Escalade Inc. ESCA

What this company does

Escalade manufactures, imports, and distributes sporting goods brands in basketball goals, archery, indoor and outdoor game recreation and fitness products through major sporting goods retailers, specialty dealers, key on-line retailers, direct-to-consumer e-commerce, traditional department stores and mass merchants. During 2025 and 2024, the company had one customer that accounted for approximately 19% of its revenues, and another customer that accounted for approximately 11% and 13% of its revenues in those respective years. Escalade Sports currently manufactures in the USA and imports products from South America and Asia, where the company utilizes a number of contract manufacturers. At December 31, 2025, the company had 444 employees, of which 437 were full-time and 7 were part-time. The company operates in one business segment, Sporting Goods, referred to as Escalade Sports. The company is the successor to The Williams Manufacturing Company, founded in 1922, an Ohio-based manufacturer and retailer of women's and children's footwear, and to the Indian Archery and Toy Corp., founded in 1927, an Evansville, Indiana-based manufacturer of archery equipment, badminton sets, and darts. In 1973, Williams Manufacturing acquired both Indian Industries and Harvard Table Tennis, Inc., and the resulting enterprise was renamed Escalade, Incorporated.

Written from the business description in ESCALADE INC's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 27 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.