Who owns Mercure?
Mercure is owned by Accor (France, EPA: AC), which has owned the brand since 1975.[1][2]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Accor SA Universal Registration Document 2025, 19 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Accor SA reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France, Issy-les-Moulineaux
- Origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- Founded
- 1973
- Category
- Travel & transport › Hotels › Upscale hotels
- Parent ticker
- EPA: AC
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Mercure
Mercure is deliberately non-standardised: each hotel keeps a local character and name alongside the brand, which is the opposite of the approach Accor takes with ibis and Novotel. Accor owns it, and the approach suits historic city-centre buildings that could not be converted to a standard layout without losing what makes them worth staying in.
Ownership timeline of Mercure
Where Mercure sits in Accor
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Accor brand portfolio (17) →
Other brands owned by Accor
Accor controls 17 brands on Brandtree, 17 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
- Adagio
- Emblems Collection
- Fairmont (1907)
- Grand Mercure
- Greet (2019)
- hotelF1
- ibis (1974)
- ibis budget
- ibis Styles
- Jo&Joe (2016)
- MGallery (2008)
- Novotel (1967)
- Pullman
- Raffles (1887)
- SO/ (2011)
- Sofitel (1964)
Other brands in upscale hotels, and who owns them
The 57 brands in upscale hotels on Brandtree belong to 20 owners. The largest is H World, with 11; Accor has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Blossom House | H World | 🇨🇳 China |
| Genting Grand | Genting | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Andaz | Hyatt | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Avani Hotels & Resorts | Minor International | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Ascend Collection | Choice Hotels | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bahrain Airport Hotel | Gulf Hotels Group | 🇧🇭 Bahrain |
| Lavande | Jin Jiang Hotels | 🇨🇳 China |
| Marriott Hotels | Marriott | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Accor
Accor is a publicly listed company headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, founded in 1967. Brandtree records 17 brands under its control, and it is listed as EPA: AC.
Accor is the largest hotel group in Europe and owns brands spanning every price point from Formule 1 roadside rooms to Raffles and Fairmont. It sold most of its property portfolio in 2018, becoming an operator of hotels it does not own, as its American rivals had done earlier.
🇫🇷 Mercure 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; Mercure is not one of them.
- APRR — Eiffage 🇫🇷
- ASF — VINCI 🇫🇷
- Air Caraïbes — Dubreuil Aéro 🇫🇷
- Air Corsica — Air Corsica 🇫🇷
- Air France — Air France-KLM 🇫🇷
- Arval — Arval 🇫🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Mercure?
The parent company of Mercure is Accor, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Is Mercure French?
Yes. Mercure originated in France in 1973 and its owner, Accor, is also headquartered in France.
Since when has Accor owned Mercure?
Accor has owned Mercure since 1975.
Is Mercure still owned by Accor?
Yes. As of 22 October 2026, Mercure is still owned by Accor. 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] Accor SA Universal Registration Document 2025 — Accor SA, Annual report, published 19 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] Accor 2019 Universal Registration Document — Accor SA, Annual report, published 9 April 2020; retrieved 22 October 2026.
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