Academy Sports + Outdoors
Academy Sports + Outdoors is an American sporting-goods store chain with corporate offices in the Katy Distribution Center in unincorporated western Harris County, Texas, United States, near Katy and west of Houston. For 74 years, it was a privately held company owned by the Gochman family, until its May 2011 acquisition by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. In October 2020, it was listed on NASDAQ.
Basic Information
- Category: Sports & Outdoors
- Founded: 1938
- Headquarters: Katy, TX
- Website: https://www.academy.com
Documented Facts
- Founded: 1938
- Headquarters: Katy, TX
- Category: Sports & Outdoors
- Phone: 888-922-2336
- Email: google@2x.png
- Industry (SIC): Retail
- State of Incorporation: DE
- Stock ticker: ASO (Nasdaq)
Products and Services
- Academy Sports + Outdoors Products: American sporting goods discount store chain.
Evidence and Sources
- Official Website (Primary Source)
- Academy Sports + Outdoors on instagram (social)
- Academy Sports + Outdoors on facebook (social)
- Academy Sports + Outdoors — Wikipedia (reference)
- Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc. — SEC EDGAR (reference)
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