Who owns Spode?
Spode is owned by Portmeirion Group (the United Kingdom, LSE: PMP), which has owned the brand since 2009.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Portmeirion Group PLC Annual Report and Accounts 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Portmeirion Group PLC reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Stoke-on-Trent
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Stoke-on-Trent
- Founded
- 1770 by Josiah Spode
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Furniture & furnishings › Cookware & tableware
- Parent ticker
- LSE: PMP
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Spode
Spode is a tableware brand founded in Stoke-on-Trent by Josiah Spode in 1770, known for blue and white printed designs and for its Christmas Tree range. Portmeirion Group bought the Spode and Royal Worcester trade names and intellectual property in 2009, and has been moving production of ranges including Christmas Tree back to its own Stoke-on-Trent factory.
Ownership timeline of Spode
- 2009 – present Portmeirion Group [1] reported
Where Spode sits in Portmeirion Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Portmeirion Group
Portmeirion Group controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in home, garden & diy.
Also in home, garden & diy
- Nambé (1951)
- Pimpernel (1945)
- Portmeirion
- Royal Worcester (1751)
Other brands in cookware & tableware, and who owns them
The 36 brands in cookware & tableware on Brandtree belong to 11 owners. The largest is Fiskars Group, with 10; Portmeirion Group has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Arabia | Fiskars Group | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Fitz and Floyd | Lifetime Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Ballarini | ZWILLING | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Chicago Cutlery | Corelle Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| like. by Villeroy & Boch | Villeroy & Boch | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Mark and Graham | Williams-Sonoma | 🇺🇸 United States |
| mychef | Dorco | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| FOX Home | Fox Group | 🇮🇱 Israel |
About the owner: Portmeirion Group
Portmeirion Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: PMP.
Portmeirion Group is a homeware company headquartered in Stoke-on-Trent and listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange's junior market. It owns six brands: Spode, Portmeirion, Royal Worcester, Nambé, Pimpernel and Wax Lyrical. Wholesale to retailers accounts for 83 per cent of sales, with the rest coming from its own websites, five Portmeirion Home factory outlets in the United Kingdom and seven Nambé stores in New Mexico. About 39 per cent of what it sells is made in its two English factories. In 2026 the group described Wax Lyrical as non-core and said it would seek to sell it.
Portmeirion Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇬🇧 Spode and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 543 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 282 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Spode is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Spode?
The parent company of Spode is Portmeirion Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Spode British?
Yes. Spode originated in the United Kingdom in 1770 and its owner, Portmeirion Group, is also headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Since when has Portmeirion Group owned Spode?
Portmeirion Group has owned Spode since 2009.
Is Spode still owned by Portmeirion Group?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Spode is still owned by Portmeirion Group. 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] Portmeirion Group PLC Annual Report and Accounts 2025 — Portmeirion Group PLC, Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
- [2] Portmeirion Group PLC — Our brands — Portmeirion Group PLC, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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