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Top 25 Footwear designers based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 813 footwear designers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 87,584 professional contacts across them, including 15,424 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers footwear designers headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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The 25 largest footwear designers based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 813 footwear designers based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to footwear designers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceNew York City, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+19,637 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Foot Locker, Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Partial evidenceManhattan Beach, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+11,140 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Skechers is a Fortune 500® company, a growth-oriented brand that designs, develops, and markets a diverse product portfolio of lifestyle and performance footwear, apparel and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Partial evidenceBrighton, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+8,835 contacts →

Partial evidence

“In 1906, New Balance began as a humble one-man operation founded on the belief that “we were born to move,” and has since grown into an international corporation, selling footwear…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Strong evidenceColumbus, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+7,196 contacts →

Strong evidence

Designer Brands is one of the world's largest designers, producers, and retailers of the most recognizable footwear brands and accessories, transforming and defining the footwear…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Indirect evidenceBirmingham, AL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0004,707 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“About us: Hibbett, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is a leading athletic-inspired fashion retailer with nearly 1,100 Hibbett and City Gear specialty stores, located in 35…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Indirect evidenceBroomfield, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0004,573 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Crocs, Inc, we believe life’s too short for uncomfortable shoes.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Indirect evidenceLos Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a4,254 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“K-Swiss was founded in 1966 by two Swiss brothers, who ventured to sunny southern California, where they introduced one of the first all leather tennis shoes.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Indirect evidenceGoleta, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0003,389 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Deckers Brands is a global organization that has been developing and nurturing brands into global icons since 1973.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Indirect evidenceLong Island City, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0002,878 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Steven Madden, Ltd.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Partial evidenceSt. Louis, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+2,484 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Caleres is the home of today’s most coveted footwear brands around the world and represents a diverse portfolio spanning all of life’s styles and experiences.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,616 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Cole Haan became an independently owned company again in 2013 and is growing rapidly in the US and abroad.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Partial evidenceNashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+1,246 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Genesco is a footwear focused specialty retailer and branded company with more than 1,400 stores in the U.S, Canada, the U.K.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a982 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“WHO WE ARE For over 40 years, Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000507 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Stuart Weitzman New York celebrates women who stand strong and keep moving forward.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Indirect evidenceWestwood, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500497 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We’re HEYDUDE, and we’re redefining what it means to be a ‘dude’.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Indirect evidenceBoca Raton, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500408 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We didn’t just make non-slip shoes.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Partial evidenceSan Jose, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200374 contacts →

Partial evidence

“With retail locations across California, and our online store shipping across the country, Footwear etc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Indirect evidenceCarlsbad, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200316 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At REEF, we’re all about keeping things Ridiculously Comfortable®.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200281 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Aerosoles team is passionate, innovative, and never accepts the status quo.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500266 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 1954 and headquartered in New York City, E.S.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Indirect evidenceWest Newton, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500244 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Rockport story is one built on invention and innovation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22Partial evidenceGlendale, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000234 contacts →

Partial evidence

“WEYCO Group, Inc.(NASDAQ: WEYS), designs and markets quality and innovative footwear for men, women and children under a portfolio of well-recognized brand names including…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23Partial evidenceLos Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200219 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Cels Enterprises, Inc, founded in 1971 by Robert and Carol Goldman, is a privately held woman's footwear company with headquarters in Los Angeles, California.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200167 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Since 1973, Vida Shoes International has been committed to becoming a global leader in the footwear industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200167 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sam Edelman is a lifestyle brand devoted to a trend-on, irreverent and whimsical style, inspired by timeless American elegance that bridges the gap between aspiration and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Footwear designers based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
17.6%Verified-email coverage
107.7Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
15.6%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
455
11-50
223
51-200
83
201-500
18
501-1,000
7
1,001-5,000
10
5,001-10,000
3
10001+
12

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 813 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among footwear designers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “footwear designers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names footwear designers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among footwear designers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 15,424 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names footwear designers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many footwear designers are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 813 footwear designers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Foot Locker, headquartered in New York City, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most footwear designers?

New York leads with 127 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (46) and Miami (26).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 15,424 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 813 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.