Metro by metro
The leading sporting goods store chains in every South Carolina metro area
Tracked sporting goods store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Academy Sports + Outdoors leads in 5 metro areas, DICK'S Sporting Goods in 2 metro areas, and Bass Pro Shops in 1 metro area. Against their share in South Carolina as a whole, Academy Sports + Outdoors stands out in 1 metro area, West Marine in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Academy Sports + Outdoors
Relative #1 in Greenville, SC, 1× its share in South Carolina
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West Marine
Relative #1 in Charleston, SC, 3.5× its share in South Carolina
Not enough tracked stores: Florence, SC · Sumter, SC
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Augusta, GA (SC part) · Charlotte, NC (SC part) · Columbia, SC · Hilton Head Island, SC · Myrtle Beach, SC · Spartanburg, SC
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Academy Sports + Outdoors
#1 in 5 metro areas
Greenville, SC · Columbia, SC · Hilton Head Island, SC · Augusta, GA (SC part) · Spartanburg, SC
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DICK'S Sporting Goods
#1 in 2 metro areas
Not enough tracked stores: Florence, SC · Sumter, SC
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked sporting goods store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to South Carolina compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in South Carolina as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in South Carolina 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 South Carolina is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in South Carolina. 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 | - | +16.1% |
| 2 | Academy Sports + Outdoors | - | +8.6% |
| 3 | Bass Pro Shops | - | +0.8% |
| 4 | PGA TOUR Superstore | - | -2.2% |
| 5 | DICK'S Sporting Goods | - | -2.8% |
| 6 | West Marine | - | -5.4% |
| 7 | Sportsman's Warehouse | - | -6.2% |
| 8 | Tsunami Surf Shop | - | -10.0% |
| 9 | Pipeline Surf Shop | - | -36.3% |
- Academy Sports + Outdoors
- DICK'S Sporting Goods
- Bass Pro Shops
- PGA TOUR Superstore
- Sportsman's Warehouse
- Tsunami Surf Shop
- West Marine
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
264 tracked store locations in South Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 44 of the 264 stores (17%); 190 of the 208 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.
- Academy Sports + Outdoors (10)
- DICK'S Sporting Goods (12)
- Bass Pro Shops (3)
- PGA TOUR Superstore (4)
- Sportsman's Warehouse (3)
- Tsunami Surf Shop (3)
- West Marine (11)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 DICK'S Sporting Goods 12
- 2 West Marine 11
- 3 Academy Sports + Outdoors 10
- 4 Play It Again Sports 7
- 5 PGA TOUR Superstore 4
- 6 Bass Pro Shops 3
- 7 Sportsman's Warehouse 3
- 8 Tsunami Surf Shop 3
- 9 Pipeline Surf Shop 3
- 10 Klig's Kites 2
- 11 Run In 2
- 12 Trek Bicycle 2
- 13 Lloyd's Soccer 2
- 14 Edwin Watts Golf 2
- 15 Palmetto Running Company 2
- 16 Pedego Electric Bikes 2
- 17 Haddrell's Point Tackle 2
- 18 Golf Galaxy 2
- 19 Pure Fishing 1
- 20 Beach Mart 1
- 21 Hilton Head Running Company 1
- 22 Carolina Dive Locker 1
- 23 Inlet Rocks Bait & Tackle 1
- 24 R & G Sporting Goods 1
- 25 Murrells Inlet Outpost 1
- 26 Aiken Tack Exchange 1
- 27 Pawleys Island Outdoors 1
- 28 Myrtle Beach Bicycles 1
- 29 Shoemaker Equipment Supply 1
- 30 Another Round Greenville 1
- 31 The Strike Zone 1
- 32 Dodson Fishing Company 1
- 33 Hunters Headquarters 1
- 34 Black River Marine 1
- 35 ASIO Gear 1
- 36 Blazer Skate & Mx 1
- 37 Area 51 Bicycle Shop 1
- 38 Green Gridiron 1
- 39 Vital Shot Archery 1
- 40 Lowcountry Lacrosse 1
- 41 Edisto Watersports and Tackle 1
- 42 Strong Arms LLC 1
- 43 Soccer Post 1
- 44 Lake Hartwell Outdoor Center 1
- 45 Stalvey's Bait & Tackle 1
- 46 Victory Golf 1
- 47 Peddling Pelican Bike Rentals 1
- 48 Surf's Up Beach Shop 1
- 49 Eternal Wave Surf Shop 1
- 50 C&B Sports Outdoors 1
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