BRANDS IN DATA
Understanding the index: 8 clothing brands, their headquarters and sports
Want to discover brands for your sport or research companies from a club or a shop? Sport Brand Index brings their data together in a common format to compare activities, headquarters, track records and customer types. Start with these eight Clothing brands and open their profiles to keep exploring.
Editorial selection · 24 October 2026 · Data verified against the index on 3 November 2026 · Alphabetical table; profiles in editorial order
This selection brings together companies from different countries with multi-sport and outdoor activities. Each profile contains the sources and the verification date of its record.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- See how the index records a brand: headquarters, founding year, registered sports and customer level.
- Eight Clothing brands show the format; every figure links back to its Sport Brand Index profile.
- Three ways to use the index (your sport, a club, a shop) at the end of the article.
01 / COMPARE
Comparison of the recorded data
Look for your sport across several rows to find brands with shared activity. Then compare their headquarters, founding years and customer levels, and open the profiles you want to know better. Sports and levels describe the brand's activity, not each garment.
| Brand | HQ | Founded | Registered sports | Customer level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| adidas↓ | Herzogenaurach, Germany | 1949* | Running, Football, Basketball, Tennis, Golf, Rugby | Consumer, Grassroots, Professional |
| ASICS↓ | Kobe, Japan | 1949 | Running, Tennis, Volleyball, Wrestling | Consumer, Professional |
| Castore↓ | Manchester, United Kingdom | 2015 | Football, Rugby, Cricket, Tennis, Golf | Consumer, Professional |
| Gymshark↓ | Solihull, United Kingdom | 2012 | Strength Training, Running | Consumer |
| Joma↓ | Portillo de Toledo, Spain | 1965 | Football, Running, Tennis, Padel, Basketball | Consumer, Grassroots, Professional |
| Nike↓ | Beaverton, OR, USA | 1964* | Running, Football, Basketball, Tennis, Golf, Baseball, American Football | Consumer, Grassroots, Professional |
| Patagonia↓ | Ventura, CA, USA | 1973 | Hiking, Skiing, Snowboarding | Consumer, Professional |
| Salomon↓ | Annecy, France | 1947 | Running, Hiking, Skiing, Snowboarding | Consumer, Professional |
* Founding: adidas, company registered in 1949; Nike, started as Blue Ribbon Sports in 1964. The years link to the official histories.
Stories in News
News lets you follow other stories of these brands: business, campaigns and initiatives. The pieces linked below are examples of our selection, with the language indicated; you can explore more in News.
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02 / EXPLORE
The brands in the index
Nike
Footwear, clothing and sports equipment
Headquartered in Beaverton (Oregon, USA), Nike makes footwear, clothing and equipment for several sports. Its story begins in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports.
News (in Spanish): Nike sigue siendo la marca deportiva más valiosa del mundo, pero pierde un 7% en 2026
Read story: NikeVideo: The Story of Air Max: 90 to 2090. Nike SNKRS, presentation in Spanish: voices from the design and culture around Air Max.
Watch on Nike SNKRS: Nike
adidas
Footwear, clothing and sports equipment
adidas designs sports footwear, clothing and equipment and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany. The company was registered in 1949; today it works in sports such as football, running and basketball.
News (in Spanish): SIP23: El deporte cotizado sufre en septiembre y cae a sus niveles más bajos
Read story: adidasVideo: Dentro de Herzogenaurach. Claro Sports, video in Spanish (1:32): the adidas-organised tour of its campus, archive and development spaces.
Watch on YouTube: adidas
ASICS
Running and track footwear
Of Japanese origin and headquartered in Kobe, ASICS has its roots in 1949 and became a corporation in 1977 after a merger. Its activity includes running and track footwear, as well as sports clothing.
News (in French): A la Villette, Asics présente son Homo Scrollus Canapus pour lutter contre la sédentarité
Read story: ASICSRead: Historia de ASICS: del pulpo al calzado. elEconomista, story in Spanish available in writing in its podcast section: a journey through Onitsuka and the development of ASICS.
