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KEEN

Country
United States
Founded
2003 2000s
Category
Footwear Accessories

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Overview

Tagline

The World's Cleanest Shoes
KEEN is a footwear brand founded in the United States in 2003 and currently based in Portland, Oregon. Starting with sandals featuring toe protection, it offers shoes, boots, sandals, and work footwear for settings ranging from the outdoors to everyday life. The brand presents “Consciously Created,” a commitment to reducing environmental impact, as one of its initiatives, and has explicitly stated that it has been PFAS-free since 2018.

Concept

We're reducing the impact our shoes have on the planet and making the outside and the trades more accessible for all. We call it the "KEEN Effect."

Related brands

Parent brands and sub-brands, ordered by founding year.

Related brands
2 brands
Founded
2010
2010 Sub-brand
KEEN Utility
Footwear

A dedicated work footwear line compliant with safety standards

A line derived within KEEN that specializes in safety footwear and work footwear for job s

A line derived within KEEN that specializes in safety footwear and work footwear for job sites. While based on KEEN’s comfort and protection design, it is optimized for the protective performance required on the job and developed with compliance with standards such as ASTM and CSA as a premise. Within the brand, it is positioned as a dedicated line responsible for the “work and safety” category and also encompasses sub-lines such as American Built, which foregrounds US production.

2010 Sub-brand
KEEN Utility American Built
Footwear

A U.S.-made line produced at the company’s own factory

A derived line within KEEN Utility, bearing the designation “American Built” and structure

A derived line within KEEN Utility, bearing the designation “American Built” and structured around production at the company’s own factory in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, USA. Against the backdrop of an in-house system that covers prototyping, inspection, and testing, it highlights control of the manufacturing process and durability as points of differentiation. Within Utility as a whole, it is positioned as a core line symbolizing domestic production in the United States.

Brands with shared characteristics

Brands that share a country of origin, founding period, category or designer.

Footwear brands from United States founded in the 2000s

Converse CONS United States Founded in 2009 Footwear In common Footwear brands from United States founded in the 2000s Crocs United States Founded in 2002 Footwear In common Footwear brands from United States founded in the 2000s Nike SB United States Founded in 2002 Footwear In common Footwear brands from United States founded in the 2000s Nike Sportswear United States Founded in 2008 Footwear In common Footwear brands from United States founded in the 2000s

Brands from United States founded in 2003

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Frequently asked questions about KEEN

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