Golden Bear, Inc., The
THE GOLDEN BEAR, INC. is a Colorado domestic profit corporation (entity ID 19871378347) whose Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Colorado Secretary of State on 23 July 1979. The state’s business-entity open data lists it in Good Standing, with a periodic report filed every year through 23 June 2026. The company designs, makes and sells jewellery and giftware built around a bear motif, trading as The Golden Bear in Vail, Colorado.
According to its website, the bear pieces are handcrafted in a Vail studio in 14k and 18k gold and sterling silver, and sold through a store at 183 Gore Creek Drive in Vail Village, a mail-order catalogue and an online shop. The register gives the company’s principal office as 51 Eagle Road, Building 4, Avon, and its mailing address as PO Box 5060, Vail. The website lists the same Avon address for shipping and the same PO box for mail, which ties the website to this registered entity.
The Golden Bear, Inc. holds US federal registration 2502911 for THE SYMBOL OF VAIL VALLEY, covering jewellery, glassware and retail and mail-order catalogue services. It was registered on 30 October 2001 and renewed in 2022. An earlier federal registration, 2095470 for THE SIGNATURE OF VAIL, was cancelled in 2004. Colorado’s trademark register lists ten state marks held by the company, including GOLDEN BEAR, a three-dimensional bear design, and MAMA, PAPA, BABY and TINY BEAR. They were registered in 1994–1996, run to 2029–2031, and claim first use in June 1975. This business is unrelated to the “Golden Bear” marks associated with the golfer Jack Nicklaus, which belong to a different company.
No revenue figure appears in any public filing reviewed. For scale, SBA data record a Paycheck Protection Program loan of $311,500 approved on 7 April 2020, with 29 jobs reported and NAICS code 448310 (jewellery stores). The loan was forgiven in June 2021. USAspending also records an SBA 504 Certified Development loan to the company, dated April 2013, with a current face value of $378,000.
Sources
- Colorado Secretary of State, Business Entities (Colorado Information Marketplace), entity 19871378347 — https://data.colorado.gov/resource/4ykn-tg5h.json?entityid=19871378347 — retrieved 2026-09-30
- Colorado Secretary of State, Business Entity Transaction History, entity 19871378347 (Articles of Incorporation 1979-07-23; periodic report 2026-06-23) — https://data.colorado.gov/resource/casm-dbbj.json?entityid=19871378347 — retrieved 2026-09-30
- Colorado Secretary of State, Trademarks for Businesses in Colorado, entity 19871378347 — https://data.colorado.gov/resource/d3m2-b6we.json?entityid=19871378347 — retrieved 2026-09-30
- USPTO TSDR, THE SYMBOL OF VAIL VALLEY, serial 75848827, reg. 2502911 (registered 2001-10-30; renewal status date 2022-03-21) — https://tsdr.uspto.gov/statusview/sn75848827 — retrieved 2026-09-30
- USPTO TSDR, THE SIGNATURE OF VAIL, serial 74516282, reg. 2095470 (cancelled, status date 2004-06-12) — https://tsdr.uspto.gov/statusview/sn74516282 — retrieved 2026-09-30
- USPTO TSDR, GOLDEN BEAR, serial 72373324, reg. 955632 (owner Nicklaus Companies, LLC; a different company) — https://tsdr.uspto.gov/statusview/sn72373324 — retrieved 2026-09-30
- U.S. Small Business Administration, PPP FOIA data (file public_150k_plus_240930.csv), loan 6501467009 — https://data.sba.gov/dataset/ppp-foia — data as of 2024-09-30, retrieved 2026-09-30
- USAspending.gov, PPP loan 6501467009 — https://www.usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_6501467009_073 — retrieved 2026-09-30
- USAspending.gov, SBA 504 loan 6102935008 — https://www.usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_6102935008_073 — retrieved 2026-09-30
- The Golden Bear, About Us and Contact Us pages — https://thegoldenbear.com/pages/about-us and https://thegoldenbear.com/pages/contact-us — retrieved 2026-09-30
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Shareholders
Shareholders of The Golden Bear, Inc.