Read on elEconomista: ASICS
Castore
Professional teamwear
Castore is a British brand founded in 2015 in Liverpool and headquartered in Manchester. It designs technical sportswear and supplies kits to professional teams.
Podcast: Tom Beahon en SportsPro. SportsPro Podcast, interview in English with one of its founders about partner teams and business challenges. The episode guide places that segment at 35:07.
Go to the SportsPro podcast: Castore
Gymshark
Gym and training clothing
Gymshark started in 2012 in a Birmingham garage and is headquartered in Solihull, United Kingdom. Its activity focuses on gym and training clothing and accessories.
Video: Building Gymshark Into a Billion Dollar Brand. Ben Francis, documentary in English on his own channel: the building of Gymshark and its leap into stores, with the voice and archive of its founder.
Watch on YouTube: Gymshark
Joma
Teamwear and multi-sport footwear
Joma is a Spanish company founded in 1965, headquartered in Portillo de Toledo. It makes kits, technical clothing and footwear for sports such as football, running, tennis and padel.
Video: La fuerza invisible de Joma. Video in Spanish from the Family Business Institute, published as branded content in THE OBJECTIVE. José Manuel Zapata visits Portillo de Toledo and talks with the family and their circle.
Watch on THE OBJECTIVE: Joma
Patagonia
Outdoor technical clothing and equipment
Headquartered in Ventura (California, USA) and founded in 1973, Patagonia makes clothing and equipment for outdoor activities such as climbing, hiking and water sports.
News (in Italian): Patagonia presenta Bamb’Amaza: una storia di appartenenza tra le onde dell’oceano
Read story: PatagoniaVideo: Worn Wear: a Film About the Stories We Wear. Patagonia, film in English: stories of people and the garments they keep, with interviews with Yvon Chouinard and the brand's view on using what we already have.
Watch on YouTube: Patagonia
Salomon
Trail, hiking and winter equipment
Salomon was born in Annecy, France, in 1947, where it keeps its headquarters. It began with parts for ski bindings and expanded into trail footwear, clothing and mountain and winter equipment.
Video: Pol Makuri, ¿por qué no?. Salomon Spain, documentary presented on its Spanish page: its ambassador Pol Makuri takes on the Zegama challenge in a story of sport and functional diversity.
Watch on YouTube: Salomon03 / PUT IT INTO PRACTICE
How to use this data
Discover more brands for your sport
You run and want to broaden the brands you know. Look for Running in the table: it appears for adidas, ASICS, Gymshark, Joma, Nike and Salomon. Compare their other activities to tell approaches apart, and open their profiles to explore the recorded categories. That gives you a first list of companies to research, before moving on to specific products.
Research brands from a club
You work with a club and want to know companies active in your sport. Cross that sport with the Base or Professional levels and open the resulting profiles to learn more. For example, in this table adidas, Joma and Nike combine Football with the Base level. It is a starting point for research: kit or collaboration terms are checked directly with each company.
Plan a route through the brands' stories
You are interested in how sports companies have developed. Use the available founding years to pick different trajectories and follow the videos or interviews in their profiles: the ASICS story, the Gymshark documentary or the visit to Joma's surroundings let you explore different stories. The headquarters locates each company; it does not indicate where each product is made.
Connect brands and events
If you work in a shop or are preparing a professional visit, combine the index profiles with our selection of Eventos. When we can verify that an indexed brand takes part in an event we cover, we will try to link them to make research easier and help you prepare the visit.
FAQ
Are these all the Clothing brands in the index?
No. These eight brands are examples of how the index records a company. The Clothing category lists every indexed brand.
How current is this data?
The index is re-verified in passes; the site footer shows the latest index-wide verification date.
Keep exploring the index
This selection compares eight profiles. The Clothing catalogue brings together every brand indexed in that category.
Explore the Clothing catalogue →