# DICK'S Sporting Goods

> DICK'S Sporting Goods is a global sports retailer built around physical stores, ecommerce, owned brands and increasingly, experiences and software. Its core chain sells equipment, footwear and apparel; House of Sport turns the store into a place to climb, swing and play; Foot Locker adds a global sneaker network; and GameChanger gives youth teams tools for scoring, streaming and coordination. The model makes money mainly through retail sales, with higher-margin owned brands and digital services adding differentiation.

- **Founded:** 1948
- **Headquarters:** Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, United States
- **Founders:** Richard "Dick" Stack (Founder)
- **Team size:** More than 100,000 employees globally as reported in March 2026 after the Foot Locker acquisition.
- **Products:** DICK'S Sporting Goods, Golf Galaxy, GameChanger, DICK'S House of Sport, DICK'S Field House
- **Notable:** Grew from one Binghamton bait-and-tackle shop in 1948 to a combined 3,115-store global network by May 2026., Completed the Foot Locker acquisition in September 2025 for total consideration reported at $2.5 billion., Generated $17.22 billion in fiscal 2025 net sales, including $3.1 billion from Foot Locker after the acquisition date.

## Products & services

- **DICK'S Sporting Goods** — Omnichannel retail of sports equipment, athletic footwear, apparel and accessories through stores, ecommerce and a mobile app.
- **Golf Galaxy** — Golf specialty retail, club fitting, lessons, simulators and equipment services, including the Golf Galaxy Performance Center format.
- **GameChanger** — Youth-sports software for live streaming, scorekeeping, statistics, scheduling, communications and team management.
- **DICK'S House of Sport** — Large experiential stores with product testing and community features such as turf fields, tracks, climbing walls, cages and golf simulators.
- **DICK'S Field House** — A next-generation store format used to reposition the core store fleet with upgraded service, assortment and experience.
- **Foot Locker Business** — Global footwear and apparel retail through Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Champs Sports, WSS and atmos.
- **Owned and licensed vertical brands** — Exclusive brands including CALIA, DSG, VRST, Alpine Design, ETHOS, MAXFLI, Top-Flite, Tommy Armour and Walter Hagen.
- **Cookie Jar & A Dream Studios** — An in-house production studio creating human-centered sports films and branded storytelling.

## Achievements

- Grew from one Binghamton bait-and-tackle shop in 1948 to a combined 3,115-store global network by May 2026.
- Completed the Foot Locker acquisition in September 2025 for total consideration reported at $2.5 billion.
- Generated $17.22 billion in fiscal 2025 net sales, including $3.1 billion from Foot Locker after the acquisition date.
- Built vertical brands into the DICK'S Business's second-largest vendor, with $1.8 billion in fiscal 2025 sales.
- Reached 35 House of Sport locations at the end of fiscal 2025 after opening 16 during the year.
- Committed more than $200 million with its Foundation through Sports Matter to youth-sports access across all 50 states.
- Built GameChanger to cover more than 1 million teams and more than 9 million games annually as of 2025.
- Launched a $50 million corporate venture fund, DSG Ventures, in 2022.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Announced dedicated Lids shops in more than 100 DICK'S locations by late summer 2026.
- **2026-06** — Launched the adidas FIFA World Cup campaign Where It All Kicks Off and a related youth-soccer funding program with DonorsChoose.
- **2026-05** — Reported first-quarter consolidated net sales of $5.165 billion, 6.0% comparable sales growth for the DICK'S Business and positive pro forma Foot Locker comparable sales.
- **2026-05** — Said it operated 3,115 stores and had expanded Foot Locker's Fast Break initiative to about 100 stores, targeting about 250 by back-to-school.
- **2026-03** — Cookie Jar & A Dream Studios premiered its Summer of '94 documentary project at SXSW.
- **2026-03** — Outlined plans for about 14 additional House of Sport and 22 additional Field House locations in fiscal 2026.
- **2025-09** — Completed the acquisition of Foot Locker, creating a two-segment global sports retailer.

## Links

- Website: https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dick's-sporting-goods/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/DICKS
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/dickssportinggoods
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dickssportinggoods/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dickssportinggoods
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dickssportinggoods

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Last updated: 2026-08-15