Who owns W.KRUK?
W.KRUK is owned by VRG (Poland, WSE: VRG), which has owned the brand since 2008.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: VRG S.A. Capital Group consolidated semi-annual report for the first half of 2026, 20 August 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- VRG S.A. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇵🇱 Poland, Kraków
- Origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- Founded
- 1840
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Luxury goods › Jewellery & watches
- Parent ticker
- WSE: VRG
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About W.KRUK
W.KRUK is the oldest jewellery brand in Poland, which marked its 185th anniversary in 2025. It sells gold, platinum and diamond jewellery, some of it made in its own workshop near Poznań, and was the first in Poland to sell laboratory-grown diamonds, in 2019. Its shops also retail watches from brands such as Rolex and Cartier. VRG took control of W.KRUK S.A. in 2008, and it has had shops in Hungary since November 2023.
Ownership timeline of W.KRUK
Where W.KRUK sits in VRG
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by VRG
VRG controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
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; VRG has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Banter by Piercing Pagoda | Signet Jewelers | 🇧🇲 Bermuda |
| A. Lange & Söhne | Richemont | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| CaratLane | Titan | 🇮🇳 India |
| Blancpain | Swatch Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Bulgari | LVMH | 🇫🇷 France |
| Concord | Movado Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Pandora | Pandora | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| ARTA by PNJ | PNJ | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
About the owner: VRG
VRG is a publicly listed company headquartered in Kraków, Poland, founded in 1948. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as WSE: VRG.
VRG is a Polish group based in Kraków that designs and sells men's and women's clothing and runs the W.KRUK and Lilou jewellery chains. It began as a state clothing enterprise created in Kraków in 1948, listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 1993, and grew by merging with Wólczanka in 2006, W.KRUK in 2008 and Bytom in 2018. In 2025 it had revenue of PLN 1,504.8 million, more than half of it from jewellery, and net profit of PLN 98.2 million. A shareholders' agreement between Jan Kolański, his family foundation and companies of the Colian group holds 42.58 per cent.
🇵🇱 W.KRUK and other Polish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 91 brands that began in Poland. 18 of them (20%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; W.KRUK is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of W.KRUK?
The parent company of W.KRUK is VRG, a publicly listed company headquartered in Poland.
Is W.KRUK Polish?
Yes. W.KRUK originated in Poland in 1840 and its owner, VRG, is also headquartered in Poland.
Since when has VRG owned W.KRUK?
VRG has owned W.KRUK since 2008.
Is W.KRUK still owned by VRG?
Yes. As of 17 September 2026, W.KRUK is still owned by VRG. 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] VRG S.A. Capital Group consolidated semi-annual report for the first half of 2026 — VRG S.A., Stock exchange filing, published 20 August 2026; retrieved 17 September 2026.
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