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Schöffel

Family-run outdoor clothing company from Schwabmünchen, Bavaria, founded in 1804 as a textile trader; makes functional outdoor and ski clothing, made its name with Gore-Tex products in the 1980s and keeps its own in-house tailoring. via research ↗

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Origin

🇩🇪 Germany

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City

Schwabmünchen

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Founded

1804

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Company

Mid-size 218 people

Wikipedia: 218 employees (2024)via research ↗ · 2024

Owner

Independent

Family business; Jakob Schöffel took over in 2025 as 8th generationvia research ↗

Price

€€ €70–€300

median €100 · typical range of 28 products

Ethics

3.8 / 5

average of 5 sources ↓Good On You: It's a start

Quality

4.1 / 5

average of 2 sources ↓

Reviews

★ 4.6 / 5

average of 1 source ↓3,017 reviews

Newsletter

Subscribed

Certifications

Fair Wear ↗bluesign ↗

Ratings

Ethics

3.8/ 5

Weighted average of 5 sources

Sources disagree by 2.7 points.

Fair Wear 5.0
audit / certification body · counts 41%
Leader (2026; 76/100) ↗ · 2026-09Brand Performance Check; benchmarking score 76; member since 2011; supply-chain transparency 76-99%
Good On You 3.0
rating organisation · counts 21%
It's a start (3/5) ↗ · April 2 · autoPeople: It's a start · Planet: Not good enough · Animals: Good
MoralScore 2.8
journalism / NGO report · counts 17%
55/100 ↗ · 2026-10 · autoGeneric score over 10 categories (environment, social, ethics…) · sector: Habillement
Rank a Brand 2.4
rating organisation · counts 16%
C-label, 16 out of 34 points ↗ · 2019-04Archived page (site closed after merging into Good On You); score = points/max x 5.
Public Eye 4.5
journalism / NGO report · counts 5%
Outdoor-Guide 2012 (EvB/Clean Clothes Campaign): Fortgeschrittene ↗ · 2012-04 · low weightSurvey of 25 outdoor firms on labour standards (no environment); 5 categories Fortgeschrittene/Durchschnittliche/Einsteiger/Nachlässige/Verweigerer mapped 4.5/3.5/2.5/1.5/1; reference date 1.4.2012

Quality

4.1/ 5

Weighted average of 2 sources

Sources disagree by 1.6 points.

Stiftung Warentest 3.4
lab test · counts 55%
befriedigend (2,6) ↗ · 2020-10ZipIn! Jacket Vancouver3 (rain jacket test); 6-2.6; rain-tightness dropped after 5 washes
ALPIN (via testberichte.de) 5.0
lab test · counts 45%
sehr gut, Testsieger ↗ · 2019-063L Jacket Calgary2 hardshell, ALPIN 7/2019, 1st of 2; Testsieger=5

Customer reviews

4.6/ 5

Weighted average of 1 source · 3,017 reviews

Product reviews on the brand's shop 4.6
brand-run reviews · counts 100%
4.64 / 5 over 10 best-selling products ↗ · 3,017 reviews · 2026-10 · autoCollected by the brand's own review app; brands can moderate these, so they count less

Each source is averaged first, then sources are weighted by reliability: audits, lab tests and verified-buyer platforms count most, rating organisations and expert reviewers less, brand-run reviews and community opinion least. Review scores also weigh by how many reviews stand behind them, and anything older than three years fades.

Verification

Includes Schöffel PRO (https://www.schoeffel-pro.com), a B2B workwear line under the same Fair Wear membership (https://www.fairwear.org/brands/schoffel-pro)

Sourcing & ethics

Family-owned Bavarian outdoor and ski apparel maker (incl. the Schöffel PRO workwear/uniform line) and Fair Wear member since 2011, rated Leader in 2024-2026 (benchmark 76 in 2026). Production is outsourced to 13 countries incl. Vietnam, China, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Ethiopia and EU sites; bluesign system partner since 2013. German Wikipedia notes past criticism of working conditions at Asian and Central American suppliers.

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