Who owns Tacx?
Tacx is owned by Garmin (Switzerland, NYSE: GRMN), which has owned the brand since 2 April 2019.[1][2]
Evidence: Garmin Ltd. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-18, SEC EDGAR, 18 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Garmin Ltd. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland, Schaffhausen
- Origin
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands, Wassenaar
- Category
- Internet & digital › Platforms & devices › Connected devices
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: GRMN
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Tacx
Tacx makes indoor bicycle trainers, from basic wheel-on units up to a complete smart bike, together with the tools, accessories and training software that go with them. The business ran from Wassenaar in the Netherlands with a distribution centre at Vogt in Germany. Garmin completed the purchase on 2 April 2019, taking on nearly 200 employees, to put indoor training next to the outdoor cycling computers it already sold.
What Garmin's annual report says about Tacx
Sentences about Tacx from Garmin's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Additionally, Garmin offers Tacx indoor training equipment including smart and basic trainers, and a smart bike.
How often Garmin names Tacx 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.
Ownership timeline of Tacx
Where Tacx sits in Garmin
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Garmin
Garmin controls 10 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in connected devices, and who owns them
Garmin has more brands in connected devices on Brandtree than any other owner: 5 of 23.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Fitbit | Alphabet | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Arlo | Arlo Technologies | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Jiobit | Life360 | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Roku (streaming platform) | Roku | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Ring | Amazon | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Anker eufy | Anker Innovations | 🇨🇳 China |
| Xiaodu | Baidu | 🇨🇳 China |
| Wemo | FIT Hon Teng | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
About the owner: Garmin
Garmin is a publicly listed company headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, founded in 1989. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: GRMN.
Garmin designs satellite navigation and sensor-based products for five markets: fitness, outdoor, aviation, marine and automotive original equipment. Founded in 1989 by a small group of engineers building GPS applications for active lifestyles, it is incorporated in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, keeps its North American campus in Olathe, Kansas, and had delivered more than 300 million products by the end of 2025, over 20 million of them that year. It holds more than 2,100 patents and over 1,290 trademark registrations.
🇳🇱 Tacx and other Dutch brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 61 brands that began in the Netherlands. 34 of them (56%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Tacx among them.
- 4PS — Hilti 🇱🇮
- Booking.com — Booking Holdings 🇺🇸
- TomTom — TomTom 🇳🇱
- Albert Heijn — Ahold Delhaize 🇳🇱
- Amstel — Heineken 🇳🇱
- B&C International — Springs Window Fashions 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Tacx?
The parent company of Tacx is Garmin, a publicly listed company headquartered in Switzerland.
Is Tacx Dutch or Swiss?
Tacx originated in the Netherlands, but it is owned today by Garmin, which is headquartered in Switzerland. So Tacx is a Dutch-origin brand under Swiss ownership.
Since when has Garmin owned Tacx?
Garmin has owned Tacx since 2 April 2019.
Is Tacx still owned by Garmin?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Tacx is still owned by Garmin. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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] Garmin Ltd. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-18 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 18 February 2026; retrieved 26 September 2026.
- [2] Garmin completes acquisition of Tacx — Garmin Ltd., Official press release, published 2 April 2019; retrieved 26 September 2026.
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