Metro by metro
The leading sporting goods store chains in every Massachusetts 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 all 4 metro areas with enough data. Against their share in Massachusetts as a whole, DICK'S Sporting Goods stands out in 3 metro areas, West Marine in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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DICK'S Sporting Goods
Relative #1 in 3 metro areas
Boston, MA (MA part) 0.8× · Worcester, MA 1.2× · Providence-Warwick, RI-MA (MA part) 1.9×
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West Marine
Relative #1 in Barnstable Town, MA, 3.9× its share in Massachusetts
Not enough tracked stores: Amherst Town-Northampton, MA · Pittsfield, MA · Springfield, MA
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DICK'S Sporting Goods
#1 in all 4 metro areas
Not enough tracked stores: Amherst Town-Northampton, MA · Pittsfield, MA · Springfield, MA
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked sporting goods store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Massachusetts compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Massachusetts as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in Massachusetts. 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. West Marine and Golf Galaxy sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
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| 1 | West Marine | ▲2 | +12.1% |
| 2 | Golf Galaxy | - | +3.4% |
| 3 | Landry's Bicycles | - | +0.6% |
| 4 | DICK'S Sporting Goods | - | -0.2% |
| 5 | Play It Again Sports | ▼2 | -0.3% |
| 6 | PGA TOUR Superstore | - | -7.3% |
| 7 | Lacrosse Unlimited | - | -24.7% |
- DICK'S Sporting Goods
- Pure Hockey
- Bass Pro Shops
- Landry's Bicycles
- Cabela's
- PGA TOUR Superstore
- West Marine
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
232 tracked store locations in Massachusetts. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 58 of the 232 stores (25%); 158 of the 168 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 (24)
- Pure Hockey (8)
- Bass Pro Shops (1)
- Landry's Bicycles (9)
- Cabela's (1)
- PGA TOUR Superstore (3)
- West Marine (11)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 DICK'S Sporting Goods 24
- 2 West Marine 11
- 3 Landry's Bicycles 9
- 4 Pure Hockey 8
- 5 Play It Again Sports 6
- 6 Lacrosse Unlimited 6
- 7 PGA TOUR Superstore 3
- 8 Golf Galaxy 3
- 9 Dover Saddlery 2
- 10 Trek Bicycle 2
- 11 Bill Fisher Tackle 1
- 12 Postfly 1
- 13 Prime Time Sports 1
- 14 Arrow Sports Group 1
- 15 Triple Crown Tack Shop 1
- 16 DB Sports 1
- 17 Marx Running & Fitness Center 1
- 18 The Root 1
- 19 Guardian Arms 1
- 20 Kleen 'n Hard Sports 1
- 21 Sickday Surf Shop 1
- 22 Falmouth Bait & Tackle 1
- 23 Metro West Surplus 1
- 24 The Run House 1
- 25 Tennis and Squash Shop 1
- 26 WeGotSoccer 1
- 27 Harwich Sport Bait and Tackle 1
- 28 Force Five WaterSports 1
- 29 Black Diamond 1
- 30 The Ride Cafe 1
- 31 New England Bicycle 1
- 32 Nature's Closet 1
- 33 We Got Soccer 1
- 34 Boston Soccer Shop 1
- 35 Marblehead Cycle 1
- 36 Butler Sporting Goods 1
- 37 Family Sports Consignments 1
- 38 City Cycle 1
- 39 Ben's Tackle Shack 1
- 40 Arnold's Bike Shop 1
- 41 Canal Bait and Tackle 1
- 42 Boarding House Surf Shop 1
- 43 Hit the Net Sports 1
- 44 Worcester Sports Center 1
- 45 Forestdale Bait and Tackle 1
- 46 Sam's Outdoor Outfitters 1
- 47 Maco's Bait and Tackle 1
- 48 All Care Equipment 1
- 49 Orleans Cycle 1
- 50 Fishing Finatics 1
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