BATS-TOI

Employee Size

2-10

Organization Type

Privately Held

Headquarters

Brooklyn, NY

Founded

2017

BATS-TOI makes sports headgear and performance apparel, led by its Mercado full-coverage headgear designed, engineered, and manufactured in the United States. The Mercado is the official wrestling headgear partner of the National Federation of High Schools and is built for high-impact sports including wrestling and flag football. The company also offers its Be Cool compression shirt, made in Japan with FREEZETECH cooling technology, and is developing Tekfall Supreme, a wrestling video game planned for 2026.

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• Frost Gear SportsFrost Gear Sports makes cold-weather performance gear for baseball and softball, a focus born from its founders’ determination to keep freezing temperatures from changing how athletes play. The company developed baseball’s first cold-weather throwing glove and builds its line around specialized gloves and apparel that help players train and compete through cold, wet conditions. Its cold-weather batting gloves are used by more than 100 professional athletes, while the company also serves players at youth, collegiate, and professional levels.FARMINGDALE, NY
• Athletin Be SportyFounded by Malik Shamsuddin after seven years in Sialkot’s sportswear factories, Athletin Be Sporty makes custom team uniforms and sports gear from its U.S.-based operation in Celina, Texas. Shamsuddin began his own manufacturing business in 2010 and later introduced Athletin at the 2016 American Football Coaches Association convention, bringing factory-direct, fully sublimated team apparel to American teams. The company also makes ready-to-ship equipment such as its soft-shell Halo flag-football helmet, with no minimums or design fees for custom orders.CENTEREACH, NY
• Victus SportsFounded in a tiny garage in Blackwood, New Jersey, in 2012, Victus Sports makes baseball and softball bats and fielding gloves with a distinctly design-driven approach. The company has grown from that local start into a wood-bat manufacturer whose Pro Reserve models are used by MLB players, while still offering equipment for players at every level.KING OF PRUSSIA, PA