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Arc'teryx

Foreign-owned · made overseas · based in British Columbia

North Vancouver technical outerwear brand founded in 1989, now owned by Amer Sports, Inc., whose largest shareholder is China's Anta Sports Products. Most garments are made at contract factories across Asia and Latin America, with a small share of assembly and prototyping at its own ARC'One factory in New Westminster, BC. Sold direct online, through its own stores, outlet, and resale marketplace, and via wholesale partners such as MEC.

North Vancouver, BC CA · arcteryx.com

Arc'teryx is a North Vancouver technical outerwear brand founded in 1989 and owned since 2005 by Amer Sports, Inc., a Cayman Islands holding company with corporate offices in Helsinki and New York that listed on the NYSE in February 2024. Amer Sports' largest shareholder is China's Anta Sports Products at 41.7 percent, alongside Vancouver-registered Anamered Investments, the holding vehicle of Lululemon founder Chip Wilson, at 17.9 percent, and smaller stakes for Hong Kong's FountainVest Partners and China's Tencent. Manufacturing runs mostly through contract factories across nine countries, with a small assembly and prototyping operation at Arc'teryx's own ARC'One factory in New Westminster, BC.

Factors

Ownership

35.9 verified

CA 18% · EU 20% · other 53% · US 9%

Amer Sports' fiscal 2025 20-F lists ANTA Sports Products Limited as the largest shareholder at 41.7 percent, alongside FountainVest Partners at 6.1 percent and Tencent Holdings at 5.7 percent, all China-linked; the remaining roughly 29 percent trades as public float on the NYSE. Anamered Investments Inc., wholly controlled and voted by Chip Wilson and registered in Vancouver, BC, holds 17.9 percent and is counted to Canada. The untraced float is split 0.7/0.3 between EU and US to reflect Amer Sports' dual corporate offices in Helsinki and Anta's board nomination rights sitting alongside a NYSE listing; that float split is an estimate, the shareholder percentages themselves are not.

  • as-20251231 · filing “ANTA Sports Products Limited (1) 232,328,780 41.7 Anamered Investments Inc. (2) 99,962,978 17.9 FountainVest Partners (3) 34,099,348 6.1 Tencent Holdings Limited (4) 31,588,292 5.7”
  • as-20251231 · filing “The registered address of Anamered Investments Inc. is 600-21 Water Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 1A1”
  • as-20251231 · filing “In February 2024, Amer Sports, Inc. became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).”
  • Amer Sports - Wikipedia · press “In December, an investor consortium called Mascot Bidco, announced its takeover bid for Amer Sports.”
  • Arc'teryx · source “In 2005, Arc'teryx was sold to Finnish retailer Amer Sports.”

Manufacturing

24.6 reported

CA 5% · EU 2% · other 93%

Arc'teryx's sustainability page reports a network of 21 manufacturing facilities across nine countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Canada, China, El Salvador, Indonesia, Latvia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. Its own ARC'One factory in New Westminster, BC employs about 520 people and is described on the careers page as its manufacturing and distribution hub, though Amer Sports' 20-F frames the same site mainly as on-site prototyping next to the North Vancouver design centre, and notes Canada and Mexico together made up under 0.1 percent of Amer Sports' group-wide sourcing volume in 2025. With one of nine manufacturing countries in Canada and one in Latvia, the mix gives Canada and the EU small shares and puts the rest, mostly Asian and Central American contract factories, to OTHER; no per-country production volume is published, so the split is an estimate.

  • Sustainability | Arc'teryx Canada · the vendor's own site “We have assembled a global network of 21 manufacturing facilities in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Canada, China, El Salvador, Indonesia, Latvia, the Philippines, and Vietnam.”
  • Sustainability | Arc'teryx Canada · the vendor's own site “ARC'One is an Arc'teryx-owned Canadian factory located in Greater Vancouver.”
  • Arc'teryx Careers | Join The Team | Arc'teryx Canada · the vendor's own site “ARC'One, our New Westminister, BC hub for manufacturing and distribution, is the heart and hands of Arc'teryx.”
  • as-20251231 · filing “These product innovations come to life via on-site prototyping at the nearby ARC’One facility.”
  • as-20251231 · filing “Canada and Mexico accounted for less than 0.1% of our total global sourcing.”

People

42.0 inferred

CA 35% · EU 5% · other 45% · US 15%

Arc'teryx's head office and design centre are in North Vancouver, BC, next to the ARC'One factory, per both the brand's own site and Amer Sports' 20-F. But Arc'teryx's owned retail footprint runs the other way: as of December 31, 2025 it operated 79 stores in Greater China and 77 in Asia Pacific against 73 in North America and 17 in Europe, so store-level employment is not concentrated in Canada. The mix weights Canada for concentrated head office, design, and leadership functions while spreading retail and support headcount across the regions where those stores sit; Arc'teryx does not break out employee counts by country on its own.

  • Arc’teryx | Amer Sports · the vendor's own site “Arc’teryx, based in North Vancouver, Canada, is built on a passionate and relentless commitment to design, craftsmanship, and performance.”
  • as-20251231 · filing “Within Technical Apparel, Arc’teryx employs a hands-on, iterative product development process that begins with innovative ideas in the North Vancouver design center.”
  • as-20251231 · filing “In Greater China and North America, the brand operates 79 and 73 owned retail stores, including 19 and 7 factory outlets, respectively, as of December 31, 2025.”
  • as-20251231 · filing “In Asia Pacific and Europe, Arc’teryx operates 77 and 17 owned retail stores, including 17 and 3 factory outlets, respectively”

Inputs

24.0 inferred

CA 5% · other 95%

Arc'teryx publishes supplier standards, Bluesign system compliance and a target of 80 percent Fair Trade Certified products by 2025, but not where fabrics, hardware, or other components come from. With final assembly concentrated at contract factories across Asia and Central America, inputs are assumed to follow that footprint; the small Canadian share reflects material procurement for the ARC'One factory. No sourcing breakdown by country is reported.

  • Sustainability | Arc'teryx Canada · the vendor's own site “As a Bluesign® system partner we've chosen to use a third-party global textiles management system that define safer, environmentally responsible materials.”
  • Sustainability | Arc'teryx Canada · the vendor's own site “By 2025, 80% of Arc'teryx products will be Fair Trade Certified™.”

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