Matrix is owned by L'Oréal (France, EPA: OR), which acquired the brand in 2000.[1][2] Matrix was founded in 1980 in the United States and was independent until 2000.
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 .
Matrix was founded in 1980 by two hairdressers and sells colour and care products through salons at prices below Redken and Kérastase. L'Oréal acquired it in 2000 for its professional products division. Salon brands are sold to stylists rather than to the public, so their pricing and distribution work differently from retail hair care.
The USPTO record for the Matrix mark lists L'OREAL USA S/D, INC. as the owner of record (serial number 73789454). 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.[3]
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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L'Oréal controls 21 brands on Brandtree, 21 of them in personal care & beauty.
The 29 brands in hair colour & styling on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is Hoyu, with 6; L'Oréal has 2.
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.
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, Matrix among them.
L'Oreal acquired Matrix, founded in 1980 by two hairdressers and selling colour and care products through salons at prices below Redken and Kerastase. Salon brands are sold to stylists rather than to the public, so their pricing and distribution work differently from retail hair care. Only the year is documented here.
The parent company of Matrix is L'Oréal, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Matrix originated in the United States in 1980, but it is owned today by L'Oréal, which is headquartered in France. So Matrix is an American-origin brand under French ownership.
L'Oréal completed its acquisition of Matrix in 2000, after announcing the deal in 2000. The price was not disclosed.
Matrix was an independent company from its founding in 1980 until L'Oréal acquired it in 2000.
Yes. As of 28 September 2026, Matrix is still owned by L'Oréal. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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