Who owns Per Una?
Per Una is owned by Marks & Spencer (the United Kingdom, LSE: MKS), which has owned the brand since 30 September 2004.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Marks and Spencer Group plc Annual Report 2025, 4 June 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Marks and Spencer Group plc reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, London
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Founded
- 2001
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Fashion apparel › Casual & denim
- Parent ticker
- LSE: MKS
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Per Una
Per Una was created for M&S by an outside designer who had founded George at Asda, and the retailer bought the brand outright in 2004. It was aimed at a younger customer than the main womenswear range. The designer who created it went on to work with other retailers, and the range remained one of the largest womenswear labels in Britain for years afterwards.
Ownership timeline of Per Una
- 2004 – present Marks & Spencer [1] reported
Where Per Una sits in Marks & Spencer
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Marks & Spencer
Marks & Spencer controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
- Autograph (2000)
- M&S Collection (2018)
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; Marks & Spencer has 2.
| 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: Marks & Spencer
Marks & Spencer is a publicly listed company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, founded in 1884. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: MKS.
Marks & Spencer began as a Leeds market stall in 1884 where everything cost a penny. It is unusual among clothing retailers in that its food business is now larger and more profitable than its clothing, and both trade almost entirely under its own brands.
Marks & Spencer: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇬🇧 Per Una and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 552 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 291 of them (53%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Per Una is not one of them.
- ASOS Design — ASOS 🇬🇧
- Alexander McQueen — Kering 🇫🇷
- Bravissimo — Wacoal 🇯🇵
- Burberry — Burberry 🇬🇧
- COS — H&M Group 🇸🇪
- Carvela — Steve Madden 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Per Una?
The parent company of Per Una is Marks & Spencer, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Per Una British?
Yes. Per Una originated in the United Kingdom in 2001 and its owner, Marks & Spencer, is also headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Since when has Marks & Spencer owned Per Una?
Marks & Spencer has owned Per Una since 30 September 2004.
Is Per Una still owned by Marks & Spencer?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Per Una is still owned by Marks & Spencer. 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] Marks and Spencer Group plc Annual Report 2025 — Marks and Spencer Group plc, Annual report, published 4 June 2025; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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