[4] The company was founded in 1862 by Kaspar Tanner in the Swiss village Dintikon as a ropery[5] and moved to nearby Lenzburg in 1878.

[6] When the original core business of the ropery fell into a crisis and comparable rope factories closed, the company gradually developed into a manufacturer of outdoor clothing in the 1970s and 1980s.

[10] Raichle then covered the mountain, trekking, hiking and multifunctional footwear submarkets within the Mammut Sports Group.

From fall 2024, the Austrian market will be covered by a newly founded subsidiary; this is already the case in countries such as Switzerland and Germany.

[28][29][30] The Mammut Sports Group belongs to the London-based investment firm Telemos Capital as a private equity company.

[31][32] The company is based in Seon, Switzerland, while the central distribution warehouse for Europe is located in Wolfertschwenden in Bavaria.

[34] In 2010, the non-governmental organization Public Eye compared the standards of working conditions in production countries by means of surveys and internet research among 77 fashion labels.

[35] The Mammut Sports Group is a member of the Fair Wear Foundation and has been recognized by it several times for supply chain transparency.

[36] According to the company, it has set itself the goal of eliminating environmentally harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances[37] from their supply chains until 2025.

[38] In 2021, the Mammut Sports Group received the National German Sustainability Award for a circular economy project.