Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. DKS

What this company does

DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. offers sports equipment, apparel, footwear and accessories through banners that include DICK'S Sporting Goods, Golf Galaxy, Public Lands and Going Going Gone! stores, along with the DICK'S House of Sport and Golf Galaxy Performance Center concepts, all located across the United States. The Company now has two reportable segments: DICK'S and Foot Locker. As owner and operator of Foot Locker, which includes the Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Champs Sports, WSS and atmos banners, it serves the sneaker community across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, plus a licensed store presence in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. As of January 31, 2026, it employed approximately 31,600 full-time and 73,600 part-time employees, which includes 45,400 who joined the Company as part of the Foot Locker acquisition. It currently has 13 distribution centers, including five regional distribution centers for the DICK'S Business and eight for the Foot Locker Business, which supply merchandise to its stores. The company was founded in 1948 in New York under the name Dick's Clothing and Sporting Goods, Inc., when Richard "Dick" Stack opened his original bait and tackle store in Binghamton, New York. In April 1999 it changed its name to DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc.

Written from the business description in DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 27 March 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.