Who owns H&M, COS and ARKET
One Swedish group holds all of them — and publishes a factory list you can actually open. What that list shows, and what it leaves out.
Brands we have documented in this group
| Brand | Category | Price band | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| H&M | Clothing | € | Namesake brand of the group |
| COS | Clothing | €€ | Own stores and online |
| ARKET | Clothing | €€ | Own stores and online |
| & Other Stories | Clothing, accessories | €€ | Own stores and online |
| Weekday | Clothing | € | Own stores and online |
| Monki | Clothing | € | Standalone stores closed in 2025; continues online via Weekday |
This table lists the brands documented at cromavo, not the group’s full portfolio — the group publishes that itself, linked in the sources below. Checked 27 July 2026.
One group, several price bands
H&M, COS and ARKET look like separate houses on the high street, and they are positioned that way on purpose. Behind them stands a single listed Swedish company, H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB. The group states the brand portfolio itself; the entries in the table below are the ones we have documented and checked individually.
For a buyer the ownership matters less than what follows from it. All of these brands fall under the same group-wide supplier disclosure — the same list, the same rules, regardless of whether a shirt cost 15 or 69 euros.
What the supplier list actually gives you
The group has published a supplier list since 2013 and takes part in the Transparency Pledge, which sets out what such a list has to contain: factory names, addresses, the type of product made there and the number of people employed. That is more than most of the industry publishes, and it can be opened by anyone.
What it does not give you is a link between a specific garment and a specific factory. You can see where the group produces. You cannot see where your shirt was made, what the fabric cost per metre, or what the people who sewed it were paid. We name that gap rather than letting the existence of a list stand in for an answer.
A published supplier list tells you where a group produces. It does not tell you what your own garment cost to make.
Brands
Sources
4 in total · archived internally- Markenübersicht des Konzerns (Eigenangabe) — H&M Group Read 27 July 2026
- Lieferkette und Transparenz — öffentliche Lieferantenliste seit 2013, Transparency Pledge — H&M Group Read 27 July 2026
- Einstellung der Marke Cheap Monday (Abschluss Juni 2019) — Beleg dafür, dass die Markenübersicht nicht in allen Punkten aktuell ist — The Business of Fashion Read 27 July 2026
- Schließung der eigenständigen Monki-Filialen 2025, Weiterführung über Weekday — FashionUnited Read 27 July 2026
Questions readers ask
Does H&M own COS?
Yes. COS is a brand of H&M Group, not an independent house — and not part of Inditex, a mix-up we see often. The group states its brand portfolio itself.
Are COS and H&M made in the same factories?
They fall under the same group-wide supplier list, which names factories and countries for the group as a whole. The list does not assign individual garments to individual factories, so the honest answer is that we cannot tell you whether a specific COS piece and a specific H&M piece share a production site.
Is Monki still around?
As a brand yes, as a shop of its own no. H&M Group announced in November 2024 that all standalone Monki stores would close during 2025, with a limited number converting to Weekday. The brand continues online through the Weekday platform.
Does a published supplier list mean the clothes are made fairly?
No, and it does not claim to. It documents where production happens and how many people work there. Wages, margins and working conditions at a specific site are not part of it, and we do not treat the list as evidence for them.