Who owns The Ritz-Carlton?
The Ritz-Carlton is owned by Marriott (the United States, NASDAQ: MAR), which has owned the brand since 19 March 1998.[1]
Evidence: Marriott International, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-10, SEC EDGAR, 10 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Marriott International, Inc. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Bethesda, Maryland
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1983
- Category
- Travel & transport › Hotels › Luxury hotels
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: MAR
- Trademark registrant
- The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About The Ritz-Carlton
The Ritz-Carlton is the group's flagship luxury brand and is unrelated in ownership to the Ritz hotels in Paris and London, which are separately owned. Its staff are famously authorised to spend up to two thousand dollars per guest to resolve a problem.
How often Marriott names The Ritz-Carlton 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 more often than it was three years earlier.
Trademark record for The Ritz-Carlton
The USPTO record for the The Ritz-Carlton mark lists The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. as the owner of record (serial number 77250215). A trademark is often held by a group company rather than the listed parent, so the registrant's name can differ from the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of The Ritz-Carlton
Where The Ritz-Carlton sits in Marriott
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
- Aloft Hotels
- Apartments by Marriott Bonvoy
- Courtyard by Marriott
- EDITION
- Element Hotels
- Fairfield by Marriott
- Four Points by Sheraton
- Four Points Flex by Sheraton
- JW Marriott
- Marriott Executive Apartments
- Marriott Hotels
- Moxy
- Outdoor Collection by Marriott Bonvoy
- Renaissance Hotels
- Residence Inn by Marriott
- Series by Marriott
- Sheraton
- SpringHill Suites by Marriott
- St. Regis
- StudioRes
- The Luxury Collection
- The Ritz-Carlton
- TownePlace Suites by Marriott
- Tribute Portfolio
- W Hotels
- Westin
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Other brands owned by Marriott
Marriott controls 26 brands on Brandtree, 26 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
- Aloft Hotels
- Apartments by Marriott Bonvoy
- Courtyard by Marriott (1983)
- EDITION
- Element Hotels
- Fairfield by Marriott
- Four Points by Sheraton
- Four Points Flex by Sheraton
- JW Marriott
- Marriott Executive Apartments
- Marriott Hotels (1957)
- Moxy (2014)
- Outdoor Collection by Marriott Bonvoy
- Renaissance Hotels
- Residence Inn by Marriott
- Series by Marriott
- Sheraton (1937)
- SpringHill Suites by Marriott
Other brands in luxury hotels, and who owns them
The 43 brands in luxury hotels on Brandtree belong to 22 owners. The largest is Genting, with 4; Marriott has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Crockfords | Genting | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo | Monte-Carlo SBM | 🇲🇨 Monaco |
| Fairmont | Accor | 🇫🇷 France |
| Grand Fiesta Americana | Grupo Posadas | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| InterContinental | IHG | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Anantara Hotels & Resorts | Minor International | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Song Hotels | H World | 🇨🇳 China |
| Conrad Hotels | Hilton | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Marriott
Marriott is a publicly listed company headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, United States, founded in 1927. Brandtree records 26 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: MAR.
Marriott is the largest hotel company in the world by rooms and owns very few of the buildings its name appears on, operating instead through franchise and management agreements. Its 2016 purchase of Starwood brought thirty brands under one owner and created the largest loyalty scheme in travel.
🇺🇸 The Ritz-Carlton 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; The Ritz-Carlton is not one of them.
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- Alaska Airlines — Alaska Air Group 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of The Ritz-Carlton?
The parent company of The Ritz-Carlton is Marriott, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is The Ritz-Carlton American?
Yes. The Ritz-Carlton originated in the United States in 1983 and its owner, Marriott, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has Marriott owned The Ritz-Carlton?
Marriott has owned The Ritz-Carlton since 19 March 1998.
Is The Ritz-Carlton still owned by Marriott?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, The Ritz-Carlton is still owned by Marriott. 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] Marriott International, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-10 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 10 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: RITZ-CARLTON, serial 77250215 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 9 October 2026.
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