Metro by metro
The leading sporting goods store chains in every New Jersey 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 New Jersey 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
Not enough tracked stores: Allentown, PA (NJ part) · Vineland, NJ
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ · Trenton-Princeton, NJ
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DICK'S Sporting Goods
#1 in all 4 metro areas
Not enough tracked stores: Allentown, PA (NJ part) · Vineland, NJ
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked sporting goods store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to New Jersey compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in New Jersey as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in New Jersey 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 New Jersey is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in New Jersey. 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 Pure Hockey sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Play It Again Sports | - | +17.0% |
| 2 | Pure Hockey | - | +11.1% |
| 3 | Trek Bicycle | - | +10.1% |
| 4 | Ski Barn | - | +8.4% |
| 5 | Pavlinko Pro Shop | - | +7.6% |
| 6 | DICK'S Sporting Goods | - | +5.5% |
| 7 | Golf Galaxy | - | +1.1% |
| 8 | At Home Recreation | - | -0.7% |
| 9 | 7th Street Surf Shop | - | -2.4% |
| 10 | Central Jersey Equipment | ▲1 | -22.3% |
| 11 | West Marine | ▼1 | -29.6% |
- DICK'S Sporting Goods
- Golf Galaxy
- Bass Pro Shops
- PGA TOUR Superstore
- Ski Barn
- Pure Hockey
- Cheyenne Mountain Outfitters
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
358 tracked store locations in New Jersey. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 46 of the 358 stores (13%); 260 of the 285 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 (21)
- Golf Galaxy (4)
- Bass Pro Shops (1)
- PGA TOUR Superstore (2)
- Ski Barn (4)
- Pure Hockey (3)
- Cheyenne Mountain Outfitters (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 DICK'S Sporting Goods 21
- 2 West Marine 9
- 3 Lacrosse Unlimited 7
- 4 Trek Bicycle 5
- 5 Ski Barn 4
- 6 Play It Again Sports 4
- 7 At Home Recreation 4
- 8 Golf Galaxy 4
- 9 Central Jersey Equipment 4
- 10 Pure Hockey 3
- 11 7th Street Surf Shop 3
- 12 Pavlinko Pro Shop 3
- 13 East Side Surf Shop 2
- 14 Pelican Shops 2
- 15 Runner's High 2
- 16 Greenhorn Outdoors 2
- 17 Soccer Post 2
- 18 Farias Surf and Sport 2
- 19 Ramsey Outdoor 2
- 20 Heritage Surf Shops 2
- 21 Sports Paradise 2
- 22 Modern Propane 2
- 23 PGA TOUR Superstore 2
- 24 Hollywood Bikes & Bowls 1
- 25 Skylands Sport Sho 1
- 26 Dockside Bait and Tackle 1
- 27 Fishing FleaMarket Bait & Tackle 1
- 28 Southend Surf Shop 1
- 29 Cherry Valley Tractor Sales 1
- 30 Lisa's Tack Shack 1
- 31 Pro Skateboard Shop 1
- 32 Northeast Equipment 1
- 33 Pequest Sporting Goods LLC 1
- 34 Gabriel Tackle Co. 1
- 35 Chip-N-Dale BMX 1
- 36 Sports Depot 1
- 37 SoccerEvolution 1
- 38 AAAA Bike Shop 1
- 39 Pool Depot 1
- 40 Runners' House 1
- 41 Colorado Ski & Snowboard 1
- 42 California Beach Hut 1
- 43 Bikeland 1
- 44 MBM Sports 1
- 45 Garden State Bow and Reel 1
- 46 Blue Gauntlet Fencing Gear 1
- 47 Wave Hog Surf Shop 1
- 48 Beach Authority 1
- 49 Pells Bait And Tackle 1
- 50 New Jersey Cycles 1
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