Academy Sports & Outdoors is near the head of the class among sporting goods retailers. The company is one of the top full-line sporting goods chains in the US with more than 100 stores in about a dozen states throughout the South and Southwest. Academy's low-frills stores carry clothing, shoes, and equipment for almost any sport and outdoor activity, including camping, golf, hunting, fishing, and boating. The company, which also operates a catalog and e-commerce operation, dates back to a San Antonio tire shop opened by Max Gochman in 1938. The business moved into military surplus items and during the 1980s began focusing on sports and outdoor merchandise. The Gochman family still owns Academy.

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Top competitors of Academy Sports & Outdoors, Ltd.

• Dick's Sporting Goods
• Sports Authority
• Wal-Mart

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• Retail
  • Sporting & Recreational Equipment Retail(primary)
  • Apparel & Accessories Retail
    • Footwear & Related Products Retail
  • Nonstore Retail
    • Catalog, Mail Order & Television Sales

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