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URBN: brands it owns and its ownership tree

URBN (NASDAQ: URBN) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States that owns 4 consumer brands.[1]

URBN began as a single Philadelphia shop in 1970 selling secondhand clothes and household oddities to students. It now runs several chains aimed at distinctly different customers, which is unusual for a company of its size and is what has kept it growing as tastes moved.

Company facts

Legal name
Urban Outfitters, Inc.
Type
publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
Headquarters
🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Founded
1970
Tickers
NASDAQ: URBN
SEC CIK
0000912615
Website
www.urbn.com
Last verified
· 1 sources

URBN in numbers

Everything URBN owns

Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

Everything URBN owns Tree of 4 brands under URBN. URBN Anthropologie Free People Nuuly Urban Outfitters

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Frequently asked questions

What brands does URBN own?

URBN owns 4 consumer brands tracked here, including Urban Outfitters, Nuuly, Free People and Anthropologie.

Is URBN an American company?

Yes. URBN is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States and was founded in 1970.

Who owns URBN?

URBN is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as URBN on the NASDAQ.

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. [1] Urban Outfitters, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-04-01 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 1 April 2026; retrieved 8 September 2026.

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