland
Lakeland controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
Other brands in workwear, and who owns them
Lakeland has more brands in workwear on Brandtree than any other owner: 5 of 26.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| EripioWear | Hultafors Group | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| BAMKO | Superior Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Duluth Trading | Duluth Holdings | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bofilon | Groupe Eram | 🇫🇷 France |
| Hard Yakka | Wesfarmers | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Bates | Wolverine Worldwide | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Carhartt | Carhartt | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Pega Forte | Grendene | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
About the owner: Lakeland
Lakeland is a publicly listed company headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, United States, founded in 1986. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: LAKE.
Lakeland Industries does business as Lakeland Fire + Safety and makes protective clothing for firefighters and industrial workers, with net sales of $192.6 million in the year to 31 January 2026. It was incorporated in Delaware in 1986 and says it runs nine manufacturing locations in eight countries. Since February 2024 it has bought several fire-service businesses, among them Jolly Scarpe in Italy, the LHD fire and rescue business in Germany and Veridian in the United States.
🇩🇪 LHD and other German brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 243 brands that began in Germany. 90 of them (37%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, LHD among them.
- A. Lange & Söhne — Richemont 🇨🇭
- Adidas — Adidas 🇩🇪
- BOSS — Hugo Boss 🇩🇪
- Birkenstock — Birkenstock 🇩🇪
- Braun Büffel — Bonia Corporation 🇲🇾
- Fielmann — Fielmann Group 🇩🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of LHD?
The parent company of LHD is Lakeland, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is LHD German or American?
LHD originated in Germany, but it is owned today by Lakeland, which is headquartered in the United States. So LHD is a German-origin brand under American ownership.
Since when has Lakeland owned LHD?
Lakeland has owned LHD since 1 July 2024.
Is LHD still owned by Lakeland?
Yes. As of 10 October 2026, LHD is still owned by Lakeland. 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] Lakeland Industries, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-04-16 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 16 April 2026; retrieved 6 October 2026.
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