Globber is a French mobility and wheeled-products brand established in 2014. While best known for its scooters designed for toddlers, children, teenagers, and adults, the company has expanded its portfolio beyond conventional kick scooters. The current range includes transformable scooters, tricycles, balance bikes, ride-ons, roller skates, electric scooters, strollers, helmets, and other mobility accessories. Globber positions its products around three core themes: innovation, safety, and sustainable mobility. 1

2

According to Globber’s own retrospective published in 2024, the brand grew from its original collection of three-wheel scooters to over 100 wheeled products, reached more than 90 markets, and accumulated over 60 awards by that time. 3

Founding — 2014

Globber was established in France in 2014 by a team with extensive experience in the wheeled-products industry. The founders are described as longtime friends from France who sought to combine their professional expertise with a shared passion for adventure and wheeled mobility. 4

From its inception, Globber’s objective extended beyond manufacturing another standard scooter. The company focused on rethinking how scooters function, particularly for younger riders. The brand maintains that its French origins are central to its identity, noting that design, engineering, and product-development processes continue to be carried out in France.

Early scooter development — 2015–2016

Globber launched its first major scooter products in 2015, including both three-wheel and two-wheel models. Subsequently, the company introduced its first all-in-one ride-on product, engineered to transform as a child develops.

A significant technological milestone occurred in 2016 with the introduction of Globber’s patented Steering Lock System. This mechanism allows the front wheels of a three-wheel scooter to be locked into a forward/backward movement, assisting young children in learning steering and balance before transitioning to conventional scooter steering. This approach—making the product adapt to the rider rather than requiring the rider to immediately adapt to the product—became a recurring theme in Globber’s product development.

Globber’s range has expanded substantially from its initial scooter-focused lineup. The company currently markets products starting from early developmental stages, including its Learning range.

Toddler products

Globber produces items intended for very young children, such as:

• Ride-ons
• Toddler scooters
• Scooters with seats
• Learning products
• Baby/toddler tricycles

Three-wheel scooters

Three-wheel scooters are considered Globber’s signature category. Designed primarily for younger children, these models typically feature two wheels at the front and one at the rear. This configuration provides a broad front platform and supports the leaning and steering techniques used by young riders. Families within this range include:

• GO•UP
• JUNIOR
• PRIMO
• ELITE

Some models incorporate folding mechanisms, LED wheels, adjustable components, and recycled materials.

Two-wheel scooters

For older children and teenagers, Globber offers conventional two-wheel scooters. The range includes models such as the FLOW FOLDABLE, which received a Good Design Award in 2023. 5 These products generally serve as a transition from the stability-oriented three-wheel format toward a more traditional scooter experience.

Teen and adult scooters

Globber is not exclusively a children’s brand. The company also produces scooters aimed at teenagers and adults, including larger two-wheel models intended for urban transportation and everyday riding. This broadens the customer lifecycle, allowing a user to potentially begin with a toddler product and progress through three-wheel, two-wheel, and adult-oriented models.

Tricycles

The company has developed several evolutionary tricycles, particularly for babies and young children. A notable example is the EXPLORER TRIKE 4in1, designed to change configuration as the child grows. Globber states that this product has received multiple recognitions, including Product of the Year and Toy of the Year awards.

Balance bikes and Roller Skates

Globber sells balance bikes to help young children develop coordination and balance before progressing to pedal bicycles. Additionally, the expansion into roller-skating products includes children’s skate products within the wider wheeled-mobility portfolio.

Electric scooters

Globber has entered the electric-scooter segment, focusing on products designed for younger riders and family-oriented mobility. This extends the portfolio from first mobility experiences for toddlers to powered personal mobility.

Accessories

Supporting products include helmets, protective equipment, replacement wheels, brakes, screws, and other spare components. Globber promotes the availability of replacement parts as part of its sustainability strategy.

