Private company
Orvis
Logo: Orvis, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4
American retail and mail-order business
Orvis is an American family-owned retail and mail-order business which specializes in selling 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 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industryretail1
- HeadquartersSunderland1
- Websitewww.orvis.com
- Legal formProfit Corporation3
- LEIWXVRYP7KHDBIJO1S5L203
- StatusActive3
- LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
- Registered addressC/O COGENCY GLOBAL INC., 05353 Townshend, United States3
- Registered withCorporations Division (Vermont Secretary of State), 00599443
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Orvis is an American family-owned retail and mail-order business which specializes in selling 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
Timeline
- 1856Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.orvis.com1
- Websitewww.orvis.com1
- X (Twitter)x.com/theorviscompany1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/Orvis1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/orvis1
- WikipediaOrvis
- WikidataQ7105269
Sources
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- 1WikidataOrvis on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaOrvis on Wikipedia
- 3
- 4Wikimedia CommonsOrvis logo by Orvis, Public domain