About FESI:
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI) is the pre-competitive platform representing the interests of the sporting goods industry in Europe, advancing its members’ priorities and promoting initiatives that benefit the sector, EU citizens and the society as a whole.
Located in Brussels, at the core of the European institutions, FESI is the unique stakeholder that provides sporting goods companies with the possibility to leverage their expertise into one steady and coherent voice in Brussels, allowing them to benefit from the many advantages offered by the EU’s single market of nearly 500 million consumers.
FESI represents the interests of approximately 1.800 sporting goods manufacturers (85% of the European market) through its National Sporting Goods Industry Federations and its directly affiliated member companies. 70-75% of FESI’s membership is made up of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. In total, the European Sporting Goods Industry employs over 700.000 EU citizens and has an annual turnover of some 81 billion euro.
Latest news:
WFSGI and FESI proudly endorse the official launch of Global Game Shapers — A new movement advancing women’s leadership in the Sporting Goods Industry
London, 8 July 2025 The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) and the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI) proudly endorse the official launch of Global Game Shapers (GGS) — a first-of-its-kind international leadership network...
Joint call for a pragmatic approach to Substances of Concern in the ESPR Delegated Act for Textiles
In response to the ongoing development of the textiles delegated act (DA) of the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), FESI, together with EURATEX, EUCTL, ETAD, AFIRM, EBCA, IAF, ETSA and EuroCommerce, representing key actors from the global textile...
FESI strongly welcomes the new EU Single Market Strategy but calls for swift action on labelling and EPR
Brussels, 21 May 2025 The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI) warmly welcomes today’s publication of the European Commission’s new Single Market Strategy, which sets a clear direction for a more harmonised, simplified, and business-friendly EU...