Who owns Ray-Ban?
Ray-Ban is owned by EssilorLuxottica (France, EPA: EL), which has owned the brand since 1999.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: EssilorLuxottica 2025 Universal Registration Document, 6 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- EssilorLuxottica SA reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France, Charenton-le-Pont
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1937
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Accessories & footwear › Eyewear
- Parent ticker
- EPA: EL
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Ray-Ban
Ray-Ban was founded in 1937 to protect pilots from glare, and its G15 lens was designed for US Air Force pilots. Luxottica acquired it in 1999, and it is now the largest eyewear brand at EssilorLuxottica, at around 15 per cent of group sales in 2025. Since 2023 it has sold Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses developed with Meta, and it had 282 monobrand stores worldwide at the end of 2025.
Ownership timeline of Ray-Ban
- 1999 – present EssilorLuxottica [1] reported
Where Ray-Ban sits in EssilorLuxottica
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full EssilorLuxottica ownership tree →
See the full EssilorLuxottica brand portfolio (8) →
Other brands owned by EssilorLuxottica
EssilorLuxottica controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
Other brands in eyewear, and who owns them
EssilorLuxottica has more brands in eyewear on Brandtree than any other owner: 6 of 25.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Fielmann | Fielmann Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Aqualens | Lenskart | 🇮🇳 India |
| America's Best Contacts and Eyeglasses | National Vision | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Blenders Eyewear | Safilo | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Titan Eye+ | Titan | 🇮🇳 India |
| Warby Parker | Warby Parker | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Medical Óptica Audición | Fielmann Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Óptica & Audiología Universitaria | Fielmann Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
About the owner: EssilorLuxottica
EssilorLuxottica is a publicly listed company headquartered in Charenton-le-Pont, France. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as EPA: EL.
EssilorLuxottica is the French-Italian eyewear and lens group formed by combining Essilor, which traces its roots to a Paris cooperative of eyewear makers founded in 1849, and Luxottica, founded by Leonardo Del Vecchio in 1961. It reported revenue of 28.5 billion euros in 2025 and operated 17,750 stores at the end of that year. Alongside owned brands such as Ray-Ban, Oakley and Varilux, it makes eyewear under licence for fashion houses, Prada being its largest licence.
EssilorLuxottica: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Ray-Ban and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,570 brands that began in the United States. 501 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Ray-Ban among 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 Ray-Ban?
The parent company of Ray-Ban is EssilorLuxottica, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Is Ray-Ban American or French?
Ray-Ban originated in the United States in 1937, but it is owned today by EssilorLuxottica, which is headquartered in France. So Ray-Ban is an American-origin brand under French ownership.
Since when has EssilorLuxottica owned Ray-Ban?
EssilorLuxottica has owned Ray-Ban since 1999.
Is Ray-Ban still owned by EssilorLuxottica?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Ray-Ban is still owned by EssilorLuxottica. 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] EssilorLuxottica 2025 Universal Registration Document — EssilorLuxottica, Annual report, published 6 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
Report a correction Opens a pre-filled GitHub issue. See our corrections policy.