--- title: Jellycat: 2026 TIME100 Most Influential Companies description: Find out why Jellycat was selected for TIME‘s list of the most influential companies of 2026. canonical: https://time.com/collection/time100-most-influential-companies/2026/jellycat/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2026-04-30T13:58:44.926Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-12T07:03:04.668Z article:section: Business og:title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2026: Jellycat og:description: Find out why Jellycat is on the list og:url: https://time.com/collection/time100-most-influential-companies/2026/jellycat/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee99bc5d117522ad/69d7dc0f17913973699815f3/time100-companies-2026-jellycat.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2026: Jellycat og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2026: Jellycat twitter:description: Find out why Jellycat is on the list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee99bc5d117522ad/69d7dc0f17913973699815f3/time100-companies-2026-jellycat.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 30, 2026 # Jellycat Immersive world of plushies by [Charlotte Hu](https://time.com/author/charlotte-hu/) ## Charlotte Hu Associate Editor  Courtesy Jellycat The collectible toys craze shows little sign of slowing, with the [plush industry growing 102% from 2019 to 2024](https://www.toyassociation.org/ta/toys/research-and-data/data/us-sales-data.aspx). But British toymaker [Jellycat](https://time.com/6234061/toys-for-adults-popularity/), known for its whimsical soft plushies of animals, food, and everyday objects, has gained a unique cult following by building worlds around its stuffed toys. “We realized fans wanted real, joyful, memory‑making moments,” CEO Arnaud Meysselle says of the brand’s first experience, the Jellycat Diner, which opened in FAO Schwarz in New York in 2023\. “The reaction was beyond anything we could have imagined.” More experiential activations and pop-ups followed in 2024 and 2025, like the Jellycat Patisserie at Galeries Lafayette Paris and the Jellycat Ski Club in L.A., plus shop-in-shop locations, including at Harrods London. The company, which works with more than 7,000 retailers in 80 countries, saw sales jump from $7 million in 2013 to $252 million in 2023 and $446 million in 2024\. In 2026, Jellycat opened spaces in Milan, Copenhagen, and Stuttgart, Germany, with Hong Kong on the horizon. This summer, the company plans to expand its partnerships with Nordstrom in the U.S. and Holt Renfrew in Canada. Meysselle says a few more surprises could be in store before Christmas. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collection/time100-most-influential-companies/2026/jellycat/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collection/time100-most-influential-companies/2026/jellycat/"},"headline":"Jellycat","datePublished":"2026-04-30T13:58:44.926Z","dateModified":"2026-05-12T07:03:04.668Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collection/time100-most-influential-companies/2026/jellycat/","keywords":["TIME100 Companies","franchise","list"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee99bc5d117522ad/69d7dc0f17913973699815f3/time100-companies-2026-jellycat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Hu","jobTitle":"Associate Editor","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-hu/"}],"creator":"Charlotte Hu","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee99bc5d117522ad/69d7dc0f17913973699815f3/time100-companies-2026-jellycat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collection/time100-most-influential-companies/2026/jellycat/","name":"Jellycat"}}]}] ```