own brand

English

Noun

own brand (plural own brands)

1. (UK) A brand name that is associated with or owned by a place of business (often a supermarket, or other chain) that sells products under that name, usually for less money than other brands.

   Supermarkets are fighting national brands with own brand products.

   • 2018, Sally Rooney, “Two Days Later (April 2011)”, in Normal People:

     He stared at his mother across the kitchen while she put a box of own-brand cornflakes into the press.

Synonyms

• store brand (US)
• house brand
• own label
• private label
• private brand

Translations

store brand — see store brand

See also

• white label

Further reading

• “own brand”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “own brand”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “own brand”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “own brand”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.