Metro by metro
The leading sporting goods store chains in every Colorado metro area
Tracked sporting goods store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Scheels leads in 2 metro areas, DICK'S Sporting Goods in 2 metro areas, and Bass Pro Shops in 1 metro area. Against their share in Colorado as a whole, DICK'S Sporting Goods stands out in 1 metro area, Christy Sports in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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DICK'S Sporting Goods
Relative #1 in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO, 1× its share in Colorado
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Christy Sports
Relative #1 in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO, 1.6× its share in Colorado
Not enough tracked stores: Greeley, CO · Pueblo, CO
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Boulder, CO · Colorado Springs, CO · Grand Junction, CO
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Scheels
#1 in 2 metro areas
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DICK'S Sporting Goods
#1 in 2 metro areas
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO · Boulder, CO
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Bass Pro Shops
#1 in Grand Junction, CO
Not enough tracked stores: Greeley, CO · Pueblo, CO
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked sporting goods store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Colorado compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Colorado as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Colorado and the chains that lead a metro area by spend, wherever a chain has at least 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's metropolitan statistical areas; the rest of Colorado is light gray. Colors match the store map; other tracked chains are gray.
Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked sporting goods store chains
Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Runners Roost and Spa Brokers sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
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| 1 | Runners Roost | ▲2 | +16.4% |
| 2 | Spa Brokers | - | +13.4% |
| 3 | JAX Farm & Ranch | - | +8.3% |
| 4 | Golf Galaxy | ▲1 | +7.8% |
| 5 | DICK'S Sporting Goods | - | +2.3% |
| 6 | Trek Bicycle | ▼1 | +2.3% |
| 7 | Bass Pro Shops | ▲1 | +1.6% |
| 8 | Play It Again Sports | - | +1.3% |
| 9 | Sportsman's Warehouse | ▼1 | -9.6% |
| 10 | Big 5 Sporting Goods | - | -10.5% |
| 11 | Christy Sports | - | -24.9% |
| 12 | Epic Mountain Gear | - | -26.6% |
| 13 | Vail Sports | - | -30.5% |
| 14 | DCF Guns | ▼2 | -33.4% |
| 15 | Fitness Gallery | - | -46.2% |
- Scheels
- DICK'S Sporting Goods
- Bass Pro Shops
- Sportsman's Warehouse
- Christy Sports
- JAX Farm & Ranch
- JAX Broomfield Outdoor Gear, Farm & Ranch
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
504 tracked store locations in Colorado. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 88 of the 504 stores (17%); 332 of the 368 tracked chains have a single store here. 8% of the tracked retail stores here are sporting goods stores, against 4% across the United States.
- Scheels (2)
- DICK'S Sporting Goods (17)
- Bass Pro Shops (3)
- Sportsman's Warehouse (8)
- Christy Sports (35)
- JAX Farm & Ranch (3)
- JAX Broomfield Outdoor Gear, Farm & Ranch (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Christy Sports 35
- 2 DICK'S Sporting Goods 17
- 3 Big 5 Sporting Goods 17
- 4 Play It Again Sports 11
- 5 Sportsman's Warehouse 8
- 6 Runners Roost 8
- 7 Epic Mountain Gear 7
- 8 Vail Sports 4
- 9 Spa Brokers 4
- 10 Trek Bicycle 4
- 11 DCF Guns 3
- 12 Bass Pro Shops 3
- 13 JAX Farm & Ranch 3
- 14 Fitness Gallery 3
- 15 Golf Galaxy 3
- 16 Keystone Sports 2
- 17 Centre Ice Hockey 2
- 18 RNK Running & Walking 2
- 19 Base Mountain Sports 2
- 20 Recycled Cycles 2
- 21 BikeSource 2
- 22 Altitude Running 2
- 23 Venture Sports 2
- 24 Goods For The Woods 2
- 25 Surefoot 2
- 26 303 Boards 2
- 27 Bicycle Outfitters 2
- 28 Mike's Bikes 2
- 29 Breck Sports 2
- 30 Breeze Ski Rentals 2
- 31 Wheat Ridge Cyclery 2
- 32 Pure Hockey 2
- 33 Cabela's 2
- 34 PGA TOUR Superstore 2
- 35 BC Surf & Sport 2
- 36 Scheels 2
- 37 The Stick Rack 1
- 38 Minturn Anglers 1
- 39 Vital Outdoors 1
- 40 Steamboat Skibikes 1
- 41 Bear Creek Archery Inc 1
- 42 Kirks Flyshop Grand Lake 1
- 43 Ascent Cycling 1
- 44 Vail Ski Tech 1
- 45 Peak Cycles 1
- 46 Anglers All 1
- 47 Flies & Lies 1
- 48 Boulder Bicycle Works 1
- 49 Elk River Guns 1
- 50 Subculture Cyclery 1
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