Who owns Old Town?
Old Town is owned by Johnson Outdoors (the United States, NASDAQ: JOUT).[1]
Evidence: Johnson Outdoors Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-12-12, SEC EDGAR, 12 December 2025. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Johnson Outdoors Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Racine, Wisconsin
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Old Town, Maine
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Sportswear & footwear › Outdoor & workwear
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: JOUT
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Old Town
Old Town is the canoe and kayak brand of Johnson Outdoors, sold for family recreation, touring and angling and built at the company's own plant in Old Town, Maine. The 10-K says its personal flotation devices, made by third parties in Asia, are also sold under the Old Town name.
Ownership timeline of Old Town
- Current owner Johnson Outdoors [1] verified
Where Old Town sits in Johnson Outdoors
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Johnson Outdoors
Johnson Outdoors controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
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Other brands in outdoor & workwear, and who owns them
The 52 brands in outdoor & workwear on Brandtree belong to 28 owners. The largest is Clarus, with 5; Johnson Outdoors has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| PG Golf | Acushnet | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Black Diamond | Clarus | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Arc'teryx | Amer Sports | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| 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 |
About the owner: Johnson Outdoors
Johnson Outdoors is a publicly listed company headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin, United States. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: JOUT.
Johnson Outdoors makes branded seasonal recreation products used for fishing from a boat, diving, paddling, hiking and camping. Its 10-K for the year to 3 October 2025 says it was incorporated in Wisconsin in 1987 as successor to various businesses, and is controlled by its chairman and chief executive Helen P. Johnson-Leipold, members of her family and related entities. Fiscal 2025 net sales were $592.4 million, of which Fishing made $459.2 million.
Johnson Outdoors: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Old Town and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Old Town is not one of them.
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- All in Motion — Target 🇺🇸
- Allen Edmonds — Caleres 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Old Town?
The parent company of Old Town is Johnson Outdoors, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Old Town American?
Yes. Old Town originated in the United States and its owner, Johnson Outdoors, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Old Town still owned by Johnson Outdoors?
Yes. As of 20 October 2026, Old Town is still owned by Johnson Outdoors. 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] Johnson Outdoors Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-12-12 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 12 December 2025; retrieved 20 October 2026.
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