Who owns Sofitel?
Sofitel is owned by Accor (France, EPA: AC), which has owned the brand since 1980.[1][2]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Accor SA Universal Registration Document 2025, 19 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Accor SA reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France, Issy-les-Moulineaux
- Origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- Founded
- 1964
- Category
- Travel & transport › Hotels › Luxury hotels
- Parent ticker
- EPA: AC
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Sofitel
Sofitel is Accor's French luxury brand and the group's original upmarket name, positioned around French style in hotels around the world. It was the company's first international expansion beyond roadside properties. Accor owns it, and the brand was split in 2015 into standard, Legend and So sub-brands to separate historic landmark hotels from contemporary ones.
Ownership timeline of Sofitel
Where Sofitel sits in Accor
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Accor
Accor controls 17 brands on Brandtree, 17 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
- Adagio
- Emblems Collection
- Fairmont (1907)
- Grand Mercure
- Greet (2019)
- hotelF1
- ibis (1974)
- ibis budget
- ibis Styles
- Jo&Joe (2016)
- Mercure (1973)
- MGallery (2008)
- Novotel (1967)
- Pullman
- Raffles (1887)
- SO/ (2011)
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; Accor has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Crockfords | Genting | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo | Monte-Carlo SBM | 🇲🇨 Monaco |
| Grand Fiesta Americana | Grupo Posadas | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| InterContinental | IHG | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| St. Regis | Marriott | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Anantara Hotels & Resorts | Minor International | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Song Hotels | H World | 🇨🇳 China |
| Conrad Hotels | Hilton | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Accor
Accor is a publicly listed company headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, founded in 1967. Brandtree records 17 brands under its control, and it is listed as EPA: AC.
Accor is the largest hotel group in Europe and owns brands spanning every price point from Formule 1 roadside rooms to Raffles and Fairmont. It sold most of its property portfolio in 2018, becoming an operator of hotels it does not own, as its American rivals had done earlier.
🇫🇷 Sofitel and other French brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 327 brands that began in France. 102 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Sofitel is not one of them.
- APRR — Eiffage 🇫🇷
- ASF — VINCI 🇫🇷
- Air Caraïbes — Dubreuil Aéro 🇫🇷
- Air Corsica — Air Corsica 🇫🇷
- Air France — Air France-KLM 🇫🇷
- Arval — Arval 🇫🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Sofitel?
The parent company of Sofitel is Accor, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Is Sofitel French?
Yes. Sofitel originated in France in 1964 and its owner, Accor, is also headquartered in France.
Since when has Accor owned Sofitel?
Accor has owned Sofitel since 1980.
Is Sofitel still owned by Accor?
Yes. As of 22 October 2026, Sofitel is still owned by Accor. 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] Accor SA Universal Registration Document 2025 — Accor SA, Annual report, published 19 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] Accor 2019 Universal Registration Document — Accor SA, Annual report, published 9 April 2020; retrieved 22 October 2026.
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