Orvis

The Orvis Company
Company typePrivate
IndustryRetail
Founded1856 (168 years ago) (1856) in Manchester, Vermont, US
FounderCharles F. Orvis
HeadquartersSunderland, Vermont
Number of locations
88 retail stores, 11 outlet stores
Key people
President: Simon Perkins[1]
ProductsClothing, gift/home, fly fishing, dogs, luggage and outdoor equipment
RevenueIncrease US$316 million (2021)
OwnerPerkins family
Number of employees
1,500 (2021)
Websiteorvis.com

Orvis is an American family-owned retail and mail-order business specializing in fly fishing, hunting and sporting goods. Founded in Manchester, Vermont, in 1856 by Charles F. Orvis to sell fishing tackle, it is the oldest mail-order retailer in the United States.[2]

Orvis operates 40 retail stores and 1 outlet/warehouse locations in the US and 0 retail stores and one outlet store in the UK. Owned by the Perkins family since 1965, the company has changed hands twice and has had five CEOs in its history.

  1. ^ "Orvis Leadership Bios".
  2. ^ Gallagher, Brian (15 May 2021). "Leigh Perkins, Who Built Orvis into a Lifestyle Brand, dies at 93". The New York Times.