Trends · data through September 2026

Sporting Goods Stores in Raleigh-Cary, NC

Iceflower tracks 71 stores from 55 sporting goods store chains in Raleigh-Cary, NC. Play It Again Sports grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Academy Sports + Outdoors and DICK'S Sporting Goods.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
55
Tracked stores
71
Consumer panel
130M+

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.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Play It Again Sports - +8.5%
2 Academy Sports + Outdoors - +1.5%
3 DICK'S Sporting Goods - -6.5%
  • DICK'S Sporting Goods
  • Bass Pro Shops
  • Academy Sports + Outdoors
  • Carolina Pro Shop
  • PGA TOUR Superstore
  • Carolina Gunrunners
  • Golf Galaxy
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

71 tracked store locations in Raleigh-Cary, NC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 18 of the 71 stores (25%); 47 of the 55 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked retail stores here are sporting goods stores, against 5% across North Carolina.

  • DICK'S Sporting Goods (7)
  • Bass Pro Shops (2)
  • Academy Sports + Outdoors (4)
  • Carolina Pro Shop (1)
  • PGA TOUR Superstore (1)
  • Carolina Gunrunners (1)
  • Golf Galaxy (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 DICK'S Sporting Goods 7
  • 2 Academy Sports + Outdoors 4
  • 3 Play It Again Sports 3
  • 4 Bass Pro Shops 2
  • 5 The Bicycle Chain 2
  • 6 Golf Galaxy 2
  • 7 Pure Hockey 2
  • 8 Conte's Bike Shop 2
  • 9 The Great Raleigh Trolley 1
  • 10 Jim's Gun Shop 1
  • 11 Carolina Dive Center 1
  • 12 Red and White Shop 1
  • 13 Steves Guns 1
  • 14 Sports Products 1
  • 15 Buckhorn General Store 1
  • 16 The Club Guy 1
  • 17 Rainbow Play of NC 1
  • 18 Falls Lake Outpost 1
  • 19 Atlantic Spas and Billiards 1
  • 20 Outdoor Accessories Unlimited 1
  • 21 Oak City Cycling Project 1
  • 22 Soccer Post 1
  • 23 Continental Golf 1
  • 24 Jims Cricket Ranch 1
  • 25 Pro Sports 1
  • 26 All American Swim 1
  • 27 Barnetts Suzuki 1
  • 28 Yeet Street Discs 1
  • 29 TLC For Bikes 1
  • 30 PSB Pro Services 1
  • 31 The Scooter Farm 1
  • 32 Carolina Pro Shop 1
  • 33 PGA TOUR Superstore 1
  • 34 Carolina Gunrunners 1
  • 35 Springhill Outfitters 1
  • 36 Alpine Ski Center 1
  • 37 Run N Tri Outfitters, LLC 1
  • 38 Sportsmania 1
  • 39 Dover Saddlery 1
  • 40 Trek Bicycle 1
  • 41 Johnson-Lambe Co 1
  • 42 Pace Yourself Run Co. 1
  • 43 Lacrosse Unlimited 1
  • 44 Carolina Sporting & Security 1
  • 45 Taylor's Mark Pro Shop 1
  • 46 The Bike Guy 1
  • 47 GlobalGolf 1
  • 48 West Marine 1
  • 49 The Bike Library 1
  • 50 Fantasy Lake Adventure Park 1

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