Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE: WSM) operates as the world's largest digital-first, design-led and sustainable home retailer through a portfolio of nine distinct brands marketed via e-commerce, direct-mail catalogs, retail stores, and business-to-business channels. The company's website is www.williams-sonomainc.com. From the company’s description.
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What Williams-Sonoma, Inc. does
In the company’s own words
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE: WSM) operates as the world's largest digital-first, design-led and sustainable home retailer through a portfolio of nine distinct brands marketed via e-commerce, direct-mail catalogs, retail stores, and business-to-business channels. The company's website is www.williams-sonomainc.com.
Founded in 1956 by Chuck Williams, the company began as a single store in Sonoma, California selling French cookware and has evolved into a comprehensive home furnishings and kitchen products retailer. The Williams Sonoma brand remains the flagship, offering cookware, tools, electrics, cutlery, tabletop items, food, outdoor products, and furniture. Williams Sonoma Home extends the brand into premium home furnishings and decorative accessories.
The company's portfolio includes Pottery Barn, a premier home furnishings retailer acquired in 1986; Pottery Barn Kids and Pottery Barn Teen, focused on children and teenagers respectively; West Elm, a modern home décor brand founded in Brooklyn; Rejuvenation, acquired in 2011 and known for lighting and hardware; Mark and Graham, a monogrammed lifestyle brand; and GreenRow, launched in 2023 to specialize in sustainable materials and artisan manufacturing.
As of February 1, 2026, Williams-Sonoma operated 506 stores across the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom, with an additional 90 franchised locations in Mexico, South Korea, India, and the Philippines. The company employed approximately 19,800 associates. The company sources approximately 19 percent of products domestically, with 81 percent from foreign suppliers, including 19 percent from China, 16 percent from Vietnam, and 15 percent from India. Manufacturing operations are located in Mississippi, North Carolina, and Oregon, primarily for upholstered furniture and lighting.
The company's competitive advantages include in-house design capabilities, a vertically integrated sourcing organization, proprietary customer data, and an omni-channel platform integrating e-commerce and retail. The business model emphasizes product quality, durability, and sustainability, with stores serving as both brand billboards and omni-fulfillment hubs. The Key Rewards loyalty and credit card program unifies customer relationships across all brands.
Company details
- Sector
- Consumer Discretionary
- Industry (SIC)
- Retail
- Headquarters
- SAN FRANCISCO, CA
- Fiscal year end
- January
- CIK
- 719955
- SIC
- 5700
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2014–2026 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns Williams-Sonoma, Inc. — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Largest fund holders · Williams-Sonoma, Inc.’s weight in each
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