FTW-004Est. 2009
Altra Running
Orem
Heels cut level in an Orem running store
40°18′N 111°42′W
Utah brands that were bought
Nineteen brands on this list, founded from 1878 to 2014. The Salt Lake Valley has the most of them, with 8.
Starting a company in Utah and keeping it are two separate feats. Every brand on this list was started here and later sold, whole or as a majority stake, to a larger company or an investment firm, going by the Owned by answer on its brand page.
Some sales kept the work at home. PV3, a Utah private investment firm, bought ENVE Composites from Amer Sports in April 2024, and ENVE still molds its carbon rims in Ogden. Others moved the address. VF Corporation has owned Altra Running since 2018 and runs it from Denver, a long way from the Orem running store where the first zero drop shoes were cut down and glued back together level.
A few sales are old enough to be history of their own. John Moses Browning and his brother Matthew formed Browning in Ogden in 1878, and FN Herstal has owned it since 1977. Constellation Brands bought High West in 2016, ten years after the Park City distillery opened. Each brand page names the current owner with its source, and this list is built from those answers, so a new sale shows up here when the answer changes.
- brands on this list
- 19
- in the Salt Lake Valley, the most of any gear town
- 8
- the oldest, founding year of Browning
- 1878
- the newest, founding year of Cobalt Kinetics
- 2014
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All 19 belowHigh West
A ski-in saloon in a 1907 Park City stable
Kodiak Cakes
Pancake mix started with $1,400 from a truck
Goal Zero
Portable power born of a Congo solar kit
Altra Running
Heels cut level in an Orem running store
Every brand on this list
19 of 19 shown
FOD-013Est. 1972
Augason Farms
Salt Lake City
Emergency food made in Salt Lake City since 1972
40°46′N 111°53′W
HNT-011Est. 1992
Badlands
Sandy
$2,500 pack company born in a Salt Lake shed
40°34′N 111°50′W
KIT-004Est. 1989
Blendtec
Orem
Blenders built in Orem, behind a three-story blender
40°18′N 111°42′W
HNT-002Est. 1878
Browning
Morgan
Born in Ogden in 1878, run from Morgan
41°08′N 111°48′W
FOD-008Est. 1925
Casper's Ice Cream
Richmond
Richmond ice cream that started in a milk can
41°55′N 111°49′W
HNT-020Est. 2014
Cobalt Kinetics
St. George
Billet AR rifles assembled to order in St. George
37°06′N 113°34′W
FOD-023Est. 2007
Creminelli Fine Meats
Salt Lake City
Biella family salami, cured on Wright Brothers Drive
40°46′N 111°53′W
BIK-007Est. 2007
ENVE Composites
Ogden
Carbon rims molded in Ogden since 2007
41°13′N 111°58′W
VEH-001Est. 1945
Equal-i-zer
Provo
Sway control since 1951, built in Provo
40°14′N 111°40′W
CMP-007Est. 2009
Goal Zero
Bluffdale
Portable power born of a Congo solar kit
40°29′N 111°56′W
FOD-021Est. 2006
High West
Park City
A ski-in saloon in a 1907 Park City stable
40°39′N 111°30′W
CMP-006Est. 2007
Klymit
Kaysville
A former argon vest company run from Kaysville
41°02′N 111°56′W
FOD-015Est. 1982
Kodiak Cakes
Park City
Pancake mix started with $1,400 from a truck
40°39′N 111°30′W
FOD-025Est. 2008
ReadyWise
Salt Lake City
Freeze-dried emergency meals packed in Salt Lake City
40°46′N 111°53′W
TEC-007Est. 2003
Skullcandy
Park City
Headphones for the chairlift, born in Park City
40°39′N 111°30′W
SUP-002Est. 1973
Solaray
Salt Lake City
Herbs in capsules, made in Utah since 1973
40°46′N 111°53′W
FOD-017Est. 1993
Uinta Brewing
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake beer, first brewed in a mechanic's garage
40°44′N 111°57′W
TEC-008Est. 2005
ZAGG
Midvale
Screen protectors born from helicopter film in Salt Lake
40°37′N 111°54′W
Questions
Which Utah-founded brands have been acquired?
Beehive Made lists 19 brands here. They include Altra Running, Augason Farms, Badlands and Blendtec. Each brand page says how the company belongs to Utah.
Which brand on this list is the oldest, and which is the newest?
The oldest is Browning, founded in 1878. The newest is Cobalt Kinetics, founded in 2014.
Where are these brands based?
The Salt Lake Valley has the most, with 8, followed by Utah County with 3. The other 8 are spread across 6 other towns.
How does a brand get on this list?
A brand is on this list when it was started in Utah and the Owned by answer on its brand page, which cites a source, says a company or an investment firm bought it or holds a majority stake. The list is worked out again every time the site is built.