The following list is of outdoor brands that are owned by another entity. The brands listed are those specific to the outdoor sporting goods industry. Parent companies may own other brands that are not listed because those other brands are not marketed as outdoor sporting goods. Companies and brands that are not subsidiaries of another company are not listed here.

Amer Sports

Amer Sports

Amer Sports Oyj is the largest manufacturer of sporting equipment in the world. Established in 1950, the company is based in Helsinki, Finland...

• Arc'teryx
  Arc'teryx
  Arc'teryx is an outdoor clothing and sporting goods company founded in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in 1989. The name and logo of Arc'teryx refer to the Archaeopteryx, the earliest known bird...
  
  
• Atomic Skis
  Atomic Skis
  Atomic is an Austrian company which manufactures and sells skiing equipment .-Background:...
  
  
• Mavic
  Mavic
  Mavic is a French bicycle parts manufacturer, its name an acronym for Manufacture d'Articles Vélocipédiques Idoux et Chanel, founded by Charles Idoux and Lucien Chanel. The company is noted as a manufacturer of bicycle wheels. Mavic is based in Annecy, France...
  
  
• Precor USA
  Precor USA
  Precor USA is a manufacturer of fitness equipment for home and commercial uses. Paul J. Byrne is the president of Precor USA. The corporate headquarters of Precor USA is located in Woodinville, Washington, and is a brand name of the Amer Sports corporation....
  
  
• Salomon Group
  Salomon Group
  The Salomon Group is a sports equipment manufacturing company that originated in Annecy, France. The company was started in 1947 by François Salomon and his wife and son. In 1997 it became part of the Adidas group. On 2 May 2005, Adidas-Salomon announced that it had agreed to sell the Salomon...
  
  
• Suunto
  Suunto
  Suunto Oy, based in Finland, is a company that produces and markets sports precision instruments for Diving, Training and Outdoor sports. Headquartered in Vantaa, Suunto employs more than 500 people worldwide, and its products are sold in over 100 countries...
  
  
• Wilson Sporting Goods
  Wilson Sporting Goods
  The Wilson Sporting Goods Company is a sports equipment manufacturer based in Chicago, Illinois, and currently is a foreign subsidiary of the Finnish company Amer Sports....
  
  

Columbia Sportswear

Columbia Sportswear

Columbia Sportswear Company is a United States company that manufactures and distributes outerwear and sportswear. It was founded in 1938 by the late Paul Lamfrom, father of present chairperson Gert Boyle. The company is headquartered in Washington County, Oregon, in an unincorporated part of the...

• Montrail
  Montrail
  Montrail Corporation is headquartered in Richmond, California. The company manufactures and distributes footwear for trail running, hiking, and general long distance running....
  
  
• Mountain Hardwear
  Mountain Hardwear
  Mountain Hardwear, founded in 1993, is a California -based company that manufactures outdoor clothing, backpacks, sleeping bags, tents, and gloves. Columbia Sportswear purchased Mountain Hardwear in 2003. The company is headquartered in Richmond, California.-History:In 1993, a small group of...
  
  
• Pacific Trail (company)
• Sorel (company)

Equip Outdoor Technologies

• Integral Designs
• Lowe Alpine
  Lowe Alpine
  Lowe Alpine is an outdoor equipment manufacturer and supplier that originated in Colorado and is now an international company. The company is currently owned by ....
  
  
• Rab
• Pod / Podsacs

Fenix Outdoor AB

• Brunton
  Brunton, Inc.
  Brunton, Inc. is a manufacturer of technical gear for outdoor activity located in Riverton, Wyoming. Brunton is well known for innovation in the categories of recreational compasses and navigation gear, binoculars, backpacking equipment, family camping, GPS, headlamps, solar panels for portable...
  
  
• Primus
  Primus stove
  The Primus stove, the first pressurized-burner kerosene stove, was developed in 1892 by Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist, a factory mechanic in Stockholm, Sweden. The stove was based on the design of the hand-held blowtorch; Lindqvist’s patent covered the burner, which was turned upward on the stove...
  
  
• Fjällräven
• Partioaitta
• Tierra
• Naturkompaniet
• Hanwag

Jarden

Jarden

Jarden Corporation, is an America conglomerate of many well-known consumer product brands in the areas of kitchen electronics, kitchen cookware, kitchen tools, gaming, arts & crafts, home storage, and clothing. In 2006, it was ranked #585 on the Fortune 1000...

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K2 Sports

K-2, Corporation. was founded in 1961 by brothers Bill and Don Kirschner on Vashon Island, near Seattle, Washington. K2 is known for pioneering fiberglass ski technology, which made skis significantly lighter and more lively than their wood and metal contemporaries...

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• Adio
  Adio
  Adio Footwear is a skateboarding footwear and clothing company, founded by skater Chris Miller in 1999. It was later acquired by K2, based in Carlsbad, California. K2 was acquired by the Jarden Corporation in 2007....
  
  
• Atlas
• Earth shoes
• ExOfficio
• Full Tilt
• Hawk Shoes
• Liquid
• LINE
• Marker
  Marker (alpine bindings)
  Marker has been a manufacturer of alpine ski bindings since 1952. Founded by Hannes Marker, the company is known for pioneering releasable binding technology. Marker's first model, the Duplex, led the way and was followed in 1953 by the highest binding ever, the simplex toe...
  
