Metro by metro
The leading sporting goods store chains in every Tennessee 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 2 metro areas, Bass Pro Shops in 2 metro areas, and Academy Sports + Outdoors in 1 metro area. 4 chains lead at least one metro area. Against their share in Tennessee 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
Nashville, TN 1.1× · Knoxville, TN 1.8×
Not enough tracked stores: Clarksville, TN-KY (TN part) · Jackson, TN · Johnson City, TN · Morristown, TN
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Chattanooga, TN-GA (TN part) · Cleveland, TN · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA (TN part) · Memphis, TN-MS-AR (TN part)
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DICK'S Sporting Goods
#1 in 2 metro areas
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Bass Pro Shops
#1 in 2 metro areas
Memphis, TN-MS-AR (TN part) · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA (TN part)
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Dunham's Sports
#1 in Cleveland, TN
Not enough tracked stores: Clarksville, TN-KY (TN part) · Jackson, TN · Johnson City, TN · Morristown, TN
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked sporting goods store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Tennessee compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Tennessee as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Tennessee 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 Tennessee is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in Tennessee. 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. Edwin Watts Golf and Play It Again Sports sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edwin Watts Golf | - | +16.7% |
| 2 | Play It Again Sports | - | +14.4% |
| 3 | DICK'S Sporting Goods | ▲1 | +2.8% |
| 4 | Bass Pro Shops | - | -0.6% |
| 5 | Academy Sports + Outdoors | ▼1 | -2.1% |
| 6 | Dunham's Sports | - | -5.7% |
| 7 | Trek Bicycle | - | -10.5% |
- DICK'S Sporting Goods
- Academy Sports + Outdoors
- Bass Pro Shops
- Dunham's Sports
- Smoky Mountain Knife Works
- Sportsman's Warehouse
- PGA TOUR Superstore
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
306 tracked store locations in Tennessee. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 57 of the 306 stores (19%); 224 of the 239 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked retail stores here are sporting goods stores, against 4% across the United States.
- DICK'S Sporting Goods (20)
- Academy Sports + Outdoors (14)
- Bass Pro Shops (6)
- Dunham's Sports (8)
- Smoky Mountain Knife Works (1)
- Sportsman's Warehouse (2)
- PGA TOUR Superstore (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 DICK'S Sporting Goods 20
- 2 Academy Sports + Outdoors 14
- 3 Play It Again Sports 9
- 4 Dunham's Sports 8
- 5 Bass Pro Shops 6
- 6 Trek Bicycle 5
- 7 Edwin Watts Golf 4
- 8 Perani's Hockey World 2
- 9 West Marine 2
- 10 All American Swim 2
- 11 Gearhead Outfitters TN 2
- 12 Rocky Top Outdoors 2
- 13 Golf Galaxy 2
- 14 PGA TOUR Superstore 2
- 15 Sportsman's Warehouse 2
- 16 Tennessee Baseball Supply 1
- 17 Biker's Choice Bicycle Shop 1
- 18 Memphis Golf 1
- 19 Four Season Outdoors & Sports 1
- 20 Dickson Farm Sales 1
- 21 Clarksville Lawn Equipment 1
- 22 The Bait Shack 1
- 23 Jones & Lang Sporting Goods 1
- 24 BKF Double Stop Pro Shop 1
- 25 Biketopia Bike Shop 1
- 26 Wilkie's Outfitters 1
- 27 Nashville Disc Golf Store 1
- 28 Stinnett Outdoors 1
- 29 Woody's Bicycles 1
- 30 The Athletic Shop 1
- 31 Horseman's Supply 1
- 32 Spell's Dancewear 1
- 33 Tri-County Power Equipment, Inc. 1
- 34 Fox Pool & Spa 1
- 35 Erwin Outdoor Supply 1
- 36 Superior Pool Products LLC 1
- 37 Little River Trading Company 1
- 38 Smoky Mountain Knife Works 1
- 39 Grivet Outdoors 1
- 40 Soddy Custom Tackle 1
- 41 S.Y. Wilson and Company 1
- 42 Downhome Outdoor Addiction 1
- 43 Comfort Skateshop 1
- 44 Haddad's 1
- 45 Chad's Pro Shop 1
- 46 Goal Post Sporting Goods 1
- 47 Shelby Forest Archery 1
- 48 Tom's Sporting Goods 1
- 49 Southern Sportz Store 1
- 50 Little River Outfitters 1
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