Academy Sports is headquartered in Katy, Texas. The company has over 250 stores in 16 states.
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Academy Sports + Outdoors is a sporting goods retailer with its headquarters in Katy, Texas.
Academy Sports + Outdoors is a sporting goods retailer with its headquarters in Katy, Texas. The company operates over 250 stores across the southern United States, selling a variety of sporting goods, hunting, and fishing equipment. It is one of the largest sporting goods retailers in the country.
The company was founded in 1938 by M.O. Anderson as a family-owned business.
Academy Sports + Outdoors is an American sporting goods discount store chain. It has corporate offices in the Katy Distribution Center in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States, near Katy and west of Houston.
In 1963, the company was sold to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and became a publicly traded company.
In 1963, the company was sold to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and became a publicly traded company. The company experienced rapid growth in the 1970s and 1980s, opening new stores across the United States. By the early 1990s, Academy Sports + Outdoors operated over 50 stores in 9 states. In 1996, the company was sold to Willis Stein & Partners.
In 2011, the company was acquired by Ares Management and is now a privately held company.
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In 2011, the company was acquired by Ares Management and is now a privately held company.
Academy Sports + Outdoors operates over 200 stores in 16 states.
The Katy, Texas-based company operates over 200 stores in 16 states. Customers can find Academy Sports + Outdoors product offerings both online and in-store. As of 2019, the company employed more than 23,000 people.