Who owns FootJoy?
FootJoy is owned by Acushnet (the United States, NYSE: GOLF), which has owned the brand since 1985.[1]
Evidence: Acushnet Holdings Corp. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-27, SEC EDGAR, 27 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Acushnet Holdings Corp. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Fairhaven, Massachusetts
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Sportswear & footwear › Athletic footwear
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: GOLF
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About FootJoy
FootJoy makes golf shoes, gloves, outerwear and apparel, and Acushnet says it has been the most worn shoe on the PGA Tour since 1945 and is the best-selling golf glove. Acushnet acquired FootJoy in 1985. FootJoy products brought in $570 million in 2025, and its MyJoys service lets golfers customise shoes with colours and logos.
What Acushnet's annual report says about FootJoy
Sentences about FootJoy from Acushnet's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Titleist has been the #1 ball in professional golf for over 75 years and FootJoy has been the #1 shoe on the PGA Tour for eight decades.
We operate under the following three reportable segments: (i) Titleist golf equipment, (ii) FootJoy golf wear and (iii) Golf gear, which represented approximately 62%, 22% and 10%, respectively, of net sales in 2025.
How often Acushnet names FootJoy in its annual report
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.
Ownership timeline of FootJoy
Where FootJoy sits in Acushnet
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Acushnet
Acushnet controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
Other brands in athletic footwear, and who owns them
The 22 brands in athletic footwear on Brandtree belong to 18 owners. The largest is Servis, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| ASICS | ASICS | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| New Balance | New Balance | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Jordan Brand | Nike | 🇺🇸 United States |
| ACE | Servis | 🇵🇰 Pakistan |
| Adidas | Adidas | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| ANTA | Anta Sports | 🇨🇳 China |
| Reebok | Authentic Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Brooks Running | Berkshire Hathaway | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Acushnet
Acushnet is a publicly listed company headquartered in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, United States, founded in 1910. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: GOLF.
Acushnet is the Massachusetts company behind Titleist golf balls and clubs and FootJoy golf shoes, founded in 1910 as the Acushnet Process Company and in the golf business since 1932. It was owned by American Brands and its successors until 2011, when an entity controlled by Fila Korea bought it; that group, now Misto Holdings, still controlled about 50.6 per cent of its shares at the end of 2025. It had net sales of $2.56 billion that year.
🇺🇸 FootJoy and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,570 brands that began in the United States. 501 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; FootJoy is not one of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of FootJoy?
The parent company of FootJoy is Acushnet, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is FootJoy American?
Yes. FootJoy originated in the United States and its owner, Acushnet, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has Acushnet owned FootJoy?
Acushnet has owned FootJoy since 1985.
Is FootJoy still owned by Acushnet?
Yes. As of 29 October 2026, FootJoy is still owned by Acushnet. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & 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] Acushnet Holdings Corp. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-27 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 27 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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