Keen
Outdoor footwear. Portland, Oregon.
Status: Watchlist
- Founded
- 2003
- Website
- keenfootwear.com
- HQ
- USA
- Manufacturing
- USA,Dominican Republic,Thailand,Cambodia,Vietnam,India
- Ownership type
- Family-owned
- Status since
- 2026-07-08
Ownership
Family-owned; founder Rory Fuerst still signs as President/Founder (July 2024). Privately held per COO Hari Perumal (May 2025). US factory relocated from Portland to Shepherdsville, Kentucky in 2025.
Why Watchlist
Ownership is intact. The factory move plus a multi-year pattern of sole-delamination complaints with explicit old-vs-new comparisons puts the durability question on the table. Evidence is complaint-site grade, not lab grade. Watchlist until the Kentucky-era product record settles it either way.
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