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Who owns Urban Outfitters?

Urban Outfitters is owned by URBN (the United States, NASDAQ: URBN).[1]

Key facts

Current owner
Urban Outfitters, Inc. verified
Owned since
Not recorded
Previous owner
None recorded
Owner HQ
🇺🇸 United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Origin
🇺🇸 United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Founded
1970
Category
Apparel, footwear & accessoriesFashion apparelCasual & denim
Parent ticker
NASDAQ: URBN
Last verified
· 1 sources

About Urban Outfitters

Urban Outfitters sells clothing, records and homeware to a student and young adult market, and its shops are deliberately styled as cluttered warehouses. It has drawn repeated criticism for selling designs closely resembling independent makers' work. It also sells vinyl records in sufficient volume to be among the largest physical music retailers in the United States, which few of its customers realise.

Ownership timeline of Urban Outfitters

Owners of Urban Outfitters from 1970 to 2026 URBN 1970–present URBN 197019801990200020102020
  1. 1970 – present URBN [1] verified

Where Urban Outfitters sits in URBN

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Frequently asked questions

Who is the parent company of Urban Outfitters?

The parent company of Urban Outfitters is URBN, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.

Is Urban Outfitters American?

Yes. Urban Outfitters originated in the United States in 1970 and its owner, URBN, is also headquartered in the United States.

Is Urban Outfitters still owned by URBN?

Yes. As of 8 September 2026, Urban Outfitters is still owned by URBN. 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. [1] Urban Outfitters, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-04-01 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 1 April 2026; retrieved 8 September 2026.

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