Marks & Spencer: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Marks & Spencer (LSE: MKS) is a publicly listed company headquartered in London, United Kingdom that owns 4 consumer brands across 2 categories.[1]
Marks & Spencer began as a Leeds market stall in 1884 where everything cost a penny. It is unusual among clothing retailers in that its food business is now larger and more profitable than its clothing, and both trade almost entirely under its own brands.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Marks and Spencer Group plc
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1884
- Tickers
- LSE: MKS
- Wikidata
- Q714491
- Website
- corporate.marksandspencer.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Marks & Spencer in numbers
- Marks & Spencer owns 4 consumer brands tracked here across 2 top-level categories; the largest is apparel, footwear & accessories with 3 brands.[1]
Everything Marks & Spencer 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
Full portfolio, 4 brands, with sources → · Competitors by shared categories →
Official recalls involving Marks & Spencer products
6 recall notices from government regulators matched to Marks & Spencer. Each applies to the specific products, sizes and lot codes named in the notice, not to every product sold under the name.
- Authentic Greek Yoghurt with Vanilla — UK FSA, · Allergy alert
Reason given: Gluten
Recalling firm: Marks & Spencer
- M&S Milk Chocolate Honeycomb — UK FSA, · Allergy alert
Reason given: Peanuts
Recalling firm: Marks & Spencer
- Marks and Spencer Southern Fried Chicken Burgers; Marks and Spencer 2 Chicken Kyivs — UK FSA, · Product recall information notice
Reason given: The presence of salmonella in the products listed above.
Recalling firm: Marks & Spencer
- M & S Smooth Butternut Squash Soup — UK FSA, · Product recall information notice
Reason given: The product may contain pieces of metal making it unsafe to eat.
Recalling firm: Marks & Spencer
- M&S Chocolate Cornflake Mini Bites — UK FSA, · Allergy alert
Reason given: Hazelnuts (nuts), oats (gluten) and wheat (gluten)
Recalling firm: Marks & Spencer
Matched automatically from FDA, USDA FSIS, UK Food Standards Agency and CPSC records only when the recalling firm corresponds to this ownership record and, for a brand, the brand name appears in the product description. Check the linked notice for exact products and lots. Method.
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Marks & Spencer own?
Marks & Spencer owns 4 consumer brands tracked here, including M&S Food, M&S Collection, Per Una and Autograph.
Is Marks & Spencer a British company?
Yes. Marks & Spencer is headquartered in London, United Kingdom and was founded in 1884.
Who owns Marks & Spencer?
Marks & Spencer is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as MKS 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] Marks and Spencer Group plc Annual Report 2025 — Marks and Spencer Group plc, Annual report, published 4 June 2025; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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