Who owns Uniqlo?
Uniqlo is owned by Fast Retailing (Japan, TSE: 9983).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. Annual Report 2025, 28 November 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Yamaguchi
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Hiroshima
- Founded
- 1984
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Fashion apparel › Casual & denim
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 9983
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Uniqlo
Uniqlo sells simple clothing in many colours, built around fabrics developed with textile manufacturers: Heattech for warmth, AIRism for moisture, Ultra Light Down for weight. It positions itself as making components of an outfit rather than fashion. Heattech was developed with Toray, a materials company, and the partnership has run for over two decades.
Ownership timeline of Uniqlo
- Current owner Fast Retailing [1] reported
Where Uniqlo sits in Fast Retailing
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Fast Retailing
Fast Retailing controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
- GU (2006)
- Helmut Lang (1986)
- Theory (1997)
Other brands in casual & denim, and who owns them
The 133 brands in casual & denim on Brandtree belong to 59 owners. The largest is Azzas 2154, with 8; Fast Retailing has 4.
About the owner: Fast Retailing
Fast Retailing is a publicly listed company headquartered in Yamaguchi, Japan, founded in 1963. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 9983.
Fast Retailing grew from a single men's clothing shop founded in Yamaguchi in 1963 and is now the third-largest fashion retailer in the world. Its Uniqlo chain competes on engineered fabrics and long product life rather than on trend turnover, which distinguishes it from Zara and H&M.
Fast Retailing: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇯🇵 Uniqlo and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 448 brands that began in Japan. 22 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Uniqlo is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Uniqlo?
The parent company of Uniqlo is Fast Retailing, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Uniqlo Japanese?
Yes. Uniqlo originated in Japan in 1984 and its owner, Fast Retailing, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Uniqlo still owned by Fast Retailing?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Uniqlo is still owned by Fast Retailing. 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] Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. Annual Report 2025 — Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., Annual report, published 28 November 2025; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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