Metro by metro
The leading sporting goods store chains in every Indiana metro area
Tracked sporting goods store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. DICK'S Sporting Goods leads in 4 metro areas, Academy Sports + Outdoors in 2 metro areas, and Bass Pro Shops in 1 metro area. 4 chains lead at least one metro area. Against their share in Indiana as a whole, DICK'S Sporting Goods stands out in 2 metro areas.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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DICK'S Sporting Goods
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
Indianapolis, IN 1.5× · Chicago, IL (IN part) 1×
Not enough tracked stores: Bloomington, IN · Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN (IN part) · Columbus, IN · Kokomo, IN · Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN · Michigan City-La Porte, IN · Muncie, IN
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Elkhart-Goshen, IN · Evansville, IN · Fort Wayne, IN · Louisville, KY (IN part) · South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI (IN part) · Terre Haute, IN
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DICK'S Sporting Goods
#1 in 4 metro areas
Indianapolis, IN · Fort Wayne, IN · Chicago, IL (IN part) · South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI (IN part)
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Academy Sports + Outdoors
#1 in 2 metro areas
Evansville, IN · Terre Haute, IN
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Bontrager Pools
#1 in Elkhart-Goshen, IN
Not enough tracked stores: Bloomington, IN · Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN (IN part) · Columbus, IN · Kokomo, IN · Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN · Michigan City-La Porte, IN · Muncie, IN
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked sporting goods store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Indiana compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Indiana as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Indiana 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 Indiana is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in Indiana. 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. Play It Again Sports and Academy Sports + Outdoors sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Play It Again Sports | - | +8.9% |
| 2 | Academy Sports + Outdoors | - | +3.0% |
| 3 | Sportsman's Warehouse | - | +0.7% |
| 4 | DICK'S Sporting Goods | - | -1.5% |
| 5 | Trek Bicycle | - | -1.9% |
| 6 | Rigg's Outdoor Power Equipment | - | -4.8% |
| 7 | Dunham's Sports | - | -9.8% |
- DICK'S Sporting Goods
- Academy Sports + Outdoors
- Dunham's Sports
- Bass Pro Shops
- Sportsman's Warehouse
- Cabela's
- Golf Galaxy
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
365 tracked store locations in Indiana. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 64 of the 365 stores (18%); 271 of the 289 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked retail stores here are sporting goods stores, the same share as across the United States.
- DICK'S Sporting Goods (26)
- Academy Sports + Outdoors (9)
- Dunham's Sports (17)
- Bass Pro Shops (2)
- Sportsman's Warehouse (3)
- Cabela's (1)
- Golf Galaxy (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 DICK'S Sporting Goods 26
- 2 Dunham's Sports 17
- 3 Academy Sports + Outdoors 9
- 4 Play It Again Sports 7
- 5 Runners Forum 5
- 6 Rigg's Outdoor Power Equipment 4
- 7 Sportsman's Warehouse 3
- 8 Trek Bicycle 3
- 9 Varsity Sports Inc 2
- 10 The Rusty Buck 2
- 11 Sports Plus 2
- 12 Fairway Custom Golf 2
- 13 White River Running Company 2
- 14 Scheller's Fitness & Cycling 2
- 15 Zimmer Tractor 2
- 16 Avon Sports Apparel 2
- 17 Bass Pro Shops 2
- 18 Golf Galaxy 2
- 19 4ZS RV'S 1
- 20 Schmucker Motor Repair 1
- 21 Big Tales Fishing Tackle 1
- 22 Adams Outdoors Bait & Tackle 1
- 23 Southern Indiana Cerakote 1
- 24 Gauntlet Gun Shop 1
- 25 J & L Sporting Goods 1
- 26 Bicycle Hospital 1
- 27 Ridge Cyclery 1
- 28 Tackle Service Center 1
- 29 Indy Bait & Tackle 1
- 30 Geneo's Hunting And Fishing 1
- 31 Pedals & Paddles 1
- 32 Track and Channel Outdoors 1
- 33 House of Bicycles 1
- 34 Rise Skateboard Shop 1
- 35 SoreMouth Tackle 1
- 36 Lake Effect Living 1
- 37 Bicycle Garage 1
- 38 Elevation Sports 1
- 39 Main Sporting Goods 1
- 40 Official Sports 1
- 41 Gameday Spirit Fanstore 1
- 42 The Corner Landing 1
- 43 Ride The Wave Inc 1
- 44 Killer Skate Park & Shop 1
- 45 Asylum Xtreme Sports and Hobbies 1
- 46 Pumpkinvine Cyclery 1
- 47 Don Mitchell Pro Shops 1
- 48 Standish Farm Supply 1
- 49 Sportsman's Den-Cedar Lake 1
- 50 Blythe's Athletics 1
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