Trends · data through September 2026

Sporting Goods Stores in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Iceflower tracks 201 stores from 152 sporting goods store chains in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. Pure Hockey grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Trek Bicycle 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
152
Tracked stores
201
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. Pure Hockey and Trek Bicycle sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Pure Hockey - +7.3%
2 Trek Bicycle - +7.2%
3 DICK'S Sporting Goods - +1.6%
4 Lacrosse Unlimited - +0.5%
5 Play It Again Sports - -3.7%
6 Club Champion ▲1 -10.1%
7 Conte's Bike Shop ▼1 -35.6%
  • DICK'S Sporting Goods
  • Cabela's
  • Merrifield Golf
  • Academy Sports + Outdoors
  • Sportsman's Warehouse
  • Fred's Sports
  • PGA TOUR Superstore
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

201 tracked store locations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 39 of the 201 stores (19%); 135 of the 152 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked retail stores here are sporting goods stores, the same share as across District of Columbia.

  • DICK'S Sporting Goods (18)
  • Cabela's (1)
  • Merrifield Golf (1)
  • Academy Sports + Outdoors (1)
  • Sportsman's Warehouse (1)
  • Fred's Sports (1)
  • PGA TOUR Superstore (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 DICK'S Sporting Goods 18
  • 2 Trek Bicycle 8
  • 3 Conte's Bike Shop 5
  • 4 Club Champion 4
  • 5 Lacrosse Unlimited 4
  • 6 Pure Hockey 3
  • 7 Play It Again Sports 3
  • 8 Premium Spas & Billiards 3
  • 9 Proteus Bicycles 2
  • 10 Charm City Run 2
  • 11 PGA TOUR Superstore 2
  • 12 Big Wheel Bikes 2
  • 13 Alpine Ski Shop 2
  • 14 Golfdom 2
  • 15 Potomac River 2
  • 16 West Marine 2
  • 17 Bicycle Pro Shop 2
  • 18 Vienna Lawnmower Sales & Service 1
  • 19 Cheverly Sport Fair 1
  • 20 Sports Town 1
  • 21 Capital Sport & Swim 1
  • 22 Fairfax Surf Shop 1
  • 23 Elite Pools & Patio 1
  • 24 Mid Atlantic Outdoor Equipment 1
  • 25 Green Lizard Cycling 1
  • 26 Woodbridge Scuba 1
  • 27 Brooks Cycles 1
  • 28 KnifeCenter 1
  • 29 ReCycles Bikes 1
  • 30 Pat's Outdoor Equipment 1
  • 31 Patriot Scuba 1
  • 32 DC Bike Ride 1
  • 33 Good Vibes Bikes 1
  • 34 The Galloping Grape 1
  • 35 Bike Works 1
  • 36 Variedades Sophie 1
  • 37 Sterling Soccer 1
  • 38 Magic Bullet Skate Shop 1
  • 39 East Coast Hockey and Skating Supply 1
  • 40 Sports Nation 1
  • 41 Mountain Trails 1
  • 42 Solbiato Sport 1
  • 43 Replay Sports 1
  • 44 Cabela's 1
  • 45 Arrow Bicycle 1
  • 46 Strictly Ebikes 1
  • 47 Woodmont Sports 1
  • 48 Hot Tubs and Pool Tables Outlet 1
  • 49 Cassel's Sports and Awards 1
  • 50 Aquatic Adventures 1

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