Who owns Old Navy?
Old Navy is owned by Gap Inc. (the United States, NYSE: GAP).[1]
Evidence: The Gap, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-17, SEC EDGAR, 17 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- The Gap, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, San Francisco, California
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1994
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Fashion apparel › Casual & denim
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: GAP
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Old Navy
Old Navy launched in 1994 as a lower-priced chain aimed at families, and it overtook the Gap brand to become the group's largest business by revenue. Gap Inc. planned to spin it off in 2019 and abandoned the plan a year later.
What Gap Inc.'s annual report says about Old Navy
Sentences about Old Navy from Gap Inc.'s latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Old Navy is a North American value apparel brand that makes on-trend fashion accessible to everyone.
Old Navy opened its first store in 1994 in Colma, California and since then has expanded to more than 1,200 Company-operated stores including outlet locations, online, and additional franchise retail locations around the world.
How often Gap Inc. names Old Navy 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 less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Old Navy
Where Old Navy sits in Gap Inc.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Gap Inc.
Gap Inc. controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
- Athleta (1998)
- Banana Republic (1978)
- Gap (1969)
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; Gap Inc. has 3.
| 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 | Inditex | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| GU | Fast Retailing | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| BSX | Giordano | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
About the owner: Gap Inc.
Gap Inc. is a publicly listed company headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States, founded in 1969. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: GAP.
Gap Inc. was founded in San Francisco in 1969 by a couple who could not find jeans that fitted, and named it after the generation gap. It operates four chains at different price points and the founding Fisher family remains a substantial shareholder.
🇺🇸 Old Navy and other American brands
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; Old Navy is not one of them.
- 7 For All Mankind — Delta Galil 🇮🇱
- AKHG — Duluth Holdings 🇺🇸
- Adore Me — Victoria's Secret 🇺🇸
- Aerie — American Eagle Outfitters 🇺🇸
- All in Motion — Target 🇺🇸
- Allen Edmonds — Caleres 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Old Navy?
The parent company of Old Navy is Gap Inc., a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Old Navy American?
Yes. Old Navy originated in the United States in 1994 and its owner, Gap Inc., is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Old Navy still owned by Gap Inc.?
Yes. As of 10 October 2026, Old Navy is still owned by Gap Inc. 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] The Gap, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-17 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 17 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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