55 Top Quality American Made Backpack Brands
If you’re searching for what backpacks are made in the USA then you’ve come to the right place. Here I’ve researched and compiled a directory to all of the American made backpack manufacturers I could find. If you know of more then please let me know! The pack in the above photo is one of my personal favorites, the ULA Ohm on Kongma La Pass, Nepal while trekking to Mt. Everest. If you want to see my top 5 recommended backpacks then visit my Top Recommended Backpacks page.
Alpine Luddites
- alpineluddites.com – Custom alpine backpacks and bikepacking bags.
Baileyworks
- baileyworks.com – Made to order backpacks and messenger bags.
Bradley Mountain
- bradleymountain.com – Retro tin cloth backpacks, briefcases, bags, and much more.
The Brown Buffalo
- thebrownbuffalo.com – EDC and urban carry backpacks and fanny packs.
Chrome Industries
- chromeindustries.com – Urban backpacks, messenger bags, and fanny packs.
CiloGear
- cilogear.com – Technical backpacks for climbing, mountaineering, skiing, and more. I own and highly recommend their 45L Worksack which earned our Editor’s Choice; check out the review!
Colfax Design Works
- www.colfaxdesignworks.com – Urban backpacks and camera slings.
Cooke Custom Sewing
- cookecustomsewing.com – Packs and more.
Cross Canvas
- crosscanvas.com – Classic canvas bags.
DEFY
- defybags.com – Urban backpacks, messenger bags, and duffel bags.
DSPTCH Design
- dsptch.com – Urban backpacks, messenger and laptop bags.
Duluth Pack
- duluthpack.com – Lots of classic bags, packs, and more.
Equinox Ltd
- equinoxltd.com – Ultralight gear.
Exo Mountain Gear
- exomountaingear.com – Hunting packs.
Forloh
- forloh.com – Premium hunting backpacks.
Free Range
- freerangeequipment.com – Technical packs.
Frost River
- frostriver.com – Canvas and leather durable goods including backpacks, bike bags, canoe bags, and more.
GORUCK
- goruck.com – Simple rucksacks, often used with Goruck weighted plates for workouts.
Green Guru Gear
- greengurugear.com – Bike bags/packs, panniers and gear.
Hill People Gear
- hillpeoplegear.com – A variety or cordura backpacking, hunting, and hiking packs and gear.
Inside Line Equipment
- ilequipment.com – Urban commute backpacks.
Kifaru
- kifaru.net – Hunting packs and more.
Killspencer
- killspencer.com – High end fashion backpacks.
Kletterwerks
- mysteryranch.com/Packs/Mountain/Kletterwerks – Retro rucksack packs and tote bags. Note, Kletterwerks is a division of Mystery Ranch.
Lotuff Leather
- lotuffleather.com – Premium leather bags including backpacks.
Mafia Bags
- mchalepacks.com – Lightweight backpacks, duffel bags, hand bags, and totes made of kitesurfing fabric and sail cloth.
McHale Alpine Packs
- mchalepacks.com – Custom made to order alpine backpacking packs.
MIS (Make It Simple)
- miscalif.com – Backpacks following the KISS philosophy (Keep It Simple Stupid).
Mission Workshop
- missionworkshop.com – Waterproof packs and more.
Mountain Laurel Designs
- mountainlaureldesigns.com – Ultralight packs and gear.
Mystery Ranch
- mysteryranch.com – Backpacks (including the packs I used on the fireline). Note, most of their packs are now made in the Philippines. Much of their tactical line and fire packs are still made in the USA.
North St Bags
- northstbags.com – Backpacks, bike bags, panniers and more.
Outer Shell
- outershell.com – Everything bike bags, like frame bags, seat bags, panniers and more.
Pack Rabbit
- pack-rabbit.com – Interesting external frame backpacks that convert to chairs.
Pa’lante Packs
- palantepacks.com – Ultralight frameless backpacks.
Recycled Firefighter
- recycledfirefighter.com – Backpacks, wallets, and flags made of recycled fire hose material.
Red Oxx
- redoxx.com – Burly nylon bags including backpacks, messenger bags, aviatator kit bags, overlanding gear, totes, duffels carry-on bags, and more.
Rickshaw Bagworks
- rickshawbags.com – Backpacks and bags for the urban commute.
Rivendell Mountain Works
- rivendellmountainworks.com – Cool cottage industry backpacks, bags, and fanny packs made to order.
Road Runner Bags
- roadrunnerbags.us – Bike packing and touring bags as well as backpacks.
Seek Outside
- seekoutside.com – Lightweight backpacking and hunting backpacks, sleeping bags, tipi tents and wood stoves.
Spec-Ops
- specops.us – Tactical backpacks and various tactical nylon gear.
Stone Glacier
- stoneglacier.com – Premium lightweight hunting backpacks.
Superior Wilderness Designs
- swdbackpacks.com – Custom ultralight backpacks.
Tanner Goods
- tannergoods.com – Craft canvas and leather backpacks and bags.
Tom Bihn
- tombihn.com – Durable packs and more.
Tough Traveler
- toughtraveler.com – A variety of old school packs, luggage, and gear.
Triple Aught Design
- tripleaughtdesign.com – Military inspired backpacks and other gear.
Truce Designs
- trucedesigns.com – Backpacks, duffel bags, messenger bags, and totes made to order with a wide variety of materials.
Tucker and Bloom
- tucker-bloom.com – Premium fashion canvas and leather backpacks and bags.
ULA Equipment
- ula-equipment.com – Ultralight backpacks. I own an Ohm 2.0 pack and love it! The Ohm 2.0 received our Best Buy Award.
Vedavoo
- vedavoo.com – Fishing packs, bags and gear built to order in the USA.
Wild Things Gear
- wildthingsgear.com – Technical packs among other gear.
- yar.gear.com – Small batch ultralight frameless backpacks.
Z Packs
- zpacks.com – Packs, shelters and sleeping systems
Brands No Longer Made in the USA
The following brands were previously but are no longer made in the USA including: Timbuk2 and Hyperlite Mountain Gear.
If anything changes please let us know.
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