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Top 25 Activewear and athletic apparel retailers worldwide
RevenueBase identified 5,254 activewear and athletic apparel retailers worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 523,527 professional contacts across them, including 84,791 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Sialkot the largest hub.
This list covers activewear and athletic apparel retailers worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026. Country and city lists for activewear and athletic apparel retailers follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest activewear and athletic apparel retailers worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 93,567 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Inspired by our heritage, our brand is rooted in sports and the culture born from it.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 59,645 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “NIKE, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 27,030 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “YOU LIVE AND BREATHE SPORTS.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 25,224 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are Decathlon.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 23,319 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “If you are seeking a job opportunity with lululemon, please note that our recruiters will only contact candidates using an @lululemon.com email address- lululemon (NASDAQ:LULU) is…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 21,244 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are the world's Largest sports retailer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 19,637 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Foot Locker, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 16,407 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, JD Group has grown into a leading global omni-channel retailer in Sports Fashion, Outdoors, and Gyms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 16,238 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “PUMA is one of the world’s leading sports brands, designing, developing, and selling footwear, apparel and accessories.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 9,310 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “VF is redefining what it means to be the world’s best apparel, footwear and equipment company, powering iconic active lifestyle brands including The North Face®, Vans® and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 8,835 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In 1906, New Balance began as a humble one-man operation founded on the belief that “we were born to move,” and has since grown into an international corporation, selling footwear…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 8,627 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Mr Price Group Limited is an omni-channel, fashion value retailer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 7,369 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are JD Finish Line, a premium retailer providing the latest and most exclusive athletic sneakers, apparel and accessories since 1976.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 5,734 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Nós somos a Centauro, uma empresa do Grupo SBF.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 5,347 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1990, the No Fear mission is to enrich the lives of our customers, employees and partners by inspiring them to dream.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 4,707 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “About us: Hibbett, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is a leading athletic-inspired fashion retailer with nearly 1,100 Hibbett and City Gear specialty stores, located in 35…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 4,398 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1982, Sports Direct International plc is today the UK’s largest sporting goods retailer by revenue, and operates a diversified portfolio of sports, fitness, fashion and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 4,223 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Zumiez is a leading specialty retailer of apparel, footwear, accessories, and hardgoods for young people who want to express their individuality” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 3,736 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Champs Sports is a subsidiary of Foot Locker and is the Official Provider of Game.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 3,699 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We have a dream: to build a better country through sport.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 3,551 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Reebok is an American-inspired global brand with a deep fitness heritage and the mission to design and create the best gear and experiences for the sport of fitness and for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 3,358 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “As one of America's top retailers of name brand sporting goods and accessories, operating nearly 400 stores in 11 western states, Big 5 Sporting Goods exceptional bargains on…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 3,356 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Sports Authority, headquartered in Denver, CO, is the one of the leading full-line sporting goods retailer in the United States, operating over 450 stores in 45 states.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 3,346 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Tillys is a leading specialty retailer of casual apparel, footwear and accessories for young men, young women, boys and girls with an extensive assortment of iconic global…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 2,686 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sprinter es el lugar de encuentro de la gente que vive deportivamente.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: activewear and athletic apparel retailers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names activewear and athletic apparel retailers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of activewear and athletic apparel retailers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name activewear and athletic apparel retailers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Activewear and athletic apparel retailers worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among activewear and athletic apparel retailers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for activewear and athletic apparel retailers are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “activewear and athletic apparel retailers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names activewear and athletic apparel retailers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among activewear and athletic apparel retailers, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 84,791 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Activewear and athletic apparel retailers by location
21 lists · largest firstEvery Activewear and athletic apparel retailers list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Activewear and athletic apparel retailers based in the United States958
- Activewear and athletic apparel retailers based in Brazil433
- Activewear and athletic apparel retailers based in India343
- Activewear and athletic apparel retailers based in the United Kingdom281
- Activewear and athletic apparel retailers based in Italy168
- Activewear and athletic apparel retailers based in Germany167
- Activewear and athletic apparel retailers based in Canada140
- Activewear and athletic apparel retailers based in Australia132
- Activewear and athletic apparel retailers based in Spain110
- Activewear and athletic apparel retailers based in the Netherlands106
- Activewear and athletic apparel retailers based in France104
- Activewear and athletic apparel retailers based in Türkiye76
- Activewear and athletic apparel retailers based in South Africa51
- Activewear and athletic apparel retailers based in the United Arab Emirates50
- Activewear and athletic apparel retailers based in Sweden42
- Activewear and athletic apparel retailers based in Switzerland38
- Activewear and athletic apparel retailers based in Poland37
- Activewear and athletic apparel retailers based in Mexico35
- Activewear and athletic apparel retailers based in Belgium30
- Activewear and athletic apparel retailers based in Denmark28
- Activewear and athletic apparel retailers based in Ireland28
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names activewear and athletic apparel retailers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many activewear and athletic apparel retailers are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 5,254 activewear and athletic apparel retailers worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Adidas, headquartered in Herzogenaurach, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most activewear and athletic apparel retailers?
The United States leads with 958 companies, followed by Brazil (433) and India (343). Every activewear and athletic apparel retailers list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most activewear and athletic apparel retailers?
Sialkot leads with 93 headquartered companies, followed by London (92) and Sao Paulo (59).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 84,791 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 5,254 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.