Who Owns IKEA? IKEA Business Model In A Nutshell

Gennaro Cuofano
Aug 31, 2018 · 1 min read

KEA as a brand comprises two separate owners. INGKA Holding B.V. owns IKEA Group, the holding of the group. At the same time that is held by the Stichting INGKA Foundation, which is the owner of the whole Group. IKEA Group is not the owner of the brand, which is managed by Inter IKEA Systems B.V., part of Inter IKEA B.V. that is the real owner of the IKEA Concept. Thus, IKEA Group is a franchisee that pays 3% of royalties to Inter IKEA Systems.

This organization might sound a bit confusing at first, but I looked into it to see how its business model work.

Gennaro Cuofano

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