Who owns SOREL?
SOREL is owned by Columbia Sportswear (the United States, NASDAQ: COLM), which has owned the brand since 2000.[1]
Evidence: Columbia Sportswear Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-25, SEC EDGAR, 25 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Columbia Sportswear Company verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Portland, Oregon
- Origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Founded
- 1962
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Accessories & footwear › Footwear
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: COLM
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About SOREL
SOREL made winter boots for loggers and trappers in Ontario from 1962 and was repositioned by Columbia towards fashion footwear after it acquired the brand in 2000, a change that took it from a functional supplier to a design-led business.
What Columbia Sportswear's annual report says about SOREL
Sentences about SOREL from Columbia Sportswear's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Our SOREL brand leverages its rich heritage, innovation and style to offer distinct, compelling, and unexpected footwear to consumers around the world.
Our LAAP DTC e-commerce business also includes the operation of e-commerce websites for our Columbia brand in Japan, Korea and China, as well as our SOREL and Mountain Hardwear brands in Japan.
Our Europe-direct e-commerce business also includes the operation of e-commerce websites for our Columbia and SOREL brands in 10 countries.
How often Columbia Sportswear names SOREL 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 SOREL
- 2000 – present Columbia Sportswear [1] verified
Where SOREL sits in Columbia Sportswear
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Columbia Sportswear
Columbia Sportswear controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
- Columbia (1938)
- Mountain Hardwear (1993)
- prAna (1992)
Other brands in footwear, and who owns them
The 82 brands in footwear on Brandtree belong to 31 owners. The largest is Caleres, with 7.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Allen Edmonds | Caleres | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cartago | Grendene | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Ekisha | Servis | 🇵🇰 Pakistan |
| Alexandre Birman | Azzas 2154 | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Bahamas | Relaxo | 🇮🇳 India |
| Blondo | Steve Madden | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bocage | Groupe Eram | 🇫🇷 France |
| CCC | MODIVO | 🇵🇱 Poland |
About the owner: Columbia Sportswear
Columbia Sportswear is a publicly listed company headquartered in Portland, Oregon, United States, founded in 1938. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: COLM.
Columbia Sportswear was founded in Portland in 1938 by a German family who had fled the Nazi regime and bought a hat distributor. It was run for decades by Gert Boyle, who took over after her husband died and appeared in its advertising as the demanding tester of its products.
Columbia Sportswear: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇨🇦 SOREL and other Canadian brands
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, SOREL among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of SOREL?
The parent company of SOREL is Columbia Sportswear, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is SOREL Canadian or American?
SOREL originated in Canada in 1962, but it is owned today by Columbia Sportswear, which is headquartered in the United States. So SOREL is a Canadian-origin brand under American ownership.
Since when has Columbia Sportswear owned SOREL?
Columbia Sportswear has owned SOREL since 2000.
Is SOREL still owned by Columbia Sportswear?
Yes. As of 11 October 2026, SOREL is still owned by Columbia Sportswear. 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] Columbia Sportswear Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-25 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 25 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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