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Sporting Goods stores on Shopify

Updated Dec 19 2025

There are 66,121 live Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category.

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The most popular subcategories under Sporting Goods are:

  • 17.3% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category sell Outdoors products
  • 9.9% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category sell Fishing products
  • 6.9% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category sell Hiking & Camping products

Here are the the top Sporting Goods subcategories by store count.

Name
Store Count
11,451
6,534

Growth of Sporting Goods Stores On Shopify

Here is the historical growth of stores on Shopify in the Sporting Goods category.

  • Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category have increased 16.7% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q3.
  • Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category have increased 92% year-over-year in 2025 Q3.
Quarter
New Active Stores
2017 Q1
787
2017 Q2
499
2017 Q3
601
2017 Q4
733
2018 Q1
714
2018 Q2
1,658
2018 Q3
895
2018 Q4
710
2019 Q1
973
2019 Q2
951
2019 Q3
910
2019 Q4
873
2020 Q1
926
2020 Q2
1,363
2020 Q3
1,359
2020 Q4
1,478
2021 Q1
1,762
2021 Q2
1,417
2021 Q3
1,492
2021 Q4
1,216
2022 Q1
1,038
2022 Q2
1,156
2022 Q3
1,829
2022 Q4
1,283
2023 Q1
1,557
2023 Q2
1,821
2023 Q3
2,101
2023 Q4
2,241
2024 Q1
2,346
2024 Q2
2,523
2024 Q3
2,428
2024 Q4
2,803
2025 Q1
3,344
2025 Q2
3,629
2025 Q3
4,659
2025 Q4 (to date)
5,435
Active Store Count by Quarter

It's hard to know exactly when a Shopify store was first created but we use a heuristic combining DNS and WHOIS data that provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On Shopify Stores In The Sporting Goods Category

Here are the top social media sites for Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category.

  • Instagram is used by 56.0% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category.
  • Facebook is used by 39.8% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category.
  • YouTube is used by 22.3% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category.
Type
Stores
Instagram
37,038
Facebook
26,297
YouTube
14,773
Tiktok
8,430
Twitter
7,197
LinkedIn
5,470
Pinterest
3,553
Facebook Group
1,033
WhatsApp
964
Snapchat
144
Yelp
42
Discord
11
Soundcloud
11

Contact Information On Shopify Stores In The Sporting Goods Category

Here are the top contact methods for Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category.

  • 64.6% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category have an email on their website
  • 42.4% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
42,746
Phone
28,049

Top Countries For Shopify Stores In The Sporting Goods Category

Here are the top countries for Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category.

  • 44.4% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category are in United States
  • 8.9% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category are in United Kingdom
  • 6.8% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category are in Australia
  • 6.4% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category are in Canada
Country
Stores
29,329
4,513
4,205
2,160
1,504
1,296
1,198
1,097
1,027

With a paid account, stores can also be segmented by region and city.

Top Shopify Apps For Stores In The Sporting Goods Category

Here are the top Shopify apps, ordered by number of installs, across stores in the Sporting Goods category.

  • 20.2% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category have installed the Judge.me Product Reviews App Shopify app.
  • 17.2% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category have installed the Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS Shopify app.
  • 16.3% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category have installed the Shopify Inbox Shopify app.

With a paid account on Store Leads, you'll be able to see which stores have installed specific apps. You can also see when specific apps were installed (or uninstalled) by each store.

Top Technologies on Shopify Stores In The Sporting Goods Category

Many Shopify merchants run third-party technologies on their store in addition to apps from the Shopify App Store.

We're tracking 617 different technologies that have 640,988 collective installs on Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category.

  • Cloudflare is used by 99.6% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category.
  • Cloudflare CDN is used by 99.0% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category.
  • Arrive is used by 95.8% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category.

Here are the top 10 third-party technologies, ordered by number of installs, across all Shopify stores.

Technology
Stores
65,837
63,348
45,898
43,313
42,888

Number Of Products Sold For Shopify Stores In The Sporting Goods Category

Here is the breakdown of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category by the number of products that they sell.

  • 20.3% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 16.9% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category sell 10 - 24 different products.
  • 13.3% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category sell 25 - 49 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
13,434
10 - 24
11,163
25 - 49
8,789
50 - 99
8,268
100 - 249
8,366
250 - 999
8,282
1000 - 4999
4,503
5000 - 9999
699
10000 - 24999
349
25000 - 99999
288

Top Shopify Themes For Stores In The Sporting Goods Category

Shopify has an active and extension theme store. Merchants using Shopify can use one of those pre-built theme or develop their own custom theme to meet their needs. We're currently tracking over 1000 different Shopify themes. Here are the top themes.

  • The trademark theme is used by 17.8% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category.
  • The dawn theme is used by 9.0% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category.
  • The debut theme is used by 4.6% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category.
Theme Name
Stores
trademark
11,754
dawn
5,951
debut
3,046
rise
2,484
horizon
2,450
impulse
2,192
venture
1,719
spotlight
1,530
origin
1,349
refresh
1,332

Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopify Stores In The Sporting Goods Category

The majority of Shopify stores use a .com domain. This is not surprising since alternate top-level domains have only been introduced somewhat recently and there is still a certain cachet associated with .com domains.

  • 67.8% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category have a .com domain.
  • 3.8% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category have a .com.au domain.
  • 3.7% of Shopify stores in the Sporting Goods category have a .co.uk domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
44,849
.com.au
2,485
.co.uk
2,455
.ca
1,354
.shop
1,278
.store
1,269
.de
1,258
.co
720
.net
685
.co.nz
652

Top Stores In The Sporting Goods Category

Here are the top 5 Sporting Goods stores ordered by worldwide store rank.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Patagonia
250
2018/09/07
Billabong
501
2018/10/12
Topps Official
584
2019/01/18
Selkirk Sport
619
2019/10/11
Benchmade Knives
625
2016/12/30

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New Stores In The Sporting Goods Category

Here are the top 5 most recent Sporting Goods stores.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
BadmintonGallery
2,325,570
2025/12/19
Pelliot Japan
6,663,450
2025/12/19
www.bectechglobalz.com
6,664,094
2025/12/19
RYZE
6,672,281
2025/12/19
Gumpel & Co
6,676,254
2025/12/19

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