About the ownership data

What a record is

Each row links a firm to a brand, says what kind of stake the source describes, names the date that fact refers to when there is one, and links the source. Open Eye currently lists 955 current stakes, 14 exited or ended stakes, 962 brands, 51 firms, and 69 sources. Records were last checked on Sep 22, 2026.

A missing name is not a finding. Portfolio sites are incomplete, stakes change, and a row is included when a source supports it.

Firm labels

This half of Open Eye is called Who owns what. A firm label says what kind of owner the record is. Corporate parent means a company that owns a portfolio of brands or businesses, such as a consumer-goods group. Private equity means a buyout or investment firm. Asset manager means a fund manager. A fund weight is a holding inside a fund. Holding company means a company that owns operating subsidiaries. A minority stake in one of those parents stays a minority stake.

Stake labels

• Controlling stake. The source says the firm has control, a majority, or a consolidated subsidiary. Other investors can still hold a minority.
• Minority stake. The source describes a large minority, an anchor stake, or a stated percentage below control. A 21% stake in a parent company is not a 21% stake in one of that parent's brands.
• Portfolio investment. The firm lists the company as a current investment, or a release says an acquisition closed, and the source does not state a percentage.
• Fund holding. A weight inside a fund run by an asset manager. The shares are held for the fund's investors. That is not a buyout and not day-to-day control of the company.

Confidence

High. A company filing, a company release, or an official portfolio page states the relationship, and nothing reviewed contradicts it.

Medium. A news report is the latest account, the firm declined to comment, or the newest primary list is old enough that an unreported exit is plausible.

Low. Reserved for rows kept only as unverified. None of the current rows use that label.

Franchisees and fund holders

Many restaurant and service locations are owned by franchisees. A stake in Arby's, Subway, or Dunkin' is a stake in the brand platform, not in each restaurant.

BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street are asset managers. BlackRock is not Blackstone. Jersey Mike's majority stake, closed January 16, 2025, is a Blackstone transaction. The BlackRock rows in this list are the largest positions inside one fund, the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, as of June 30, 2026.

Headquarters

Each firm has one headquarters region: United States, Europe, or another headquarters. Search, the firm list, and category pages can be limited to United States or Europe. All includes every firm, including headquarters outside those two regions. A company with listings, offices, or sales in more than one place still has one region, taken from the headquarters its filing or report names. The firm page states the country, that office, and a note when the business is wider than the label.