The Growth Ledger

If you are looking for the short answer: Ross Stores, Inc. is a publicly traded company. This means it is not owned by a single individual or a private parent company like TJX Companies or Burlington. Instead, it is owned by thousands of shareholders who buy its stock on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol ROST. As of 2026, the vast majority of Ross Stores approximately 90% is owned by large institutional investment firms. The remaining portion is held by individual retail inv