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Molton Brown UK store locations
What Molton Brown is
Molton Brown is a British-founded, Royal-Warrant-holding prestige bath, body and fragrance house that sells through its own stores, department-store counters, travel retail and online, and also supplies toiletries to five-star hotels worldwide. It is one of the six strategic focus brands in the cosmetics division of its owner, Kao Corporation.
Price tier: Premium
Ownership: Molton Brown Limited (Companies House 02414997) is wholly owned by Kao Corporation of Japan, which bought the business in July 2005 for about 170 million pounds from its private-equity owner and management.
Formats: Molton Brown-run stores in high streets, shopping centres and 28 airport terminals, a smaller group of outlet-village stores, and counters inside department stores such as Harrods, Selfridges, House of Fraser and John Lewis. A first UK Scent Pavilion store format opened at Bluewater in September 2026.
Growth: No public UK store-count target was found. Recent activity points to selective new-format investment, with a Broadgate store in February 2026, a Cotswolds Designer Outlet pop-up in July 2026 and the Bluewater Scent Pavilion, alongside a stated shift toward digital sales.
How many Molton Brown stores are there in each region of the UK?
| South East | 11 |
| Greater London | 10 |
| Scotland | 8 |
| South West | 8 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 8 |
| North West | 7 |
| East of England | 6 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 |
| East Midlands | 3 |
| North East | 3 |
| West Midlands | 2 |
| Wales | 2 |
Who Molton Brown competes with in the UK
- Jo Malone LondonBritish prestige fragrance and bath-and-body house selling through its own stores and department-store counters at a comparable-to-higher price tier · 143 sites
- Ritualshome and body-care brand with a much larger own-store estate on the same high streets and in the same shopping centres, at a lower price point · 131 sites
- The Body Shopbath-and-body gifting competitor with a large UK estate at a mass-market to mid-market price point · 110 sites
- Space NKpremium beauty retailer that sells competing bath, body and fragrance ranges in its own multi-brand stores · 88 sites
How many Molton Brown stores are there in the UK?
75 Molton Brown listings in the UK and Crown Dependencies on the brand's own store finder as at November 2026: 58 stores, which include 28 airport units, and 17 outlet stores. A further 74 official-stockist listings are held separately.
Who owns Molton Brown?
Molton Brown is wholly owned by Kao Corporation of Japan, which acquired it in 2005 and names it one of six strategic focus brands in its cosmetics division.
Where did Molton Brown start?
In 1971 as a hair salon at 58 South Molton Street in Mayfair, London, founded by Caroline Burstein and Michael Collis.
Does Molton Brown sell outside its own stores?
Yes. It sells through counters in department stores, travel retail and online, and supplies toiletries to five-star hotels, which are not counted as Molton Brown stores here.