About Brooks

Brooks® Sports, Inc. is your go-to company for anything and everything related to the run. As a leading running company that designs and markets high-performance men's and women's running shoes, apparel and accessories in more than 40 countries worldwide, we are dedicated to inspiring people to run and be active by creating innovative gear that keeps them running longer, farther, faster and happier.

We are responsible for unveiling many breakthrough advancements in running footwear including Brooks DNA, the smart cushioning system that instantaneously adapts to a runner’s unique biomechanics, weight, pace, gait, and surface.  Brooks is committed to building great running gear with minimal impact on humanity and the earth. We continually strive to make better choices regarding design, fabrics, technologies, and processes that help protect our planet without diminishing performance. With products like the Green Silence, and technologies like BioMoGo and HPR Green, we’ve taken steps in the right direction, but we still have miles to go on this run.


A subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Brooks was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in Bothell, Wash., near Seattle. Brooks is a market-driven company with a specialty dealer channel strategy focused entirely on meeting runners’ specific needs.

Not only are Brooks dedicated to runners, we are runners. We’re not just a shoe company or an apparel company; we are a running company. It’s all we do. To us, Run Happy® is a celebration of the spiritual essence that make running the most addictive sport the world has ever known—an activity fueled by motivations that are as varied as its participants. Whether young or old, fast or slow, male or female, master or newbie, runners share a passion we live 24x7 at work and at play.