Who owns Tom Ford Beauty?
Tom Ford Beauty is owned by Estée Lauder (the United States, NYSE: EL), which has owned the brand since 28 April 2023.[1]
Evidence: The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-08-19, SEC EDGAR, 19 August 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, New York
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 2006
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Cosmetics & fragrance › Fragrance
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: EL
- Trademark registrant
- 001 DEL LLC (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Tom Ford Beauty
Tom Ford Beauty launched in 2006 as a licensed venture between the designer and Estée Lauder, beginning with a fragrance and expanding into cosmetics. Estée Lauder acquired the entire Tom Ford brand, including fashion, in 2023 for $2.3 billion, and licensed the fashion business back out to Ermenegildo Zegna.
Trademark record for Tom Ford Beauty
The USPTO record for the Tom Ford Beauty mark lists 001 DEL LLC as the owner of record (serial number 76409713). A trademark is often held by a group company rather than the listed parent, so the registrant's name can differ from the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Tom Ford Beauty
- 2023 – present Estée Lauder [1] verified
Where Tom Ford Beauty sits in Estée Lauder
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Estée Lauder
Estée Lauder controls 13 brands on Brandtree, 13 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
- AERIN (2012)
- Aveda (1978)
- Bobbi Brown (1991)
- Clinique (1968)
- Darphin (1958)
- Estée Lauder (1946)
- Jo Malone London (1990)
- La Mer (1965)
- M·A·C (1984)
- Origins (1990)
- The Ordinary (2016)
- Too Faced (1998)
Other brands in fragrance, and who owns them
The 20 brands in fragrance on Brandtree belong to 10 owners. The largest is Puig, with 5; Estée Lauder has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Byredo | Puig | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| O Boticário | Grupo Boticário | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Eskulin | Kino Indonesia | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Creed | L'Oréal | 🇫🇷 France |
| Brut | Unilever | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Jafra | Betterware (BeFra) | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| Chanel No. 5 | Chanel | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Twelve Plus | Osotspa | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
About the owner: Estée Lauder
Estée Lauder is a publicly listed company headquartered in New York, United States, founded in 1946. Brandtree records 13 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: EL.
The Estée Lauder Companies was founded in New York in 1946 by Estée and Joseph Lauder. It sells prestige beauty through department stores, travel retail and specialty channels, and the Lauder family retains voting control.
Estée Lauder: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Tom Ford Beauty and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Tom Ford Beauty is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Tom Ford Beauty?
The parent company of Tom Ford Beauty is Estée Lauder, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Tom Ford Beauty American?
Yes. Tom Ford Beauty originated in the United States in 2006 and its owner, Estée Lauder, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has Estée Lauder owned Tom Ford Beauty?
Estée Lauder has owned Tom Ford Beauty since 28 April 2023.
Is Tom Ford Beauty still owned by Estée Lauder?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Tom Ford Beauty is still owned by Estée Lauder. 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] The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-08-19 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 19 August 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: TOM FORD, serial 76409713 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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