Salomon 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 Arc'teryx and Atomic.[1][2] Salomon was founded in 1947 in Annecy 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 .
Salomon was founded in the French Alps in 1947 making ski edges and became known for its releasable ski bindings, which reduced leg injuries substantially. Its trail running shoes, with a lace system pulled tight by a single cord, later became the standard footwear in that sport.
Sentences about Salomon from Amer Sports's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Salomon Born in the French Alps in 1947, Salomon creates premium innovative footwear, apparel, winter sports equipment and accessories.
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 less 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 322 brands that began in France. 100 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Salomon 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 Salomon is Amer Sports, a publicly listed company headquartered in Finland.
Salomon originated in France in 1947, but it is owned today by Amer Sports, which is headquartered in Finland. So Salomon is a French-origin brand under Finnish ownership.
Amer Sports completed its acquisition of Salomon on 1 October 2005, after announcing the deal on 2 May 2005. The deal, which also included Arc'teryx and Atomic, was valued at €485 million (enterprise value).
Salomon was an independent company from its founding in 1947 in Annecy until Amer Sports acquired it in 2005.
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Salomon 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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