No public register names the shareholders of THE GOLDEN BEAR, INC. or gives their holdings. The company is a privately held Colorado corporation, and the Colorado Secretary of State’s business-entity record and its 43-entry transaction history (1979–2026) contain no shareholder or share-capital fields. The history does include an amendment filed on 29 June 1995 and annotated “STOCK CHANGE”, and amended articles filed on 16 May 2018. The published data do not show what either filing contains.
The only statement about ownership is on the company’s own website. It says the business is “owned and operated by Kristen Busse and her husband” and that she took over the business in 2006 from its founder. This is the company’s own description, not a register filing. It gives no percentages and does not name the second owner. The SEC’s EDGAR company-name index lists no filer under this name, so there are no SEC ownership filings for it. A control search for DaVita in the same index returned DaVita’s filer record.
Data availability
Not public. Colorado does not publish shareholder lists for private corporations, and no beneficial-ownership record for this company is publicly accessible, so no ultimate beneficial owner or percentage can be verified from a register. The lack of published data does not mean the company has no shareholders.
Sources
- Colorado Secretary of State, Business Entities (Colorado Information Marketplace), entity 19871378347 — https://data.colorado.gov/resource/4ykn-tg5h.json?entityid=19871378347 — retrieved 2026-09-30
- Colorado Secretary of State, Business Entity Transaction History, entity 19871378347 (amendment 1995-06-29; amended articles 2018-05-16) — https://data.colorado.gov/resource/casm-dbbj.json?entityid=19871378347 — retrieved 2026-09-30
- SEC EDGAR company-name lookup (“the golden bear”, “golden bear inc”) — https://efts.sec.gov/LATEST/search-index?keysTyped=golden%20bear%20inc — retrieved 2026-09-30
- The Golden Bear, About Us — https://thegoldenbear.com/pages/about-us — retrieved 2026-09-30
Officers
Directors and officers of The Golden Bear, Inc.
No public register names the directors or officers of THE GOLDEN BEAR, INC. The Colorado Secretary of State’s open data for entity 19871378347 contain the entity’s principal office, mailing address and registered agent, and the transaction history lists filings by type, but neither dataset has a director or officer field.
The register names Kristen Kathleen Busse, a natural person, as registered agent. A registered agent accepts legal process for the company; this is not a corporate office and is not evidence of a directorship. The history records changes to registered-agent information in 2005, 2006, 2015, 2023, 2024 and on 23 June 2026. The open data show only the current agent.
The company’s own website says Kristen Busse took over the business in 2006 and runs it with her husband. It describes an operating role, not a formal board or officer appointment, and gives no titles or appointment dates.
Data availability
Not found. Colorado’s open data contain no officer or director appointments for this corporation, so no current or former officers, appointment dates, nationalities or countries of residence can be confirmed. Nationality is not disclosed. The lack of published data does not mean the company has no directors.
Sources
- Colorado Secretary of State, Business Entities (Colorado Information Marketplace), entity 19871378347 — https://data.colorado.gov/resource/4ykn-tg5h.json?entityid=19871378347 — retrieved 2026-09-30
- Colorado Secretary of State, Business Entity Transaction History, entity 19871378347 — https://data.colorado.gov/resource/casm-dbbj.json?entityid=19871378347 — retrieved 2026-09-30
- The Golden Bear, About Us — https://thegoldenbear.com/pages/about-us — retrieved 2026-09-30
Group Structure
Group structure of The Golden Bear, Inc.
No parent company or subsidiary of THE GOLDEN BEAR, INC. was verified. Colorado does not publish corporate ownership, and no filing reviewed links this company to another legal entity.
The company has registered four trade names with the Colorado Secretary of State: COLORADO COUNTRY COLLECTABLES, INC. (1992), THE SIGNATURE OF VAIL, INC. (1993), THE SIGNATURE OF BEAVER CREEK, INC. and SIGNATURE OF VAIL-BREWER CREEK, INC. (THE) (both 1994). These are names the company trades under, not separate companies. A search of Colorado’s business-entity register for each name found no entity registered under it. The same search form returned 46 entities for “Golden Bear”, which shows that it works.
