Burberry: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Burberry (LSE: BRBY) is a publicly listed company headquartered in London, United Kingdom that owns 2 consumer brands.[1]
Burberry is one of the few large British luxury houses still independent, having repeatedly been the subject of takeover speculation. Its founder invented gabardine in 1879, the weatherproof fabric that made the trench coat possible and that outfitted polar expeditions and the First World War trenches.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Burberry Group plc
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1856
- Tickers
- LSE: BRBY
- Wikidata
- Q390107
- Website
- www.burberryplc.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Burberry in numbers
- Burberry owns 2 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is apparel, footwear & accessories with 2 brands.[1]
Everything Burberry owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
Burberry in the global legal-entity registry
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) keeps an open register of legal entities. Each entity reports its own parents. We show it as a cross-check on the ownership recorded on this page, which is built from filings.
- Legal entity identifier (LEI)
- 213800PE1KEFCNFR1R50
- Registered name
- BURBERRY GROUP PLC (GB)
- Registration status
- Issued · record updated 14 May 2026
- Parent
- None named: it reports that no person or entity controls it.
- Retrieved
- · GLEIF record (JSON)
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Burberry own?
Burberry owns 2 consumer brands tracked here, including Burberry and The Burberry Trench Coat.
Is Burberry a British company?
Yes. Burberry is headquartered in London, United Kingdom and was founded in 1856.
Who owns Burberry?
Burberry is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as BRBY on the LSE.
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] Burberry Group plc Annual Report 2024/25 — Burberry Group plc, Annual report, published 14 May 2025; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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