Arc'teryx is owned by Amer Sports (Finland, NYSE: AS), which acquired the brand on 1 October 2005, as part of a €485 million deal that also included Salomon and Atomic.[1][2] Arc'teryx was founded in 1989 in North Vancouver and was independent until 2005.
Evidence: Amer Sports, Inc. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-02-26, SEC EDGAR, 26 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Arc'teryx makes technical mountain clothing and climbing equipment, founded in Vancouver in 1989 and named after the archaeopteryx. It builds its shell jackets with taped seams and laminated construction at prices well above the rest of the outdoor market, and it has become an urban status garment as much as a mountaineering one.
Sentences about Arc'teryx from Amer Sports's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
For example, Arc'teryx provides warranties on its packs, accessories and apparel for the "Practical Product Lifespan" which can be an extended period, such that warranty claims for such products may be brought many years after the product was sold.
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Amer Sports controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
The 52 brands in outdoor & workwear on Brandtree belong to 28 owners. The largest is Clarus, with 5; Amer Sports has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| PG Golf | Acushnet | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Black Diamond | Clarus | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cannon | Johnson Outdoors | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Kathmandu | KMD Brands | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| Dickies | VF Corporation | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Callaway Golf | Callaway Golf | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Columbia | Columbia Sportswear | 🇺🇸 United States |
| B'Twin | Decathlon | 🇫🇷 France |
Amer Sports is a publicly listed company headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, founded in 1950. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: AS.
Amer Sports was a Finnish tobacco and publishing company that turned itself into a sporting goods group by acquisition. A consortium led by China's Anta Sports bought it in 2019 and relisted it in New York in 2024, so a portfolio of Alpine and American sports brands is now controlled from Fujian.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 178 brands that began in Canada. 45 of them (25%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Arc'teryx among them.
Amer Sports acquired the Salomon group from adidas for about EUR 485 million, taking Salomon, Arc'teryx and Atomic in one transaction. adidas had bought Salomon in 1997 and concluded that winter sports equipment did not fit alongside football boots.
The parent company of Arc'teryx is Amer Sports, a publicly listed company headquartered in Finland.
Arc'teryx originated in Canada in 1989, but it is owned today by Amer Sports, which is headquartered in Finland. So Arc'teryx is a Canadian-origin brand under Finnish ownership.
Amer Sports completed its acquisition of Arc'teryx on 1 October 2005, after announcing the deal on 2 May 2005. The deal, which also included Salomon and Atomic, was valued at €485 million (enterprise value).
Arc'teryx was an independent company from its founding in 1989 in North Vancouver until Amer Sports acquired it in 2005.
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Arc'teryx is still owned by Amer Sports. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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