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Louis Vuitton vs Hermès

Louis Vuitton was founded in 1854 and is owned by LVMH. Hermès was founded in 1837 and is owned by Hermès International (family-controlled, listed).

	Louis Vuitton	Hermès
Founded	1854	1837
Owner	LVMH	Hermès International (family-controlled, listed)
Category on Casadi	luxury	luxury
Revenue	EUR 37.77 billion (FY2025; a reporting segment that includes other brands)	EUR 16.00 billion (FY2025; the whole company)
Stores	2,300 (FY2025; a reporting segment that includes other brands)	294 (FY2025; the house itself)
Employees	211,552 (FY2025; the whole company)	26,494 (FY2025; the whole company)

The revenue figures are reported at different levels (house, segment or whole company), so they are not a like-for-like comparison. Figures are as published, with no currency conversion.

Louis Vuitton, revenue: Segment-level: LVMH Fashion & Leather Goods business group (Louis Vuitton, Dior, Celine, Loewe, Fendi, Loro Piana and others). Brand revenue not disclosed.
Louis Vuitton, stores: Segment-level: LVMH Fashion & Leather Goods network of 'around 2,300 stores' (all F&LG maisons combined). Brand-level count not disclosed.
Louis Vuitton, employees: Group-level: all LVMH employees. Brand headcount not disclosed.
Hermès, revenue: Hermès group consolidated revenue; effectively single-brand (all 16 métiers).
Hermès, stores: 294 stores in 45 countries.
Hermès, employees: Group headcount at end-2025 (single brand).

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Louis Vuitton vs Hermès

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