31 Brands like Converse

American skate footwear and apparel brand, founded in Anaheim in 1966 and owned by VF Corporation, known for the Old Skool and Sk8-Hi.

Why it's similar. Both brands appeal to casual and street culture, featuring relaxed silhouettes.

What changes. Deeper skate-performance and apparel range

American canvas sneaker brand founded in 1916, known for the Champion low-top and Pro-Keds line; owned by Designer Brands since 2023.

Why it's similar. Strong alignment in heritage style, boxy silhouette, true-to-size fit, and budget price range.

What changes. Far smaller collab/hype presence, narrower range

German sportswear giant behind the three stripes, known for Samba, Gazelle and Superstar sneakers, football kits and designer lines like Y-3.

What changes. Huge performance and football business alongside

Japanese heritage sneaker and lifestyle label owned by Asics, best known for the retro Mexico 66 trainer.

Why it's similar. Both brands share a heritage style that resonates with classic sneaker enthusiasts.

What changes. Pricier, more running-heritage than basketball

American denim and western workwear brand owned by Kontoor Brands, best known for its Cowboy Cut and bootcut jeans.

Why it's similar. Shared heritage style, boxy silhouette, and cotton/denim material focus.

American mass-market basics label owned by Berkshire Hathaway, making multipack cotton T-shirts, underwear, socks and fleece under its fruit-cluster logo.

Why it's similar. Budget-friendly, heritage style with cotton/jersey materials and neutral palette.

British shoemaker founded in 1825, known for the crepe-soled Desert Boot and Wallabee and now majority-owned by Hong Kong-listed Viva Goods.

Why it's similar. Heritage style, similar price range, and neutral palette.

British bootmaker behind the 1460 eight-eyelet boot, known for yellow welt stitching and air-cushioned AirWair soles; LSE-listed and led by CEO Ije Nwokorie.

Why it's similar. Heritage style, boxy silhouette, and similar price range.

What changes. Higher price, boot-led, heavier construction

Parisian label founded in 2009 that updates French workwear staples — chore coats, utility trousers, knitwear — with made-in-France production.

Why it's similar. Christophe Lepine and Thomas Giorgetti's Paris label makes indigo chore coats and canvas outerwear in France, sharing Converse's plain workwear roots but none of its scale.

Finnish heritage running brand founded in Helsinki in 1916, known for retro Fulcrum-cushioned sneakers like the Fusion 2.0 and Legacy 96.

Why it's similar. Heritage style, boxy silhouette, and use of cotton/jersey basics.

French sneaker brand making Brazilian-produced low-tops from Amazonian wild rubber, organic cotton and recycled materials, sold with no advertising spend.

Why it's similar. Both brands focus on sustainable materials, appealing to environmentally-conscious consumers.

German sportswear company making football, running and motorsport gear plus retro lifestyle sneakers such as the Suede, Palermo and Speedcat.

Boston-founded, family-owned athletic brand making performance running shoes and lifestyle sneakers such as the 990 series, 574 and 2002R.

Italian family-run footwear brand founded in 1992, making lugged-sole hiking boots and leather sneakers in Onè di Fonte, Veneto.

Deckers-owned running brand whose maximalist-cushioned Clifton, Bondi and Speedgoat shoes crossed over from ultrarunning into everyday wear.

Allbirds is a San Francisco footwear brand known for wool and tree-fiber sneakers, sold to American Exchange Group for $39 million in 2026.

New York–designed, Italian-made minimalist footwear, defined by the gold serial-numbered Achilles low-top sneaker.

British luxury house founded in 1856, known for gabardine trench coats, its house check, scarves and leather accessories.

Independent avant-garde label founded in Los Angeles in 1994 and now based in Paris, known for draped monochrome tailoring and chunky sneakers.

British label founded by Paul Smith in 1970, known for traditional tailoring twisted with bright colour, stripes and prints across menswear and womenswear.

Italian-founded, Korean-owned sportswear brand known for retro tennis styling, bold logos and chunky sneakers like the Disruptor II.

Paris luxury house founded in 1988, known for deconstruction, blank numeric labels and Tabi split-toe boots; now led by Glenn Martens.

Italian luxury house founded in Milan in 1978, now owned by Prada Group, known for Medusa motifs, Baroque prints and body-conscious tailoring.

Dior Men, formerly Dior Homme, is the LVMH-owned Paris menswear line of Christian Dior, led by Jonathan Anderson since 2025.

London label founded in 1994, built on leather biker jackets and washed, rock-referencing basics in a muted monochrome palette.

Milan-founded luxury streetwear label blending LA skate imagery with Italian production, owned by Bluestar Alliance since February 2025.

Swedish label making handmade rubberized cotton raincoats built around the Arholma fisherman's coat that inspired its 2010 founding.

Brazilian sustainable sneaker brand known for canvas OCA low-tops and CATIBA Pro skate shoes; acquired by Azzas 2154 in late 2025.

Malmö skate-shoe brand by Polar Skate Co. founder Pontus Alv, known for the flat vulcanised VM001.

Why it's similar. Last Resort AB covers the skater-owned footwear angle — Pontus Alv's flat vulcanised VM001 sits naturally beside this list.

Slovak maker of vulcanized canvas sneakers, produced in Partizánske since 1939 and best known for the tyre-tread Star Master.

Why it's similar. Like the Chuck Taylor, Novesta's Star Master is a vulcanized cotton canvas sneaker, though it's built in Slovakia since 1939 on a natural-rubber tyre-tread sole.

Turin footwear brand founded in 1911, known for the 2750 Cotu Classic canvas sneaker on a vulcanised rubber sole.

Why it's similar. Like the Chuck Taylor, Superga's 2750 is a vulcanized cotton canvas low-top on a flat rubber sole — the Italian take on the same idea, from a Turin company that has been making rubber-soled shoes since 1911.