The North Face, Inc.

American company featuring outdoor apparel and sportswear
Organization business Q152784
The North Face, Inc.
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The North Face, Inc.

Summary

The North Face, Inc. is a business[1]. The North Face, Inc. ranks in the top 0.8% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,890 views/month, #236 of 29,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • The North Face, Inc. is in the country of United States[3].
  • The North Face, Inc. is in the country of US[4].
  • The North Face, Inc.'s instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • The North Face, Inc.'s instance of is recorded as subsidiary company[6].
  • The North Face, Inc.'s instance of is recorded as enterprise[7].
  • The North Face, Inc.'s founder is recorded as Douglas Tompkins[8].
  • The North Face, Inc.'s founder is recorded as Susie Tompkins Buell[9].
  • The North Face, Inc.'s headquarters location is recorded as Denver[10].
  • The North Face, Inc.'s Commons category is recorded as The North Face[11].
  • The North Face, Inc.'s industry is recorded as clothing industry[12].
  • The North Face, Inc.'s industry is recorded as retail[13].
  • January 1, 1968 marks the founding of The North Face, Inc.[14].
  • The North Face, Inc.'s parent organization or unit is recorded as VF Corporation[15].
  • The North Face, Inc.'s official website is recorded as https://www.thenorthface.com/[16].
  • The North Face, Inc.'s topic's main category is recorded as Category:The North Face[17].
  • The North Face, Inc.'s product or material produced is recorded as outerwear[18].
  • The North Face, Inc.'s product or material produced is recorded as backpack[19].
  • The North Face, Inc.'s product or material produced is recorded as tent[20].
  • The North Face, Inc.'s product or material produced is recorded as sleeping bag[21].
  • The North Face, Inc.'s product or material produced is recorded as sports equipment[22].
  • The North Face, Inc.'s product or material produced is recorded as clothing[23].
  • The North Face, Inc.'s product or material produced is recorded as fashion accessory[24].
  • The North Face, Inc.'s product or material produced is recorded as outdoor gear[25].
  • The North Face, Inc.'s product or material produced is recorded as travel gear[26].
  • The North Face, Inc.'s legal form is recorded as Entreprise Unipersonnelle A Responsabilité Limitée Les Paturins[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300K5XXNIE78F9005[28]

  • Registered legal name: The North Face Apparel Corp.[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: US-DE[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): XTIQ[32]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: LAPSED[34]

  • LEI first registered: 2013-02-14[35]

  • LEI last updated: 2023-08-04[36]

  • LEI next renewal: 2014-02-14[37]

  • Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12[38]

  • Registration authority: RA000602[39]

  • Authority entity ID: 3590110[40]

  • Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[41]

Body

Founding

Founders include Douglas Tompkins[8] and Susie Tompkins Buell[9]. January 1, 1968 marks the founding of The North Face, Inc.[14].

Operations

The North Face, Inc.'s headquarters location is recorded as Denver[10]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as VF Corporation[15].

Industry

Industries include clothing industry[12] and retail[13].

Ownership

Products include outerwear[18], backpack[19], tent[20], sleeping bag[21], sports equipment[22], and clothing[23].

Why It Matters

The North Face, Inc. ranks in the top 0.8% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,890 views/month, #236 of 29,529).[2] The North Face, Inc. has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] The North Face, Inc. is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [29] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [30] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [31] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [32] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [33] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [34] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [35] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [36] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [37] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [38] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [39] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [40] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [41] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · GeertivpBot bot · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Founder Douglas Tompkins, Susie Tompkins Buell
    Industry clothing industry, retail
    Inception
    Parent organization or unit VF Corporation
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