Who owns Van Cleef & Arpels?
Van Cleef & Arpels is owned by Richemont (Switzerland, SIX: CFR).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Compagnie Financière Richemont SA Annual Report 2025, 16 May 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Compagnie Financière Richemont SA reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland, Geneva
- Origin
- 🇫🇷 France, Paris
- Founded
- 1896
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Luxury goods › Jewellery & watches
- Parent ticker
- SIX: CFR
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Van Cleef & Arpels
Van Cleef & Arpels was founded on the Place Vendôme in 1906 and patented the Mystery Setting in 1933, a technique that holds stones with no visible metal. Its Alhambra clover motif, introduced in 1968, has become one of the most recognisable in fine jewellery.
Ownership timeline of Van Cleef & Arpels
Where Van Cleef & Arpels sits in Richemont
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Richemont
Richemont controls 13 brands on Brandtree, 11 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
- A. Lange & Söhne (1845)
- Alaïa (1979)
- Cartier (1847)
- Chloé (1952)
- Dunhill (1893)
- IWC Schaffhausen (1868)
- Jaeger-LeCoultre (1833)
- Panerai (1860)
- Piaget (1874)
- Vacheron Constantin (1755)
Other brands in jewellery & watches, and who owns them
The 72 brands in jewellery & watches on Brandtree belong to 17 owners. The largest is Signet Jewelers, with 9; Richemont has 8.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Banter by Piercing Pagoda | Signet Jewelers | 🇧🇲 Bermuda |
| CaratLane | Titan | 🇮🇳 India |
| Blancpain | Swatch Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Bulgari | LVMH | 🇫🇷 France |
| Concord | Movado Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Pandora | Pandora | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| ARTA by PNJ | PNJ | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
| ATTESA | Citizen Watch | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: Richemont
Richemont is a publicly listed company headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, founded in 1988. Brandtree records 13 brands under its control, and it is listed as SIX: CFR.
Richemont was created in 1988 when South African businessman Johann Rupert separated the international assets of Rembrandt Group into a Swiss holding company. It is the largest jewellery group in the world, built on Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels, and the Rupert family retains voting control.
🇫🇷 Van Cleef & Arpels and other French brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 322 brands that began in France. 100 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Van Cleef & Arpels among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Van Cleef & Arpels?
The parent company of Van Cleef & Arpels is Richemont, a publicly listed company headquartered in Switzerland.
Is Van Cleef & Arpels French or Swiss?
Van Cleef & Arpels originated in France in 1896, but it is owned today by Richemont, which is headquartered in Switzerland. So Van Cleef & Arpels is a French-origin brand under Swiss ownership.
Is Van Cleef & Arpels still owned by Richemont?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Van Cleef & Arpels is still owned by Richemont. 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] Compagnie Financière Richemont SA Annual Report 2025 — Compagnie Financière Richemont SA, Annual report, published 16 May 2025; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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