Kooga
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| Private Company | |
| Industry | Textile, Sportswear, Clothing |
| Founded | 2011 (1999 as KooGa Australia) |
| Founder | Kim Brant |
| Headquarters |
16-18 Kingston Drive Helensvale, Australia |
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Area served
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Oceania, Europe, North & South America Asia and UAE |
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Key people
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CEO Tyron Brant |
| Products | Sportswear |
| Parent | Esperança Timor Oan |
| Website |
blksport |
Beyond Limits Known, generally styled as BLK (pron: "B-L-K"), is a sportswear clothing company which was established in 2011 in the city of the Gold Coast.
The overall but now heavily transitioned company has origins as far back as 1999, but evolved from the Australian arm of the brand KooGa. Australian founder and current chairman, Kim Brant, re-branded KooGa Australia to "BLK" (Beyond Limits Known) in 2011.
BLK's primary business is in Australia with a sizeable portfolio of sport's in Queensland.
With the organisation's headquarters based in the Gold Coast, BLK manages local NRL and AFL sides the Titans and Suns respectively as well as the Queensland Reds and Brisbane Lions. Overall they kit close to 1,000 sides in the wider geographic area, part of what is now a 10,000 strong team family across the world.
In a short space of time BLK has become the largest apparel supplier to the AFL, now partners with six teams and a host of state leagues as well as the referees division.
BLK also has apparel agreements with the top three netball teams in the world, Australia, New Zealand and England while being the official partner with the ANZ Championship.
Rugby Union is a major market for the company with BLK boasting five Super Rugby teams and some of the biggest European club outfits.
Stade Toulousain, Connacht and Opsreys are essentially managed in their entirety by independent global distributors, as our Canterbury, Wellington, Tasman and Manawatu in New Zealand.
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