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Bates vs Umbro: similarities and differences

Compare brand traits, similarities and differences.

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Bates

United States Founded 1885

Outdoor & functional · Polished & dressy · Sporty & sportswear

Umbro

United Kingdom Founded 1924

Sporty & sportswear · Trends & youth culture · Streetwear

Similarities and differences

Shared traits

  • No shared traits are available.

Different traits

  • Sporty & sportswear

    Umbro shows a stronger emphasis

  • Trends & youth culture

    Umbro shows a stronger emphasis

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Trait comparison

  • Bates (solid line, circles)
  • Umbro (dashed line, squares)
Traits of Bates and Umbro, shown relative to each brand.
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Traits farther from the centre are more prominent within each brand. The chart uses the same relative display as the brand profile. Area does not indicate brand quality or absolute differences between brands.

Traits by category

Bar lengths show how prominent each trait is within each brand.

  • Bates
  • Umbro
Minimal & basics
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Polished & dressy
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Luxury & heritage
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Avant-garde & designer
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Decoration & playfulness
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Streetwear
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Trends & youth culture
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Sporty & sportswear
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Outdoor & functional
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Basic information

Field
Bates
Umbro
Country United States United Kingdom
Founded 1885 1924
Category Footwear Clothing
Other categories — Footwear Lifestyle products

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Brand profiles

Brand lines

Bates

Umbro

  • Umbro Speciali

    Umbro Speciali is Umbro's long-running football-boot family, introduced globally in 1992 and origina...

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  • Umbro Pro Training

    Umbro Pro Training is Umbro’s performance-focused training range. Reintroduced as a universal Pro Tr...

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  • Umbro Teamwear

    Umbro Teamwear is the brand’s continuous kit and team-equipment range supplying professional clubs, ...

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Collaborations

Bates

  • 2023-01-20

    JUNYA WATANABE MAN

    For 2023FW, a motorcycle jacket–blazer hybrid; also listed among the collaboration brands for 24SS.

Bates collaborations

Umbro

  • 2026-07-31

    FREAK'S STORE

    A special-order collection listed in the official feature lineup as “UMBRO 26FW Collection.” It can be confirmed as a product group from a different season than the Spring/Summer 2025 project, but the specific items and individual release dates are not clear from the listing.

  • 2024-03

    Palace Skateboards

    Announced for release in March 2024 as “PALACE UMBRO.” The release date and time are listed on Palace’s official page, but item details could not be determined from the source excerpt obtained.

  • 2017-02-05

    Off-White

    A capsule collection featuring punk/patchwork-inspired motifs and highlighting the double diamond logo was released at select retailers in 2017.

Umbro collaborations

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