Kontoor Brands

Kontoor Brands

Company type	Public
Traded as	NYSE:  KTB S&P 600 component
Industry	clothing
Founder	May 2019;6 years ago (May 2019)
Headquarters	Greensboro, North Carolina
Key people	Scott Baxter (CEO) [1]
Brands	Lee Wrangler Rock & Republic
Revenue	$2.6 billion(2024) [2]
Number of employees	15,640 [3]
Website	kontoorbrands.com

Kontoor Brands is an American clothing company. ^{[4] [5]} It was a spin off from the VF Corporation in May 2019, ^{[6] [7] [8]} and markets denim clothing under the Lee, Wrangler and Rock & Republic brand names. ^{[9] [10]}

Having its head office in Greensboro, North Carolina, ^{[11] [5]} Kontoor also operates the VF Outlet chain of factory outlet stores. Stock in the firm is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol KTB; market capitalisation in 2025 was about $4.4 billion. ^{[12] [13]}

References

1. "Power 100 2020 Q&A: Scott Baxter". February 2020.
2. "Kontoor Brands Fortune 1000".
3. "Fortune 1000".
4. Riley Moffat, Anne (2018-12-06). "VF names planned jeans spinoff Kontoor, not Wrangler or Lee". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
5. Journal, Richard Craver Winston-Salem (25 May 2019). "Kontoor begins independent life with focus on jeans innovation, attracting new customers". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
6. La Monica, Paul R. (25 March 2019). "Lee and Wrangler hope to be a hit like Levi's". CNN. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
7. Wightman-Stone, Danielle (2019-05-28). "Kontoor Brands completes separation from VF Corp". fashionunited.uk. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
8. Reagan, Courtney (2019-08-08). "CEO of Wrangler, Lee parent isn't afraid of a recession or tariffs on China-made goods". CNBC. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
9. Singh, Prachi (2018-12-06). "VF's separated jeanswear business to be named Kontoor Brands". fashionunited.uk. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
10. "KTB - Kontoor Brands Inc Profile". reuters.com. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
11. "Kontoor Brands, Inc". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
12. "Fortune Kontoor Brands" . Retrieved 2024-11-14.
13. "Kontoor Brands, Inc. (KTB) Stock Price, Quote, History & News - Yahoo Finance". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-02-05.