Who owns CLC Work Gear?
CLC Work Gear is owned by Hultafors Group (Sweden), which has owned the brand since 16 September 2019.[1][2]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Hultafors Group — our brands, Hultafors Group AB. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Hultafors Group AB reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇸🇪 Sweden, Gothenburg
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Mequon, Wisconsin
- Founded
- 1983
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Home improvement › Tools & hardware
- Trademark registrant
- HULTAFORS GROUP NORTH AMERICA, INC. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About CLC Work Gear
CLC Work Gear has made tool storage and work gear since 1983 — belts, bags, pouches, kneepads and gloves rather than the tools that go in them. It is run from Mequon, Wisconsin as part of Hultafors Group North America, and sells on durability and on the materials it uses, under the line "more rugged than ever".
Trademark record for CLC Work Gear
The USPTO record for the CLC Work Gear mark lists HULTAFORS GROUP NORTH AMERICA, INC. as the owner of record (serial number 74089474). That name matches the owner named above.[3]
Ownership timeline of CLC Work Gear
- 2019 – present Hultafors Group [1][2] reported
Where CLC Work Gear sits in Hultafors Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Hultafors Group
Hultafors Group controls 15 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in home, garden & diy.
Also in home, garden & diy
Other brands in tools & hardware, and who owns them
The 44 brands in tools & hardware on Brandtree belong to 15 owners. The largest is Hillman, with 10; Hultafors Group has 7.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Fas-n-Tite | Hillman | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bahco | Snap-on | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Hilti | Hilti | 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein |
| Erbauer | Kingfisher | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Fiskars | Fiskars Group | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Emtek | Fortune Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Husky | The Home Depot | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Blackwoods | Wesfarmers | 🇦🇺 Australia |
About the owner: Hultafors Group
Hultafors Group is a privately held company headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden. Brandtree records 15 brands under its control.
Hultafors Group is a Swedish house of brands for tradespeople, organised into two segments it calls personal protective equipment and hardware solutions. It sells almost nothing under its own name and instead owns the brands professionals actually buy: workwear, safety footwear, hearing and eye protection, hand tools, work lights, tool belts and ladders. It is registered in Gothenburg and is one of the wholly owned operations of Investment AB Latour, the listed Swedish investment company, which lists it alongside Swegon, Nord-Lock Group and Caljan.
Hultafors Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 CLC Work Gear and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, CLC Work Gear among them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of CLC Work Gear?
The parent company of CLC Work Gear is Hultafors Group, a privately held company headquartered in Sweden.
Is CLC Work Gear American or Swedish?
CLC Work Gear originated in the United States in 1983, but it is owned today by Hultafors Group, which is headquartered in Sweden. So CLC Work Gear is an American-origin brand under Swedish ownership.
Since when has Hultafors Group owned CLC Work Gear?
Hultafors Group has owned CLC Work Gear since 16 September 2019.
Is CLC Work Gear still owned by Hultafors Group?
Yes. As of 2 October 2026, CLC Work Gear is still owned by Hultafors Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (3) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Hultafors Group — our brands — Hultafors Group AB, Official document; retrieved 27 September 2026.
- [2] Latour completes acquisition of Custom LeatherCraft Mfg. LLC. — Investment AB Latour, Official press release, published 16 September 2019; retrieved 2 October 2026.
- [3] USPTO: CLC, serial 74089474 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 2 October 2026.
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