Who owns Monki?
Monki is owned by H&M Group (Sweden, STO: HM-B), which has owned the brand since 2008.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB Annual and Sustainability Report 2025, 26 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇸🇪 Sweden, Stockholm
- Origin
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Founded
- 2006
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Fashion apparel › Casual & denim
- Parent ticker
- STO: HM-B
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Monki
Monki sells young women's fashion with a graphic, colourful shop identity drawn from Japanese street style. H&M acquired it with the FaBric Scandinavien group in 2008. The purchase also brought Weekday and Cheap Monday, giving the group several distinct youth chains alongside its main business.
Ownership timeline of Monki
Where Monki sits in H&M Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by H&M Group
H&M Group controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
- & Other Stories (2013)
- Arket (2017)
- COS (2007)
- H&M (1947)
- Weekday (2002)
Other brands in casual & denim, and who owns them
The 133 brands in casual & denim on Brandtree belong to 59 owners. The largest is Azzas 2154, with 8; H&M Group has 6.
About the owner: H&M Group
H&M Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, founded in 1947. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as STO: HM-B.
H&M was founded in Västerås, Sweden in 1947 as a womenswear shop called Hennes, and added menswear after buying a hunting equipment retailer called Mauritz Widforss in 1968, which is where the second name comes from. It is the second-largest fashion retailer in the world and the Persson family controls it.
🇸🇪 Monki and other Swedish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 117 brands that began in Sweden. 53 of them (45%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Monki is not one of them.
- EripioWear — Hultafors Group 🇸🇪
- Haglöfs — ASICS 🇯🇵
- Peak Performance — Amer Sports 🇫🇮
- Thule — Thule 🇸🇪
- AXA — Lantmännen 🇸🇪
- Absolut — Pernod Ricard 🇫🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Monki?
The parent company of Monki is H&M Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in Sweden.
Is Monki Swedish?
Yes. Monki originated in Sweden in 2006 and its owner, H&M Group, is also headquartered in Sweden.
Since when has H&M Group owned Monki?
H&M Group has owned Monki since 2008.
Is Monki still owned by H&M Group?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Monki is still owned by H&M Group. 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] H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB Annual and Sustainability Report 2025 — H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB, Annual report, published 26 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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