Polar Electro Oy
Finnish sports-watch and heart-rate monitor manufacturer.
Polar manufactures sports watches, heart-rate sensors, bike computers, and fitness-tracking devices. Founded in Finland in 1977, the company sells through sports, healthcare, and consumer-electronics distributors worldwide.
- Type
- Manufacturer
- Location
- Kempele, Finland
- Founded
- 1977
- Website
- polar.com
- Categories
- Wearables & Personal Devices, Fitness & Gym Equipment
- Markets
- Finland, Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Verified facts
- domain-registered (green), checked 2026-08-02 Domain registry record
- standards-mark-certified (green), checked 2026-08-16 EAEU unified register of certificates and declarations
- lei-active (green), checked 2026-08-23 GLEIF global LEI register (golden copy)
- registered-manufacturer (green), checked 2026-07-09 Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH)
- registered-address (green), checked 2026-08-14 Finnish Patent and Registration Office, Trade Register (PRH/YTJ open data)
- tax-filing-active (green), checked 2026-08-14 Finnish Tax Administration, public corporate tax data 2024 (Verohallinto)
- registry-active-global (green), checked 2026-07-09 Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH)
- registry-id-verified (green), checked 2026-08-14 Finnish Patent and Registration Office, Trade Register (PRH/YTJ open data)
- registry-activity (green), checked 2026-08-14 Finnish Patent and Registration Office, Trade Register (PRH/YTJ open data)
Claimed certifications
- EAC mark (EAEU conformity) EAEU unified register of certificates and declarations
Import rules for these goods
- Consumer goods sold in the EU fall under the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR, applies since 13 Dec 2024): a responsible person in the EU is mandatory. EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) 2023/988 (GPSR)
- Electronics for the EU need CE marking incl. RoHS substance limits, and producers must register for WEEE take-back in each member state of sale. European Commission (CE)
- Electronics for the US market need FCC equipment authorization under 47 CFR Part 15, which covers unintentional radiators such as switch-mode power supplies, not only radio devices. US FCC (Part 15)