Kering
Luxury goods · France
Kering owns luxury Houses including Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta and Balenciaga, plus jewelry and eyewear, and sells mostly through its own stores.
What makes it different
Most sales come through stores it runs itself.
76%Revenue from own storesFY2025
Controlling its own stores lets each House manage prices and exclusivity instead of relying on wholesalers.
How big it is
How big is Kering?
€14.7BRevenueFY2025
1,719StoresFY2025
43,731EmployeesFY2025
How it makes money FY2025
Gucci is the biggest House.
- Gucci40%€5,992M
- Yves Saint Laurent18%€2,643M
- Bottega Veneta12%€1,706M
- Kering Eyewear and Corporate11%€1,631M
- Other Houses20%€2,900M
How the business works
Own the Houses. Let each create.
- 1Gucci, Saint Laurent, others
- 2Each House's own craft
- 3Mostly in own stores
Each House keeps its own design and production under one group.
Who owns it
- Institutional investors52.7%
- Artémis (Pinault family holding)42.3%
- Individual shareholders4.2%
CEO: Luca de Meo
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 1963Pinault group founded
- 1988Listed on the Paris Stock Exchange
- 1999Entry into luxury with Gucci
- 2001Bottega Veneta and Balenciaga join
- 2005PPR; François-Henri Pinault leads
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Kering's own reports.
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What Kering tracks19 metrics
Directly operated stores
Employees
Women managers
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from5 regions
Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan)
Western Europe
North America
The full timeline21 moments
2021
2022
2024
Kering vs LVMHside by side
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