Who Makes What?

Want to know who made your bike? Which companies dominate the sector? Who owns a particular brand? Here’s a guide that shows most of the main companies in the sector with a few surprises.

Note nationality is a subjective issue in a world of global brands and international trade. I’ve tried to list nationality by the parent company HQ, so whilst you might think of Oakley sunglasses as an American brand yet the business is owned by Luxottica, an Italian company from Milan. The same for French wheel manufacturer Mavic, whose head office is in the French Alps but controlled and owned by a company from Finland.

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Name	Country	Other brands	Corporate Name	Owner / shareholders
Continental	Germany	-	Continental AG	Deutsche Börse, Schäffler AG / family
Michelin	France	-	Michelin SA	Euronext Stock Exchange
Hutchinson	France	Barry Controls, Marine/Aerospace	Total SA	Euronext Stock Exchange
Veloflex	Italy	-	Veloflex s.a.s	Gabriele Colleoni
Schwalbe	Germany	Ballon Bike	Ralf Bohle GmbH	Bohle family
Orbea	Spain	Fagor, Brandt electrical goods	Corporación Mondragón	Workers’ co-operative
Fuji	USA	Kestrel, Oval Concepts, Terry	Advanced Sports International	Private
Cinelli	Italy	Columbus tubing, Bootleg	Gruppo SpA	Antonio Colombo
Ritchey	USA	-	Ritchey Design	Tom Ritchey
Reynolds	USA	Reynolds Composites	Maclean-Fogg Inc.	Private
Cervélo	Netherlands	Focus, Univega, Gazzelle	Pon Holdings BV	Family-owned
Canyon	Germany	Coast	Canyon Bicycles GmbH	Roman Arnold
BMC	Switzerland	Stromer electric	BMC Trading AG	Andy Rihs
Felt	USA	-	Felt Racing, LLC	Jim Felt, Michael Müllmann & Duerhing family
Vittoria	Italy	Geax, Lion	Vittoria SpA	Private
Merckx	Belgium	-	Eddy Merckx SA	Sobradis, Palm Brewery, Brantegem family
Ridley	Belgium	4ZA wheels	N.V. Race Productions	Jochim Aerts, Belgian govt.
Finish Line	USA	White Lightening	Finish Line Technologies Inc.	Hank Krause
DT Swiss	Switzerland	-	DT Swiss AG	Frank Böckmann, Maurizio D’Alberto and Marco Zingg
Sapim	Belgium	Rigida rims	Famo NV	Moorkens family
Park Tools	USA	-	Park Tool Co	Eric Hawkins
Shimano	Japan	Pearl Izumi, Pro	Shimano Inc.	Tokyo Stock Exchange
Campagnolo	Italy	Fulcrum	Campagnolo SpA	Campagnolo family
SRAM	USA	Avid, Quarq, Truvativ, Zipp	SRAM LLC	Trilantic Capital Partners
Cannondale	Canada	Schwinn, GT, Mongoose, SUGOI, Charge	Dorel Group	Toronto Stock Exchange
Bianchi	Sweden	Cycles Peugeot, Gitane, Puch	Cycle Europe AB	Grimaldi family
Pinarello	Italy	-	Cicli Pinarello S.p.A	Pinarello family
Mavic	Finland	Suunto, Atomic, Wilson, Salomon	Amer Sports	Helsinki Stock Exchange
Trek	USA	Bontrager, Gary Fisher, Klein, Viliger	Trek Bicycle Corp.	Private
Specialized	USA	-	Specialized Bicycle Components	Merida, Mike Sinyard
Merida	Taiwan	OEM for Specialized, Boardman etc	Merida Industry Co Ltd	Taiwan Stock Exchange
Scott	Switzerland	Yoko, Syncros	Scott Sports AG	Beat Zaugg
Koga Miyata	Netherlands	Batavus, Lapierre, Van Nicholas, Mercier, Tunturi, Raleigh, Ghost	Accell Group	Euronext Stock Exchange
Giro	USA	Bell, Easton, Blackburn	Easton Bell Sports	Fenway Private Equity
Nalini	Italy	MOA, Agu, Adidas cycling	MOA Sport SpA	Mantovani family
Assos	Switzerland		Assos of Switzerland SA	Maier family
Rapha	UK		Rapha Racing Ltd	Simon Mottram, Active Private Equity
Castelli	Italy	Sportful	Manifattura Valcismon SpA	Cremonese family
Sidi	Italy		Sidi Sport	Dino Signori
Gaerne	Italy		Gaerne spa	Ernesto Gazzola
Giant	Taiwan	certain Colnago frames under licence	Giant Manufacturing Co Ltd	Taiwan Stock Exchange
Oakley	Italy	Ray Ban, Persol, Chanel & Prada under license, Sunglass Hut	Luxxotica Group	Delfin, Giorgio Armani
Kuota	Italy	Xentis, Kross, Kaya, K-Factor	Sintema Sport	Private
FSA	Taiwan	TH Products, RPM, VisionTech	Tien Hsin Industries	Private
fi’zi:k	Italy	Selle Royal, Lookin, Royal Gel	Selle Royal SpA	Private
Zéfal	France	Stronglight	Zéfal SA	Private
CycleSport Magazine	UK	Cycling Weekly, Horse, Wallpaper	Time Warner (titles being sold)	New York Stock Exchange
cyclingnews.com	UK	Pro Cycling, Bike Radar	Future Publishing	London Stock Exchange
L’Équipe	France	ASO (Tour de France, Paris-Nice, Dauphiné, Paris-Roubaix, Liège-Bastoge-Liège etc), Le Parisien, Paris Marathon, L’Etape du Tour	Groupe Amaury	Amaury Family + others
Gazzetta Dello Sport	Italy	RCS (Giro, Milan-Sanremo, Il Lombardia etc), Corriere della Sera, Marca	RCS Media Group	Italian Stock Exchange
Wiggle.com	UK	DHB clothing	Wiggle Ltd	Bridgepoint Capital
ChainReactionCycles	UK	Vitus	Chain Reaction Cycles	Watson Family
CompetitiveCyclist	USA	Dogfunk, Whiskey Militia	Backcountry.com	Liberty Media

If you want more detail on this subject, see previous items like “Who Made Your Bike” which looks at the factories in Asia who produce frames and more for the big brands. Or “Italy’s backward shoemakers” for a look at Sidi, Gaerne and other producers and their surprising proximity and why Sidi is called Sidi.