Globber’s product design is guided by four primary principles:

Safety

Safety is prioritized given that a large portion of Globber’s customers are children. Features such as three-wheel configurations, steering-lock mechanisms, adjustable components, and protective accessories are designed to make learning to ride easier and more controlled. The company provides manuals, assembly instructions, and replacement-part information through its support system. Globber states that its scooters carry a two-year warranty against manufacturing defects from the purchase date.

Adjustability

Many products feature adjustable handlebars, seats, or configurations, allowing them to accommodate children of different sizes and developmental stages.

Folding and Portability

Folding mechanisms are common, particularly on products for older children, teenagers, and adults. This facilitates carrying, storage, transport in vehicles, use on public transportation, and integration into urban commutes.

Transformability

Transformation is a distinctive element of Globber’s design language. Rather than treating a scooter as a fixed object, products are often designed with multiple configurations, a concept visible in the GO•UP and tricycle families.

Sustainability is a major component of Globber’s modern brand identity. The company reports being the first scooter brand to use Global Recycled Standard (GRS) plastic across a collection of more than 100 products, rather than limiting recycled plastic to isolated items.

Globally, the sustainability strategy focuses on three ideas:

• Recycle: Use recycled materials.
• Reuse: Make products durable and adaptable.
• Repair: Provide replacement components to prevent discarding otherwise usable products.

Recycled Plastic and ECOLOGIC Collection

Globber incorporates recycled plastic into various collections. Its ECOLOGIC range combines recycled materials with designs intended to reduce environmental impact. Some ECOLOGIC models blend recycled plastic with bio-sourced wheat straw. Since October 2022, Globber reports reusing more than 118 tonnes of material from sources including used bottles, cups, fishing nets, old toys, and pads.

Repairability

The emphasis on repair over replacement is supported by the availability of spare wheels, screws, clamps, and brakes in various markets. This allows owners to fix a product instead of replacing an entire functional scooter due to a single damaged part.

Globber has received numerous design, toy, parenting, and product awards. Notable examples include:

• iF Design Award — GO•UP FOLDABLE PLUS LIGHTS, 2022
• Good Design Award — FLOW FOLDABLE, 2023
• Grand Prix du Jouet — Recognition for Globber products
• Green Good Design Award — GO•UP FOLDABLE PLUS ECOLOGIC
• Junior Design Awards — JUNIOR FOLDABLE LIGHTS ECOLOGIC
• Toy Award — EVO 5-in-1 Scooter, Nuremberg Toy Fair, 2016

In 2024, Globber reported that its products had accumulated over 65 awards, following more than 15 additional awards since 2023.

Although originated in France, Globber has developed into an international brand. In its 10-year retrospective, the company stated it had expanded into more than 90 markets worldwide. Regional websites and distributors serve markets throughout Europe, Asia, North America, Australia, and other regions. This strategy means Globber operates differently from a purely domestic children’s-toy company; its products are designed for a global market while retaining a strong French design identity.

Globber occupies a position between several industries, functioning simultaneously as a children’s mobility brand, a scooter manufacturer, a family outdoor-recreation brand, a personal urban-mobility company, a children’s developmental-product brand, and an increasingly sustainability-focused consumer-products company. Its core proposition combines mobility, child development, transformability, safety, design, and sustainability.

Globber describes its broader vision as creating a “better, greener world on wheels for all.” The brand presents scooting as a form of active mobility, encouraging children to move and explore while providing teenagers and adults with practical transportation options.

As of its current positioning, Globber has evolved from a focused scooter proposition into a global family mobility brand with more than 100 wheeled products and presence in over 90 markets. 6 Its identity is summarized as French-founded, globally distributed, scooter-focused, family-oriented, innovative, transformable, and increasingly sustainable. The most recognizable concepts remain the evolutionary/transformable scooter, particularly the three-wheel and GO•UP lines, alongside the growing emphasis on recycled materials and repairability.

1. Globber, le leader français des trottinettes pour enfants, ados et adultes
2. 10 Years of a Greener World on Wheels: The Globber Story – Globber
3. Official Globber website
4. Globber France
5. Trottinettes évolutives, enfants, ados et adultes.
6. About Globber