  
• Marmot
  Marmot (company)
  Marmot is an outdoor clothing and sporting goods company founded in 1973. The company was founded by two University of California, Santa Cruz students who wished to make their own mountaineering equipment. The company has received numerous awards, including Backpacker magazine's Editor's Choice...
  
  
• Madshus
  Madshus
  Madshus is an Norwegian ski and ski-equipment manufacturer, located at Biri in Gjøvik. The company produces cross-country skis and ski-boots.- History :...
  
  
• Morrow
• Tubbs
• Völkl
  Völkl
  Völkl is a sports equipment manufacturer based in Germany. It is a subsidiary of the Jarden Corporation. Initially it manufactured skis, but has extended its line to snowboards, outerwear, and tennis gear...
  
  

Johnson Outdoors

Johnson Outdoors

Johnson Outdoors Inc. produces outdoor recreational products such as watercraft, diving equipment, compasses and navigational products, and outdoor clothing.-Company history:...

• Eureka! Tent Company
  Eureka! Tent Company
  Eureka! Tent Company is an American company that sells Eureka! brand products to the outdoor recreation, rental, special events and military markets by Johnson Outdoors Inc., a global outdoor recreation company. The brand, part of Johnson Outdoors’ Outdoor Equipment group, is headquartered in...
  
  
• Silva (brand name within USA and Canada, as separate from Silva Sweden AB
  Silva compass
  Silva compass, or Silva of Sweden, aka Silva Sweden AB is an outdoors products company, most known for their high-grade compasses and other navigational equipment including GPS tools, mapping software, and altimeters for aircraft. They also offer a marine range...
  
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• Tech40

Kellwood Company

Kellwood Company

Kellwood Company designs, manufactures, and markets a growing collection of premier fashion brands across a broad range of consumer lifestyles including Vince, Rebecca Taylor, ADAM, Baby Phat, Phat Farm, Sag Harbor, Briggs NY, Jolt, and My Michelle as well as licensed brands XOXO and David Meister...

 through American Recreation Products

• Kelty
  Kelty (company)
  Kelty is a manufacturer of backpacks, tents, and sleeping bags owned by American Recreation Products. They are based in Boulder, Colorado and were started by Asher "Dick" Kelty Kelty is a manufacturer of backpacks, tents, and sleeping bags owned by American Recreation Products. They are based in...
  
  
• Royal Robbins
• Sierra Designs
• Slumberjack
• Swiss Gear
• Wenzel

Lafuma Group

Lafuma

Lafuma is a French based company that specializes in outdoor equipment and clothing, such as backpacks, sleeping bags, and footwear. They also offer a wide variety of other equipment, earning comparisons to United States based companies such as Patagonia and Columbia Sportswear. Lafuma owns Oxbow...

• Eider (company)
• Killy (company)
• Le Chameau
• Millet
  Millet (manufacturer)
  Millet is a French based company that specializes in outdoor equipment, such as backpacks and sleeping bags. They also offer a wide variety of other equipment, earning comparisons to United States based companies such as Timberland and Columbia Sportswear....
  
  
• Ober (company)
• Oxbow (company)

VF Corporation

• Eastpak
  Eastpak
  Eastpak is an American manufacturer of packs, bags, luggage and clothing. It is part of the VF Corporation, brand portfolio which is one of the world's largest apparel companies.-Founding:...
  
  
• Eagle Creek (company)
• JanSport
  JanSport
  JanSport is a brand of backpacks owned by VF Corporation, one of the world's largest apparel companies. The company was founded in 1967 in Seattle, Washington by Jan Lewis , Murray Pletz and Skip Yowell...
  
  
• Kipling
  Kipling Brand
  Kipling is a bag brand founded in 1987 in Antwerp, Belgium. Kipling brand is part of VF Corporation since 2004. Their most famous collection is Basic, recognizable from its crinkled nylon fabric and its monkey zipper.-Current Status:...
  
  
• Napapijri
• The North Face
  The North Face
  The North Face, Inc. is an American outdoor product company specializing in outerwear, fleece, shirts, footwear, and equipment such as backpacks, tents, and sleeping bags....
  
  
• Reef
  Reef sandals
  Reef sandals are a brand of casual sandals, known as flip-flops. Two Argentine brothers, Fernando and Santiago Aguerre, created their brand in the 1980s to support their active lifestyles. Their involvement in the surfing scene led them to open their own surf shop in Argentina in the 1970s. ...
  
  
• SmartWool
  Smartwool
  SmartWool is a company founded by New England ski instructors Peter and Patty Duke in Steamboat Springs, Colorado in 1994 and acquired by the Timberland Company in 2005. The company makes eponymous products primarily from treated merino wool. SmartWool claims that this proprietary treatment makes...
  
  
• The Timberland Company
  The Timberland Company
  The Timberland Company is an American manufacturer and retailer of outdoors wear with a focus on footwear. Its three key locations are in Stratham, New Hampshire; Danville, Kentucky; and Ontario, California....
  
  
• Vans
  Vans
  Vans is an American based manufacturer of sneakers, skateboarding shoes, BMX shoes, snowboarding boots and other shoe types.- History :On March 16, 1966, at 704 E. Broadway, in Anaheim, California, brothers Paul Van Doren, James Van Doren, and three other partners opened up their first store...