Founded in 1970 and based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Urban Outfitters Inc. (URBN) is a lifestyle specialty retailer that offers fashion apparel and accessories, footwear, home décor and gifts products. The company’s merchandises are generally sold directly to consumers through stores, catalogs, call centers and e-commerce platforms. The company has operations in the United States, Canada and Europe.

The company primarily reports through two segments: 1) Retail segment (93.6% of fiscal 2023 total sales), which comprises brands such as Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Free People, Terrain and BHLDN, and 2) Wholesale segment (5.7% of fiscal 2023 total sales), which is better described through Free People wholesale division (established in 1984) that designs, develops and markets contemporary casual attire for women. Free People, Anthropologie Group and Urban Outfitters wholesale sell their products through approximately 2,300 department and specialty stores worldwide, digital businesses and the Company’s Retail segment.

As of Jul 31, 2023, the company operated 264 Urban Outfitters stores in the United States, Canada and Europe offering apparel, footwear and accessories to younger men and women in the age bracket of 18-28 years; 237 Anthropologie Group stores in the United States, Canada and Europe offering casual clothes and accessories, shoes, home furnishings targeted at women in the age group of 28-45 years; 196 Free People stores  (including 36 FP Movement stores)  in the United States, Canada and Europe offering private label branded merchandise that includes apparel, intimates, shoes, accessories and gifts for women aged between 25 years and 30 years; 11 Menus & Venues restaurants; seven Urban Outfitters franchisee-owned stores and two Anthropologie Group franchisee-owned stores.