Who owns Zara?
Zara is owned by Inditex (Spain, BME: ITX).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Inditex Annual Report 2025, Industria de Diseño Textil, S.A, 11 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Industria de Diseño Textil, S.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇪🇸 Spain, Arteixo
- Origin
- 🇪🇸 Spain, A Coruña
- Founded
- 1975
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Fashion apparel › Casual & denim
- Parent ticker
- BME: ITX
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Zara
Zara opened its first shop in A Coruña in 1975 and defined fast fashion by shortening the cycle from design to shop floor to a matter of weeks, restocking constantly in small batches so shoppers return often. It generates the majority of Inditex revenue.
Ownership timeline of Zara
Where Zara sits in Inditex
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Inditex
Inditex controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
- Bershka (1998)
- Massimo Dutti (1985)
- Oysho (2001)
- Pull&Bear (1991)
- Stradivarius (1994)
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; Inditex has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Fábula | Azzas 2154 | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Carter's | Carter's | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Duck Head | Oxford Industries | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cortefiel | Tendam | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| & Other Stories | H&M Group | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| GU | Fast Retailing | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| BSX | Giordano | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
| GOBI | Gobi | 🇲🇳 Mongolia |
About the owner: Inditex
Inditex is a publicly listed company headquartered in Arteixo, Spain, founded in 1985. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as BME: ITX.
Inditex is the largest fashion retailer in the world, built by Amancio Ortega from a Galician dressing-gown workshop into a group that can design, make and deliver a garment to shops within weeks. Its response time, not its designs, is the business, and Ortega remains its largest shareholder.
🇪🇸 Zara and other Spanish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 119 brands that began in Spain. 55 of them (46%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Zara is not one of them.
- Balenciaga — Kering 🇫🇷
- Cortefiel — Tendam 🇪🇸
- Loewe — LVMH 🇫🇷
- Mango — Mango 🇪🇸
- Medical Óptica Audición — Fielmann Group 🇩🇪
- Meller — Lenskart 🇮🇳
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Zara?
The parent company of Zara is Inditex, a publicly listed company headquartered in Spain.
Is Zara Spanish?
Yes. Zara originated in Spain in 1975 and its owner, Inditex, is also headquartered in Spain.
Is Zara still owned by Inditex?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Zara is still owned by Inditex. 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] Inditex Annual Report 2025 — Industria de Diseño Textil, S.A., Annual report, published 11 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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