Who owns Sephora?
Sephora is owned by LVMH (France, EPA: MC).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: LVMH Universal Registration Document 2025, 1 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France, Paris
- Origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- Founded
- 1970
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Cosmetics & fragrance › Makeup
- Parent ticker
- EPA: MC
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Sephora
Sephora is a beauty retail chain founded in France in 1970 that broke with the department store model by letting customers handle and test products without a salesperson. LVMH acquired it in 1997 and expanded it internationally, and it is one of the few retailers the group owns outright.
Ownership timeline of Sephora
Where Sephora sits in LVMH
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by LVMH
LVMH controls 20 brands on Brandtree.
- Berluti (1895)
- Bulgari (1884)
- Celine (1945)
- Christian Dior (1946)
- Dom Pérignon (1936)
- Fendi (1925)
- Givenchy (1952)
- Hennessy (1765)
- Hublot (1980)
- Krug (1843)
- Loewe (1846)
- Loro Piana (1924)
Other brands in makeup, and who owns them
The 43 brands in makeup on Brandtree belong to 22 owners. The largest is L'Oréal, with 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Lancôme | L'Oréal | 🇫🇷 France |
| ADDICTION | KOSÉ | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| CoverGirl | Coty | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bobbi Brown | Estée Lauder | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Eudora | Grupo Boticário | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Flower Knows | Proya | 🇨🇳 China |
| Little Ondine | Yatsen | 🇨🇳 China |
| AGE20'S | Aekyung | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
About the owner: LVMH
LVMH is a publicly listed company headquartered in Paris, France, founded in 1987. Brandtree records 20 brands under its control, and it is listed as EPA: MC.
LVMH was formed in 1987 by the merger of Louis Vuitton with Moët Hennessy and is the largest luxury group in the world. It is controlled by the Arnault family through the holding company Christian Dior SE.
🇫🇷 Sephora and other French brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 322 brands that began in France. 100 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Sephora is not one of them.
- A-Derma — Pierre Fabre 🇫🇷
- Axe — Unilever 🇬🇧
- BIC Razors — BIC 🇫🇷
- Bioderma — NAOS 🇫🇷
- Botot — Bolton Group 🇮🇹
- Chanel No. 5 — Chanel 🇬🇧
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Sephora?
The parent company of Sephora is LVMH, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Is Sephora French?
Yes. Sephora originated in France in 1970 and its owner, LVMH, is also headquartered in France.
Is Sephora still owned by LVMH?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Sephora is still owned by LVMH. 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] LVMH Universal Registration Document 2025 — LVMH, Annual report, published 1 March 2026; retrieved 23 October 2026.
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