Zara had 235 franchised stores at 31 January 2026, out of 1,500, Inditex’s annual report shows; Lefties, now counted separately, adds 51 more, so the like-for-like total of 286 matches the 286 of two years earlier. Franchised stores brought in 13% of store sales for Zara, Zara Home and Lefties in fiscal 2025, when that segment’s net sales reached €28,051 million. At 31 July 2026 Zara had 1,487 stores, Inditex’s half-year results say, without a franchise split.
How we source: the figures in the boxes and charts on this page come from Inditex’s own annual filing, with the period stated next to each number. Data checked 8 November 2026. The original article below may quote earlier periods. Our methodology.
Key figures · fiscal 2025 (year to 31 January 2026), the latest store split by ownership; store counts at 31 July 2026 from Inditex's first-half 2026 results. From fiscal 2025 Inditex counts Lefties stores separately from Zara
Group net sales, FY2025€39.86B (≈ $45.1B)+3.2% vs prior year
Zara, Zara Home, Lefties€28.05B (≈ $31.7B)+1.0% vs prior year
Bershka€3.29B (≈ $3.7B)+12.2% vs prior year
Stradivarius€3.00B (≈ $3.4B)+12.7% vs prior year
Pull&Bear€2.55B (≈ $2.9B)+3.1% vs prior year
Massimo Dutti€2.02B (≈ $2.3B)+3.0% vs prior year
Zara franchised stores235 of 1,500 (15.7%)31 January 2026
Sales via franchised stores13% of store sales (Zara, Zara Home, Lefties)FY2025
Zara stores, H1 20261,487 (1,534 a year earlier)31 July 2026
Inditex owns Zara, the Spanish fashion empire owned by Amancio Ortega. His net worth in 2024 stood at over $110 billion, making him the wealthiest man in Spain. Zara is Inditex’s most important asset, contributing over 70% of the group’s revenues. Inditex generated nearly €36 billion in 2023, and Zara generated over €26 billion in the same period.
Zara generated €5 billion in profit before tax in 2023, compared to €4 billion in 2022, nearly €3 billion in 2021, €971 million in 2020, and €3 billion in 2019.
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