Who owns Waterford?
Waterford is owned by Fiskars Group (Finland, Nasdaq Helsinki: FSKRS), which has owned the brand since 2 July 2015.[1][2][3]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Fiskars Group Annual Report 2025, Fiskars Oyj Abp, 16 February 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Fiskars Oyj Abp reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇮 Finland, Espoo
- Origin
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Furniture & furnishings › Cookware & tableware
- Parent ticker
- Nasdaq Helsinki: FSKRS
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About Waterford
Waterford makes Irish crystal known for the depth of its cutting, and sells on weight, the way the glass handles light and the note it sounds when struck. Its Lismore pattern, created in 1952 by chief designer Miroslav Havel, took its diamond and wedge cuts from Lismore Castle in County Waterford and now runs across glassware, barware and homeware. Fiskars acquired it with the WWRD group on 2 July 2015 and still operates the House of Waterford manufacturing site in Ireland.
Ownership timeline of Waterford
- 2015 – present Fiskars Group [1][2][3] reported
Where Waterford sits in Fiskars Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Fiskars Group brand portfolio (13) →
Other brands owned by Fiskars Group
Fiskars Group controls 13 brands on Brandtree, 12 of them in home, garden & diy.
Also in home, garden & diy
- Arabia
- Fiskars (1649)
- Gerber (1939)
- Hackman (1790)
- Iittala (1881)
- Rogaška
- Rörstrand (1726)
- Royal Albert (1896)
- Royal Copenhagen (1775)
- Royal Doulton (1815)
- Wedgwood (1759)
Other brands in cookware & tableware, and who owns them
Fiskars Group has more brands in cookware & tableware on Brandtree than any other owner: 10 of 42.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Fitz and Floyd | Lifetime Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Nambé | Portmeirion Group | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Ballarini | ZWILLING | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Chicago Cutlery | Corelle Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Duni | Duni Group | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Bordallo Pinheiro | NCFGEST | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
| like. by Villeroy & Boch | Villeroy & Boch | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Mark and Graham | Williams-Sonoma | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Fiskars Group
Fiskars Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Espoo, Finland, founded in 1649. Brandtree records 13 brands under its control, and it is listed as Nasdaq Helsinki: FSKRS.
Fiskars Group is a Finnish consumer goods company that carries the 1649 founding date of the Fiskars ironworks it grew out of. It runs two operationally independent business areas: Vita, which sells tableware, drinkware, jewellery and interior products under Georg Jensen, Royal Copenhagen, Wedgwood, Iittala, Moomin Arabia and Waterford, and Fiskars, which covers gardening, outdoor, scissors and cooking under the Fiskars and Gerber names. Net sales were EUR 1,140.2 million in 2025, of which Vita was about 54 per cent, and it employed roughly 6,600 people across 29 countries. The parent company is domiciled in Raseborg with its registered address in Espoo, and its single share series trades on Nasdaq Helsinki.
Fiskars Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇮🇪 Waterford and other Irish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 33 brands that began in Ireland. 18 of them (55%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Waterford among them.
- Aer Lingus — IAG 🇬🇧
- AerCap — AerCap 🇮🇪
- Baileys — Diageo 🇬🇧
- Bulmers — C&C Group 🇮🇪
- Bus Éireann — CIÉ 🇮🇪
- Carolans Irish Cream — Heaven Hill 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Waterford?
The parent company of Waterford is Fiskars Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in Finland.
Is Waterford Irish or Finnish?
Waterford originated in Ireland, but it is owned today by Fiskars Group, which is headquartered in Finland. So Waterford is an Irish-origin brand under Finnish ownership.
Since when has Fiskars Group owned Waterford?
Fiskars Group has owned Waterford since 2 July 2015.
Is Waterford still owned by Fiskars Group?
Yes. As of 24 September 2026, Waterford is still owned by Fiskars Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (3) & 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] Fiskars Group Annual Report 2025 — Fiskars Oyj Abp, Annual report, published 16 February 2026; retrieved 24 September 2026.
- [2] Fiskars Group — brands: Waterford — Fiskars Oyj Abp, Official document; retrieved 24 September 2026.
- [3] Fiskars Corporation has completed the acquisition of WWRD and extended its portfolio with iconic luxury home and lifestyle brands — Fiskars Oyj Abp, Official press release, published 2 July 2015; retrieved 24 September 2026.
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