Who owns Wilson?
Wilson is owned by Amer Sports (Finland, NYSE: AS), which has owned the brand since 1989.[1]
Evidence: Amer Sports, Inc. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-02-26, SEC EDGAR, 26 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Amer Sports, Inc. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇮 Finland, Helsinki
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Chicago
- Founded
- 1913
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Sportswear & footwear › Activewear
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: AS
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Wilson
Wilson makes tennis racquets, American footballs and basketballs, and it has supplied the official ball of the National Football League since 1941. The volleyball that appears as a character in the film Cast Away is a Wilson, which produced sales the company had not planned for.
What Amer Sports's annual report says about Wilson
Sentences about Wilson from Amer Sports's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
For example, the employees at our Wilson brand Ohio manufacturing facility, as well as the employees at our facilities in Austria, France and Germany, are subject to a collective bargaining agreement.
How often Amer Sports names Wilson 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 less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Wilson
- 1989 – present Amer Sports [1] verified
Where Wilson sits in Amer Sports
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Amer Sports
Amer Sports controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
- Arc'teryx (1989)
- Atomic (1955)
- Peak Performance (1986)
- Salomon (1947)
Other brands in activewear, and who owns them
The 22 brands in activewear on Brandtree belong to 17 owners. The largest is Li Ning, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Kason | Li Ning | 🇨🇳 China |
| Briko | BasicNet | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| lululemon | Lululemon | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Stylerunner | Accent Group | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| OFFLINE by Aerie | American Eagle Outfitters | 🇺🇸 United States |
| FILA (Greater China) | Anta Sports | 🇨🇳 China |
| TravisMathew | Callaway Golf | 🇺🇸 United States |
| prAna | Columbia Sportswear | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Amer Sports
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.
🇺🇸 Wilson and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,550 brands that began in the United States. 479 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Wilson among them.
- 7 For All Mankind — Delta Galil 🇮🇱
- AKHG — Duluth Holdings 🇺🇸
- Adore Me — Victoria's Secret 🇺🇸
- Aerie — American Eagle Outfitters 🇺🇸
- All in Motion — Target 🇺🇸
- Allen Edmonds — Caleres 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Wilson?
The parent company of Wilson is Amer Sports, a publicly listed company headquartered in Finland.
Is Wilson American or Finnish?
Wilson originated in the United States in 1913, but it is owned today by Amer Sports, which is headquartered in Finland. So Wilson is an American-origin brand under Finnish ownership.
Since when has Amer Sports owned Wilson?
Amer Sports has owned Wilson since 1989.
Is Wilson still owned by Amer Sports?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Wilson is still owned by Amer Sports. 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] Amer Sports, Inc. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-02-26 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 26 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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