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:
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...
Protect sport funding: The sports and physical activity movement unites to secure sport in EU’s Budget
Brussels, 5 May 2025 The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI), together with more than 150 signatories from the European and international sport and physical activity ecosystem, has released a coordinated joint statement urging EU institutions to...
The winter sports industry takes next leap and joins Race to Zero
Åre, Sweden 29th of April 2025 The Winter Sports Sustainability Network (WSN), managed by Peak 63 and the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI), takes an important step forward when the Winter Sports Industry Climate Pact signatories have...