Who owns Mavi?
Mavi is owned by Mavi Giyim Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. (Turkey, BIST: MAVI).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Mavi 2025 Annual Report, Mavi Giyim Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Mavi Giyim Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇹🇷 Turkey, Istanbul
- Origin
- 🇹🇷 Turkey, Istanbul
- Founded
- 1991
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Fashion apparel › Casual & denim
- Parent ticker
- BIST: MAVI
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Mavi
Mavi is a Turkish jeans and casual clothing brand begun in Istanbul in 1991 by the company that still owns it. Its owner says it is the top-of-mind jeans brand in Türkiye, with 65 per cent brand awareness and more than 20 per cent of the denim market, although denim was only 37 per cent of its 2025 sales. Its All Blue range, defined by sustainability criteria, reached 30 per cent of revenue. Mavi USA was founded in New York in 1996, and the brand is sold in the United States by Nordstrom and Bloomingdale's.
Ownership timeline of Mavi
Where Mavi sits in Mavi
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands in casual & denim, and who owns them
The 134 brands in casual & denim on Brandtree belong to 60 owners. The largest is Azzas 2154, with 8.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Fábula | Azzas 2154 | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Carter's | Carter's | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Duck Head | Oxford Industries | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cortefiel | Tendam | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| & Other Stories | H&M Group | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Bershka | Pontegadea | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| GU | Fast Retailing | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| BSX | Giordano | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
About the owner: Mavi
Mavi is a publicly listed company headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey, founded in 1991. Brandtree records 1 brand under its control, and it is listed as BIST: MAVI.
Mavi Giyim Sanayi ve Ticaret is a Turkish clothing company incorporated in Istanbul in 1991 and listed on Borsa Istanbul since 15 June 2017. It sells through about 4,000 points of sale in 34 countries, including 498 Mavi stores, and had 5,957 employees at the end of its financial year to 31 January 2026, in which revenue fell 5 per cent to TL 47.7 billion. Members of the Akarlılar family are its controlling shareholders with 27.41 per cent. Outside Türkiye it trades through subsidiaries in Germany, Russia, the United States and Canada, the last two not wholly owned.
🇹🇷 Mavi and other Turkish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 97 brands that began in Turkey. 11 of them (11%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Mavi is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Mavi?
The parent company of Mavi is Mavi Giyim Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., a publicly listed company headquartered in Turkey.
Is Mavi Turkish?
Yes. Mavi originated in Turkey in 1991 and its owner, Mavi Giyim Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., is also headquartered in Turkey.
Is Mavi still owned by Mavi Giyim Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Mavi is still owned by Mavi Giyim Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. 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] Mavi 2025 Annual Report — Mavi Giyim Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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