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Top 25 Protective sports gear suppliers based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 151 protective sports gear suppliers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 2,594 professional contacts across them, including 504 with verified work emails. Brooklyn is the largest hub.
This list covers protective sports gear suppliers headquartered in the United States, 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 20, 2026.
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 protective sports gear suppliers based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 728 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Riddell (rih-DELL) is a premier designer and developer of football helmets, protective sports equipment, head impact monitoring technologies, apparel and related accessories.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 150 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Team Wendy is an Avon Protection company and a leading global supplier of helmet systems designed from the inside out for military, law enforcement, search and rescue, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 143 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “United Sports Brands is a portfolio of category-defining sporting goods brands, each rich in heritage and an authentic spirit that inspires athletes to reach their personal best.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 114 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We know why you do what you do.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 56 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Based in Liverpool, NY, Cascade Maverik is comprised of two brands, Cascade and Maverik.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “OccuNomix is a leading designer and manufacturer of personal safety equipment for people all over the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 2011 by Erin and Lee Hanson, veterans in material science, Guardian has redefined athletic protection through innovation and engineering.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “GameBreaker aims to create an environment for all athletes to compete to their fullest potential with the highest level of protection.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Macho Products was established in 1980 by 8th Degree Tae Kwon Do Grandmaster, Soo Se Cho.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “LIGHT Helmets (Safer Sports), Carlsbad, CA is a leading manufacturer of tackle football, flag football, and soccer headgear.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “XO Armor creates personalized braces, splints, and protective guards that are lightweight, breathable, and anatomically precise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “In 1986 two gentlemen developed a strategy that would forever change and revolutionize the sport of motocross.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1985, athletic directors, coaches, facility administrators, and equipment managers have relied on Bison to provide safe, durable, innovative and on-time products to fit…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Markwort Sporting Goods Company is a manufacturer and distributor of sporting goods with primary focus on American team sports and training aids and protectives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Headquartered in Greenville, SC, Green Gridiron is the premier facemask reconditioner for football teams at all levels including NFL, CFL, NCAA, Semi-Pro, High School, and Youth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Zoombang creates industry-leading protective gear that actually improves performance.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our mission: To develop and deliver uncompromised safety around the world from head-to-toe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Ortema sport protection gear.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded by NHL pros, equipment managers, nanotechnology PhDs, and tech entrepreneurs, Titan BattleGear is dedicated to revolutionizing hockey gear, equipment, and apparel.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Storelli is the technical alternative in soccer apparel inspiring athletes to beat the odds against them.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 2013, VICIS' mission is to minimize the impact of sports-related head injuries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “XTECH Protective Equipment, LLC is a company based out of 13 GREAT MEADOW LN, East Hanover, New Jersey, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “AWMA® is a world leading manufacturer and distributor of human contact sports and martial arts gear and sporting good equipment since 1972.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “After successful college and NFL careers, our founders were inspired to create the first ever soft-shell head protection designed specifically for football.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “MLA Ltd are leaders in Personal Protective Equipment from the Head to the toe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 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: protective sports gear suppliers. 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 protective sports gear suppliers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of protective sports gear suppliers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name protective sports gear suppliers. 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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Protective sports gear suppliers based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 151 companies.
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 protective sports gear suppliers, 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.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “protective sports gear suppliers”. 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 protective sports gear suppliers), 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 protective sports gear suppliers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- 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, 504 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 20, 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.
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 protective sports gear suppliers, 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 protective sports gear suppliers are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 151 protective sports gear suppliers headquartered in the United States 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?
Riddell, headquartered in Des Plaines, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most protective sports gear suppliers?
Brooklyn leads with 3 headquartered companies, followed by Dallas (3) and Houston (3).
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 504 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 151 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 20, 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.
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