JLab Audio

JLab was founded by Joshua Rosenfield in 2005 in Tucson, Arizona, where they operated until 2012 when they relocated to Oceanside, California.[3] This occurred after the company was purchased in January by a Dallas, Texas-based private equity group and leadership transitioned to current CEO, Winthrop Cramer. Winthrop lead the Company to a top 5 headphone brand in the US market and initiated a global sales plan to further accelerate growth. Winthrop was named EY Entrepreneur of the Year in 2019, a top 40 under 40 in CE by Dealerscope.

After growing more than 250 percent from 2015 to 2017, JLab moved into a new facility in Carlsbad, California to support its growth.[4] JLab became the official audio partner of Major League Soccer in 2017.[5]

It was purchased in 2021 by Noritsu.[6]

JLab has made the INC 5000 list five times between 2010 and 2020[7] and two INC 5000 California regional awards as No. 131 each year (2020 and 2021).[8]

JLab true wireless earbuds: GO Air, JBuds Air Executive, Epic Air Sport

During the COVID-19 pandemic, JLab donated 3,000 headphones in its home county of San Diego to help distance learning. "At a time when many students are lacking the equipment necessary to successfully participate in distance learning while at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, local company JLab Audio has answered the need and donated 3,000 pairs of its neon on-air headphones to San Diego County students," according to the San Diego county office of education.[9] The company went on the donate more than 22,000 headphones[10] for remote learning to other communities including Los Angeles through their LA Galaxy partnership,[11] Atlanta United,[12] and New York.[13]

JLab became the No. 3 most innovative companies in Fast Company's consumer electronics sector for "for building a virtual fitting room for its best-selling, under-$100 wireless earbuds."[14]