- Official Company Name: Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc.
- Headquarters: Katy, TX
- Fiscal Year End: January
- Total Sales Last Fiscal Year: $6.05B
- Sector: Sporting Goods
- Merchandise Mix: Outdoor (31%), sports & recreation (22%), apparel (27%), footwear (20%) in FY25
- Primary Competitors: Dick's Sporting Goods, Walmart, Amazon, Bass Pro, Cabela's, Scheels
- Store Count: 322 stores in 21 states as of 1/31/26
- Current Store Growth Plan: Open ~125 new stores over five years, announced April 2026
- Concepts/Banners: Academy Sports + Outdoors
- Average Store Size: 70K gross square feet, 85% of which is selling space
- Geographic Footprint: Southern US
- Regional Concentrations: More than a third of stores are in Texas
- Market Concentration: Metropolitan, suburban and smaller cities
- Other Real Estate Notes:
- Store size ranges from 40K-130K square feet, average is 70K gross
- Most stores are near major highways or thoroughfares
- Most stores are in retail centers with traffic-driving co-tenants
- No stores are connected to malls
- Academy wants long-term leases, typically 15-20 years, with third party landlords
- The company also prefers various renewal options and lease escalation structures
- Of the 322 stores in 21 states as of 1/31/26, only one store was owned
Academy's Stores by State as of 1/31/26
Source: Company Reports