Who owns Royal?
Royal, a home-care brand, is made and sold by Artel (Uzbekistan) under licence, an arrangement in place since 2015; Artel does not own the name.[1] The name is owned by another company.
Evidence: About Artel Electronics, Artel Electronics LLC. Last checked .
Key facts
- Licensed to
- Artel Electronics LLC reported
- Since
- Headquarters
- 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan, Tashkent
- Origin
- 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
- Category
- Home care › Household goods & storage › Kitchenware & small appliances
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Royal
Royal is the name on the electric water heaters Artel began producing under licence in 2015 and the double-circuit gas boilers it added in 2018. Artel describes both as licensed production and does not say publicly who holds the trademark, so the brand is recorded here as one it manufactures rather than one it owns.
Ownership timeline of Royal
Where Royal sits in Artel
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Artel
Artel controls 2 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in home care.
Also in home care
- Artel (2011)
Other brands in kitchenware & small appliances, and who owns them
The 105 brands in kitchenware & small appliances on Brandtree belong to 36 owners. The largest is Arçelik, with 13.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Arçelik | Arçelik | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
| AQUA | Haier | 🇨🇳 China |
| COLMO | Midea | 🇨🇳 China |
| All-Clad | Groupe SEB | 🇫🇷 France |
| Balay | BSH | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Hamilton Beach | Hamilton Beach Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Amica | Amica | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| Baratza | Breville Group | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Every brand in kitchenware & small appliances and its owner →
About the owner: Artel
Artel is a privately held company headquartered in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, founded in 2010.
Artel is the largest maker of household appliances in Uzbekistan. A team led by Jahongir Artikkhodjaev set out in 2010 to build a national appliance brand with production inside the country, starting with a gas-stove plant in Tashkent; the Artel trademark was filed on 31 January 2011 and the first stoves came off the line that August. Televisions, air conditioners, washing machines and refrigerators followed over the next four years. The group was consolidated under the management company Artel Electronics LLC in 2020, and in 2021 became the first private manufacturer in Uzbekistan to be rated by Fitch. Much of what its factories build carries someone else's name under licence.
🇺🇿 Royal and other Uzbek brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 12 brands that began in Uzbekistan. 3 of them (25%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Royal is not one of them.
- Ipoteka Bank — OTP Bank 🇭🇺
- Payme — TBC Bank Group 🇬🇪
- Qanot Sharq — Qanot Sharq 🇺🇿
- Uzbekistan Airways — Uzbekistan Airways 🇺🇿
- Uzum Avto — Uzum 🇺🇿
- TBC Bank Uzbekistan — TBC Bank Group 🇬🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who makes Royal?
Artel makes and sells Royal under a licensing agreement that has been in place since 2015.
Does Artel own Royal?
No. Artel holds a licence to make and sell Royal, which is not the same as owning it.
Where did Royal come from?
Royal originated in Uzbekistan.
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] About Artel Electronics — Artel Electronics LLC, Official document; retrieved 21 September 2026.
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