Brooks Brothers
The name is licensed to other makers for some or all of what carries it.
Verified Owner backed by a register page, filing or official source we opened.
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Ownership
- 1818 Founded
- Now Authentic Brands Group (trademark owner); Catalyst Brands operates it under licence (successor to SPARC Group, Jan 2025) Brand-management company
- 2026 Checked
- Kind of name
- Licensed nameThe company that owns the trademark doesn’t necessarily make the product. Quality follows the licensee, not the name.
- Market tier
- Premium
- Outlet line
- Brooks Brothers Factory stores (made-for-outlet line)
- Seen at off-price
- Sometimes
- Also appears as
- Brooks Brothers 1818 · Red Fleece · Brooks Brothers Factory
Notes
Oldest US clothier; Chapter 11 July 2020, bought by SPARC (ABG/Simon) Sept 2020; Catalyst Brands also runs Aéropostale, Eddie Bauer, Lucky Brand and Nautica. Licences: Luxottica eyewear, Interparfums fragrance, Turko Textiles home. Canadian stores (run by Ted Baker Canada) closed 2024. [Fact-check 29 Oct 2026: corrected after source review.]
A second research pass found
- Owner: Authentic Brands Group
- Kind of name: Licensed name
ABG and SPARC bought Brooks Brothers out of bankruptcy in 2020. Since Jan 2025 the US operating company is Catalyst Brands (SPARC merged with JCPenney; shareholders Simon, Brookfield, ABG and Shein). Outside the US the name is licensed regionally.