Trends · data through September 2026

Sporting Goods Stores in Illinois

Iceflower tracks 416 stores from 288 sporting goods store chains in Illinois. Pure Hockey grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Play It Again Sports and Kozy's Cyclery.

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
288
Tracked stores
416
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 Play It Again Sports sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 P Pure Hockey logo Pure Hockey ▲1 +10.8%
2 P Play It Again Sports logo Play It Again Sports - +9.5%
3 K Kozy's Cyclery logo Kozy's Cyclery - +7.6%
4 P PGA TOUR Superstore logo PGA TOUR Superstore - +6.5%
5 B Bass Pro Shops logo Bass Pro Shops - +3.1%
6 W Wheel & Sprocket logo Wheel & Sprocket - +2.8%
7 D DICK'S Sporting Goods logo DICK'S Sporting Goods - +0.2%
8 J JTS Pools & Spas - -0.1%
9 A Academy Sports + Outdoors logo Academy Sports + Outdoors - -0.9%
10 W West Marine logo West Marine - -2.4%
11 D Dunham's Sports logo Dunham's Sports ▲1 -4.8%
12 T Tennis Ballerz - -14.4%
13 D Dick Pond Athletics - -15.5%
14 T Trek Bicycle logo Trek Bicycle - -18.2%
15 G Golf Galaxy logo Golf Galaxy ▼1 -19.4%
  • DICK'S Sporting Goods
  • Bass Pro Shops
  • Scheels
  • PGA TOUR Superstore
  • Academy Sports + Outdoors
  • Dunham's Sports
  • City Sports
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

416 tracked store locations in Illinois. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • DICK'S Sporting Goods (33)
  • Bass Pro Shops (3)
  • Scheels (1)
  • PGA TOUR Superstore (5)
  • Academy Sports + Outdoors (3)
  • Dunham's Sports (9)
  • City Sports (19)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 D DICK'S Sporting Goods logo DICK'S Sporting Goods 33
  • 2 C City Sports logo City Sports 19
  • 3 P Play It Again Sports logo Play It Again Sports 16
  • 4 D Dunham's Sports logo Dunham's Sports 9
  • 5 T Trek Bicycle logo Trek Bicycle 6
  • 6 K Kozy's Cyclery logo Kozy's Cyclery 5
  • 7 P PGA TOUR Superstore logo PGA TOUR Superstore 5
  • 8 D Dick Pond Athletics 5
  • 9 W West Marine logo West Marine 4
  • 10 C Clark Street Sports logo Clark Street Sports 4
  • 11 G Golf Galaxy logo Golf Galaxy 4
  • 12 P Pure Hockey logo Pure Hockey 4
  • 13 T Tennis Ballerz 3
  • 14 E European Sports 3
  • 15 A Academy Sports + Outdoors logo Academy Sports + Outdoors 3
  • 16 B Bass Pro Shops logo Bass Pro Shops 3
  • 17 J JTS Pools & Spas 3
  • 18 W Wheel & Sprocket logo Wheel & Sprocket 3
  • 19 G Gunzo's Sports Center 3
  • 20 J Jerry's Hockey 2
  • 21 D Dance 'N Tees 2
  • 22 P Prairie Path Cycles 2
  • 23 U Underdog Sports & Fanfare 2
  • 24 T The Bike Rack 2
  • 25 D Dover Saddlery logo Dover Saddlery 2
  • 26 C Chicago Sports 2
  • 27 E ERIK'S - Bike Board Ski 2
  • 28 O Offensive Zone Pro Shop 2
  • 29 G George Garner Cyclery 2
  • 30 T Tease Dance & Fitness 2
  • 31 T Tamago 1
  • 32 I In The Swim logo In The Swim 1
  • 33 R Ron & Jo's Firearms & Sporting Supplies 1
  • 34 P Players Corner 1
  • 35 A Ace Bicycle Shop 1
  • 36 F Flying D Dancewear 1
  • 37 T Timberline Fisheries logo Timberline Fisheries 1
  • 38 A Areli Sportswear 1
  • 39 H Hildebrand Sporting Goods logo Hildebrand Sporting Goods 1
  • 40 D Deportes Villa 1
  • 41 S Sumbaum Cycle 1
  • 42 P Play Soccer 1
  • 43 S Specialized 1
  • 44 S Santo Sport Store logo Santo Sport Store 1
  • 45 T Trophys Are Us 1
  • 46 L Little Ade's Bicycles Repairs 1
  • 47 B Big River Sports 1
  • 48 D Dainese logo Dainese 1
  • 49 B Barnard's Schwinn 1
  • 50 D Dino's Sports Fan Shop 1

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