Who owns Sunglass Hut?
Sunglass Hut is owned by EssilorLuxottica (France, EPA: EL), which has owned the brand since 2001.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: EssilorLuxottica 2025 Universal Registration Document, 6 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- EssilorLuxottica SA reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France, Charenton-le-Pont
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Miami
- Founded
- 1971
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Retailer own brands › General merchandise own brands
- Parent ticker
- EPA: EL
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Sunglass Hut
Sunglass Hut was founded in 1971 as a small kiosk in a Miami mall and joined Luxottica in 2001, when it acquired the chain in North America. It is EssilorLuxottica's largest store banner, with 3,131 locations at the end of 2025, 1,575 of them company-run in North America. Since 2018 it has opened shop-in-shops inside Bass Pro and Cabela's stores, and AI glasses have emerged as a key growth driver.
Ownership timeline of Sunglass Hut
- 2001 – present EssilorLuxottica [1] reported
Where Sunglass Hut sits in EssilorLuxottica
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by EssilorLuxottica
EssilorLuxottica controls 8 brands on Brandtree.
Founded in the 1970s
- Oakley (1975)
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About the owner: EssilorLuxottica
EssilorLuxottica is a publicly listed company headquartered in Charenton-le-Pont, France. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as EPA: EL.
EssilorLuxottica is the French-Italian eyewear and lens group formed by combining Essilor, which traces its roots to a Paris cooperative of eyewear makers founded in 1849, and Luxottica, founded by Leonardo Del Vecchio in 1961. It reported revenue of 28.5 billion euros in 2025 and operated 17,750 stores at the end of that year. Alongside owned brands such as Ray-Ban, Oakley and Varilux, it makes eyewear under licence for fashion houses, Prada being its largest licence.
EssilorLuxottica: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Sunglass Hut and other American brands
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Sunglass Hut?
The parent company of Sunglass Hut is EssilorLuxottica, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Is Sunglass Hut American or French?
Sunglass Hut originated in the United States in 1971, but it is owned today by EssilorLuxottica, which is headquartered in France. So Sunglass Hut is an American-origin brand under French ownership.
Since when has EssilorLuxottica owned Sunglass Hut?
EssilorLuxottica has owned Sunglass Hut since 2001.
Is Sunglass Hut still owned by EssilorLuxottica?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Sunglass Hut is still owned by EssilorLuxottica. 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] EssilorLuxottica 2025 Universal Registration Document — EssilorLuxottica, Annual report, published 6 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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