Who owns H&M?
H&M is owned by H&M Group (Sweden, STO: HM-B).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Key facts
- Current owner
- H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB reported
- Owned since
- Not recorded
- Previous owner
- None recorded
- Owner HQ
- 🇸🇪 Sweden, Stockholm
- Origin
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Founded
- 1947
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Fashion apparel › Casual & denim
- Parent ticker
- STO: HM-B
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About H&M
The H&M chain sells clothing for women, men and children at low prices across more than seventy markets. Its designer collaborations, beginning with Karl Lagerfeld in 2004, created a format the whole high street copied. The company was founded in Sweden in 1947 as a womenswear shop called Hennes, meaning hers, and remains controlled by the founding family.
Ownership timeline of H&M
Where H&M sits in H&M Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full H&M Group ownership tree →
Other brands owned by H&M Group in apparel, footwear & accessories
Latest news about H&M
No tagged news items yet. Headlines are added nightly from public feeds; only titles and links are stored.
Headlines link to the original publisher. Brandtree does not reproduce article text.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of H&M?
The parent company of H&M is H&M Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in Sweden.
Is H&M Swedish?
Yes. H&M originated in Sweden in 1947 and its owner, H&M Group, is also headquartered in Sweden.
Is H&M still owned by H&M Group?
Yes. As of 6 September 2026, H&M is still owned by H&M Group. 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] H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB Annual and Sustainability Report 2025 — H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB, Annual report, published 26 March 2026; retrieved 6 September 2026.
Report a correction Opens a pre-filled GitHub issue. See our corrections policy.