None of those 46 “Golden Bear” entities has a verified link to this company. One of them, GOLDEN BEAR DEVELOPMENT & MARKET PLACE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (entity ID 19921027841, formed 1992 and delinquent since 1 May 2006), lists 953 S Frontage Rd West, Suite 302, Vail, as its principal address. The company gave the same address to the USPTO in 1994 and 1999. A shared address does not establish a corporate relationship, and none is reported here.
Verified corporate relationships
| Entity | Country | Registration number | Relationship | Ownership | Status | Information date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No verified corporate relationships | — | — | — | — | — | 2026-09-30 |
Data availability
Not found. Colorado does not publish parent or subsidiary relationships for private corporations, and no official filing reviewed confirms either. The lack of a verified link does not prove the company is independent.
Sources
- Colorado Secretary of State, Trade Names for Businesses in Colorado, entity 19871378347 — https://data.colorado.gov/resource/u7sb-g482.json?entityid=19871378347 — retrieved 2026-09-30
- Colorado Secretary of State, Business Entities, name search for “GOLDEN BEAR” — https://data.colorado.gov/resource/4ykn-tg5h.json?$where=upper(entityname)%20like%20’%25GOLDEN%20BEAR%25′ — retrieved 2026-09-30
- Colorado Secretary of State, Business Entities, entity 19921027841 — https://data.colorado.gov/resource/4ykn-tg5h.json?entityid=19921027841 — retrieved 2026-09-30
- USPTO TSDR, serial 74516282 and serial 75681641 (owner address 953 South Frontage Road West, Vail) — https://tsdr.uspto.gov/statusview/sn74516282 and https://tsdr.uspto.gov/statusview/sn75681641 — retrieved 2026-09-30
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does Golden Bear, Inc., The do?
The Golden Bear, Inc. is a Colorado corporation, incorporated on 23 July 1979 (entity ID 19871378347), that designs, makes and sells bear-motif gold and silver jewellery and giftware from a store in Vail Village, by catalogue and online. It is unrelated to the Golden Bear marks associated with Jack Nicklaus.
Who owns Golden Bear, Inc., The?
No public register names the shareholders of The Golden Bear, Inc.; Colorado does not publish shareholder lists for private corporations. The company's own website says it is owned and operated by Kristen Busse and her husband, without giving percentages.
Who is Golden Bear, Inc., The's UBO (Ultimate Beneficial Owner)?
No ultimate beneficial owner of The Golden Bear, Inc. can be verified from a public register. The only ownership statement is the company's own website, which names Kristen Busse and her husband as owners without percentages.
Is Golden Bear, Inc., The still an active company?
Golden Bear, Inc., The's status on Colorado Secretary of State is listed as active.
What is Golden Bear, Inc., The's registered address?
The registered address on file for Golden Bear, Inc., The is vail, United States.
What is Golden Bear, Inc., The's revenue?
No revenue figure appears in any public filing reviewed. SBA data record a Paycheck Protection Program loan of $311,500, approved on 7 April 2020 with 29 jobs reported and forgiven in June 2021.
Is Golden Bear, Inc., The listed on a stock exchange?
The Golden Bear, Inc. is not listed on any stock exchange; it is a privately held Colorado corporation, and the SEC EDGAR company index shows no filer under its name.
Who are the officers/directors of Golden Bear, Inc., The?
Colorado's published register data do not name any directors or officers of The Golden Bear, Inc. The register lists Kristen Kathleen Busse as registered agent, which is not a corporate office.
Does Golden Bear, Inc., The have a parent company or subsidiaries?
No parent company or subsidiary of The Golden Bear, Inc. was verified. Its four Colorado trade names, including The Signature of Vail, are names it trades under, not separate companies.
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Where does this company information come from, and how current is it?
This record is sourced directly from Colorado Secretary of State and was last synced on 29 September 2026.