Who owns Relay?
Relay is owned by Lagardère (France, EPA: MMB).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: 2025 Universal Registration Document, Lagardère SA, 31 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Lagardère SA reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France, Paris
- Origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- Founded
- 2000
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Retailer own brands › General merchandise own brands
- Parent ticker
- EPA: MMB
- Trademark registrant
- LAGARDERE TRAVEL RETAIL (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Relay
Relay is the newsagent and convenience shop found in airports and railway stations, and Lagardère Travel Retail calls it the largest travel essentials brand in the world. It sells across five categories — food, reading matter, gifts and souvenirs, travel goods and children's items. The brand turned twenty-five in 2025 and is being extended by franchise, including into Turkey.
Trademark record for Relay
The USPTO record for the Relay mark lists LAGARDERE TRAVEL RETAIL as the owner of record (serial number 79192110). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Relay
Where Relay sits in Lagardère
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Lagardère
Lagardère controls 21 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in home, garden & diy.
Also in home, garden & diy
Founded in the 2000s
- Bragelonne (2000)
Other brands in general merchandise own brands, and who owns them
The 162 brands in general merchandise own brands on Brandtree belong to 68 owners. The largest is JD Sports, with 15; Lagardère has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Blacks | JD Sports | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Bebemundo | Corporación Favorita | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| Innom | Reitan Retail | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| B&Q | Kingfisher | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Anko | Wesfarmers | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Basualdo | Cencosud | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Bike Republic | Colruyt Group | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| Glans | Hagar | 🇮🇸 Iceland |
Every brand in general merchandise own brands and its owner →
About the owner: Lagardère
Lagardère is a publicly listed company headquartered in Paris, France, founded in 1992. Brandtree records 21 brands under its control, and it is listed as EPA: MMB.
Lagardère is a French group created in 1992 and built around two businesses: Lagardère Publishing, the world's third-largest consumer publishing group, and Lagardère Travel Retail, which runs more than 4,800 shops in around 1,000 airports and railway stations. A smaller Lagardère Live segment holds the newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche, the ELLE trademark and the radio stations Europe 1, Europe 2 and RFM. The group has more than 33,000 employees in over 50 countries. Since the December 2024 demerger of Vivendi, its controlling shareholder has been Louis Hachette Group, which holds about two-thirds of the capital.
🇫🇷 Relay and other French brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 318 brands that began in France. 99 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Relay is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Relay?
The parent company of Relay is Lagardère, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Is Relay French?
Yes. Relay originated in France in 2000 and its owner, Lagardère, is also headquartered in France.
Is Relay still owned by Lagardère?
Yes. As of 28 September 2026, Relay is still owned by Lagardère. 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] 2025 Universal Registration Document — Lagardère SA, Annual report, published 31 March 2026; retrieved 28 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: RELAY, serial 79192110, registration 5273351 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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