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Crawford Cragun's avatar

Hey Scott, I liked this post—all Utah names.

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Adam Clark's avatar

There are a lot more - especially in the outdoor space and recreation areas.

Ones I would add:

Chums

Blendtec

Browning Arms

KFC

1-800-contacts

Altra

Bullfrog Spas

extra space storage,

Franklin covey (at least used to be)

Skull candy

Sportsmans warehouse (in 29 states now)

Maverik - especially with the purchase of Kum & Go

Little Giant Ladders

Black Diamond

Klymit

Hoonigan

Lifetime products

Mitylite

Blackstone grills

Camp Chef

Backcountry

Lizard Skins

Probar

Atomic

Rossignol

Skywest

Others in the running:

Kuhl

Zagg

Petzl USA (french company, but US company is in Utah)

Enso Rings

Ogio bags (started here, purchased by Calloway)

Fezzari (at least with Mountain bikers)

The Jazz (not sure you would count it, but definitely known everywhere)

Doterra, Young Living, Nuskin (you may not like MLM, but they are known everywhere)

Thermoworks

Coalatree

Goal Zero

Smith Optics has a factory in Clearfield

Kirkham Motorsports (if you are into cars)

I'd probably add Sundance, but that may not be qualified

Anyway, there are others I am sure I missed, but those are what I thought of. haha.

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Bryan Waldon Pope's avatar

Great list, Adam!

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Eliot Jacobsen's avatar

JAZZ

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Cameron Nuckols's avatar

Qualtrics is the company I hear about most often when talking with people from out of state.

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Scott Paul's avatar

I can’t even imagine how Qualtrics comes up in conversations. “Have you tried this bean dip? Also what kind of survey software you seeing lately?”

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Andrew Nielsen's avatar

Ancestry.com

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Dave Bradley's avatar

Ancestry, Vivint..

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Kelly Webb's avatar

doTerra and Young Living essential oils!

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Bryan Waldon Pope's avatar

There are a number of household names that have come out of Utah. One that comes to mind readily is WordPerfect. It dominated its space for some time and was used globally.

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Volodymyr Reznichenko's avatar

IMHO Grip6 has real Utah spirit

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Greg Paul's avatar

Alta....Alta is for Skiers

Powder...best snow on earth

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Lorri's avatar

Altra shoes are some of the most popular running/trail shoes all over the world.

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Eugene Podsiadlo's avatar

Minky (blankets),

No Name Saloon.

(I suppose you could add High West distillery, but you can't get into the restaurant anymore due to some Corp event or other nonsense all the time)

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Karen J's avatar

Read on LinkedIn today that Cotapaxi won several sustainability awards from prestigious publications for 2023.

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