Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026

Top 25 Alternative sports retailers worldwide

RevenueBase identified 2,662 alternative sports retailers worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 133,249 professional contacts across them, including 15,567 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Sao Paulo the largest hub.

This list covers alternative sports 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 alternative sports 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
2,662Companies
133,249Contacts tracked
15,567Verified emails
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The 25 largest alternative sports retailers worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 2,662 alternative sports retailers worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to alternative sports retailers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceVilleneuve-d'ascq, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+25,224 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are Decathlon.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Strong evidenceVilleneuve-d'ascq, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+21,244 contacts →

Strong evidence

“We are the world's Largest sports retailer.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Partial evidenceLongjumeau, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+4,871 contacts →

Partial evidence

“INTERSPORT est une coopérative française composée d'entrepreneurs indépendants engagés au quotidien pour rendre le sport accessible à tous, partout.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Partial evidenceLynnwood, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0004,223 contacts →

Partial 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, 2026
5Partial evidenceAnaheim, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+4,069 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Pacsun inspires the next generation of youth, building community at the intersection of fashion, music, art, and sport.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Strong evidenceEl Segundo, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0003,358 contacts →

Strong 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, 2026
7Indirect evidenceAlicante, SpainHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0002,686 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sprinter es el lugar de encuentro de la gente que vive deportivamente.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Partial evidenceRhodes, GreeceHQ checked Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0002,034 contacts →

Partial evidence

“rebel helps our customer's chase their sporting dreams and passion.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Indirect evidenceHuntington Beach, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,895 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Quiksilver, we believe boardriding is a universal source of fun, freedom and natural energy, so powerful it transforms lives.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Indirect evidenceAlna District, NorwayHQ checked Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0001,706 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Partial evidenceNorrköping, SwedenHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,628 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Stadium is Sweden’s largest sports chain.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Partial evidenceCurno, ItalyHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,367 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Cisalfa Sport, con oltre 160 punti vendita sul territorio nazionale, è la catena italiana di riferimento per la vendita dei migliori prodotti di abbigliamento, calzature e…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Partial evidenceSt.-jean-de-luz, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,321 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Boardriders, is the world’s leading action sports and lifestyle company that designs, produces and distributes branded apparel, footwear and accessories for Boardriders around the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Indirect evidenceHavant, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,104 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“MADE FOR LIFE.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Indirect evidenceHuntington Beach, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+1,067 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We've been doing this since 1973, follow along and know the feeling.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Indirect evidenceCosta Mesa, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000871 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Inspired by the creative spirit, Volcom was founded as a clothing company rooted in skateboarding, surfing and snowboarding.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Indirect evidenceMadrid, SpainHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000804 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Fundamos nuestras empresa en España en 1985, iniciando nuestra andadura en el sector como mayorista distribuidora de artículos deportivos de grandes marcas.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Partial evidenceBrisbane, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000797 contacts →

Partial evidence

“City Beach has established itself as one of the leading surf, skate, and street fashion retailers in Australia, with more than +65 stores across Australia,+300 brands, and over…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Partial evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000758 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are the Sports Brand Authority.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Indirect evidenceWarmond, NetherlandsHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500613 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“O’Neill, the original California surf, snow and lifestyle brand, was founded in 1952 when a young man named Jack O’Neill took his unstoppable passion for surfing and used it to…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Partial evidenceBenicia, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000598 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Cycle Gear is the largest and fastest growing retailer of motorcycle parts and apparel in America.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22Partial evidenceVaughan, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000546 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Sporting Life is invigorating, fun, and satisfying; its ski, après ski and everything in between.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23Indirect evidenceIrvine, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500532 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“OUR STORY Fox Racing is the global leader in motocross, mountain biking gear and apparel.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24Partial evidenceUnited StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000455 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Olympia Sports is a service and family oriented retail sporting goods company featuring a broad assortment of high quality name brand merchandise in sports equipment, apparel…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25Indirect evidenceLaval, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500438 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Alternative sports retailers worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
11.7%Verified-email coverage
50.1Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
1.5%Largest-city concentration · Sao Paulo
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
1,449
11-50
682
51-200
271
201-500
93
501-1,000
53
1,001-5,000
49
5,001-10,000
7
10001+
10

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 alternative sports 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 alternative sports retailers are linked below.
What qualifies
Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “alternative sports 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 alternative sports 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 alternative sports 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, 15,567 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.

Alternative sports retailers by location

13 lists · largest first

Every Alternative sports retailers list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

Countries

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 alternative sports 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 alternative sports retailers are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 2,662 alternative sports 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?

Decathlon, headquartered in Lille, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most alternative sports retailers?

The United States leads with 579 companies, followed by Brazil (185) and Germany (159). Every alternative sports retailers list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most alternative sports retailers?

Sao Paulo leads with 39 headquartered companies, followed by Curitiba (15) and London (14).

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 15,567 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 2,662 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.