Who owns Sole Academy?
Sole Academy is owned by Robinsons Retail (the Philippines, PSE: RRHI), which has owned the brand since 2023.[1]
Robinsons Retail owns 98% of Sole Academy rather than all of it.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc. SEC Form 17-A and audited financial statements, year ended 31 December 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc. (98% stake) reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇵🇭 Philippines, Quezon City
- Origin
- 🇵🇭 Philippines
- Category
- Retail › Specialty retail › Fashion retail
- Parent ticker
- PSE: RRHI
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Sole Academy
Sole Academy is a lifestyle sneakers retailer that Robinsons Retail entered through its subsidiary in December 2023, when it bought the brand with two physical stores and an online store. The 17-A calls it the group's entry into the premium lifestyle sneakers format and gives effective ownership of the operating company, Sole Fashion, as 98%.
Ownership timeline of Sole Academy
- 2023 – present Robinsons Retail (98%) [1] reported
Where Sole Academy sits in Robinsons Retail
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Robinsons Retail
Robinsons Retail controls 13 brands on Brandtree, 10 of them in retail.
Also in retail
Other brands in fashion retail, and who owns them
The 47 brands in fashion retail on Brandtree belong to 6 owners. The largest is TFG, with 20.
About the owner: Robinsons Retail
Robinsons Retail is a publicly listed company headquartered in Quezon City, Philippines, founded in 2002. Brandtree records 13 brands under its control, and it is listed as PSE: RRHI.
Robinsons Retail Holdings was incorporated on 4 February 2002 and listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange on 11 November 2013. Its 17-A traces the group's retail operations to the first Robinsons Department Store in Metro Manila in 1980 and reports 2,763 stores at the end of 2025 across food, drugstores, department stores, DIY and specialty formats, plus 2,154 franchised TGP stores. It also operates several licensed international formats, which are not recorded here as brands it owns.
Robinsons Retail: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇵🇭 Sole Academy and other Filipino brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 84 brands that began in the Philippines. 4 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Sole Academy is not one of them.
- Puregold — Puregold 🇵🇭
- 2GO Express — 2GO 🇵🇭
- 555 — Century Pacific 🇵🇭
- AirAsia Philippines — AirAsia X 🇲🇾
- Asian Terminals — Asian Terminals 🇵🇭
- C2 — URC 🇵🇭
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Sole Academy?
The parent company of Sole Academy is Robinsons Retail, a publicly listed company headquartered in the Philippines.
Is Sole Academy Filipino?
Yes. Sole Academy originated in the Philippines and its owner, Robinsons Retail, is also headquartered in the Philippines.
Since when has Robinsons Retail owned Sole Academy?
Robinsons Retail has owned Sole Academy since 2023.
Is Sole Academy still owned by Robinsons Retail?
Yes. As of 20 October 2026, Sole Academy is still owned by Robinsons Retail (98% stake). 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] Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc. SEC Form 17-A and audited financial statements, year ended 31 December 2025 — Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc., Annual report; retrieved 20 October 2026.
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