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STRAUSS

Family-owned workwear company from Biebergemünd, Hesse, founded in 1948 by Engelbert Strauss and known as Engelbert Strauss until 2025; sells workwear, safety shoes and protective gear by mail order, online and in its own workwear stores. via research ↗

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Origin

🇩🇪 Germany

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City

Biebergemünd

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Founded

1948

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Company

Large ~1,700 people

Wikipedia: ca. 1,700 employees (31 Dec 2023), revenue ~EUR 1.4bnvia research ↗ · 2023

Owner

Independent

Family-owned; owners Henning and Steffen Strauss, 4th generationvia research ↗

Price

€€ €80–€140

median €105 · typical range of 8 products

Ethics

5.0 / 5

average of 1 source ↓

Quality

4.2 / 5

average of 3 sources ↓

Reviews

★ 4.9 / 5

average of 1 source ↓295,766 reviews

Newsletter

Not yet

Certifications

Fair Wear ↗bluesign ↗

Ratings

Ethics

5.0/ 5

Weighted average of 1 source

Fair Wear 5.0
audit / certification body · counts 100%
Leader (2025; 79/100) ↗ · 2026-05Brand Performance Check; benchmarking score 79; member since 2016; supply-chain transparency 76-99%

Quality

4.2/ 5

Weighted average of 3 sources

Industriemagazin (AT) 4.5
independent blog / video · counts 50%
Rank 1 of 7, 'Die beste Arbeitshose 2025' ↗ · 2025e.s.motion 2020 work trousers; trade-mag comparison w/o numeric scores, methodology unclear; strongly positive=4.5
WERKSTATT aktuell / eurotransport Profitest 4.0
independent blog / video · counts 43%
'leichter und stabiler, gut geeigneter Schuh' ↗ · 2022-06Zahnia low S3 safety shoe, workshop wear test vs Haix/Winkler, no ranking; positive=4
UKworkshop forum 4.0
community consensus · counts 7%
6 of 8 posters positive on durability ↗ · 8 reviews · 2013-12 · low weightthread 2012-2016; trousers outlast Snickers (8-10 vs 5-6 months), knees wear; 1 negative; positive consensus=4

Customer reviews

4.9/ 5

Weighted average of 1 source · 295,766 reviews

Trustpilot 4.9
open review platform · counts 100%
4.9/5 ↗ · 295,766 reviews · 2026-10Profile for engelbert-strauss.de

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.

Sourcing & ethics

Family-run workwear and safety-shoe brand (Engelbert Strauss until 2025), Fair Wear member since 2016 and rated Leader (benchmark 79 in 2025). About 90% is made in Asia via ~29 sourcing countries; in 2023 Bangladesh 41%, China 21%, Vietnam 11%, Laos 8%, Myanmar 7%, Turkey 5%. bluesign system partner since 2013; Der Spiegel (2018) reported hostility to works councils at the company.

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Products

8 products in STRAUSS's shop

All 8 Shoes 8