Industry · NAICS 4511

Sporting goods and hobby stores

The United States has 36,008 employer establishments in sporting goods and hobby stores (1.1 per 10,000 residents), employing 419,984 people at an average annual pay of $27,185, plus 111,747 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
36,008
111,747 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
1.1
Paid employees
419,984
Average annual pay
$27,185

Places ranked by residents per establishment

Places ranked by residents per establishment: more residents for each business, fewer competitors per resident. A count, not a measure of demand: retirement areas, low incomes or tourism change what a business needs.

Places
State
Size
Sporting goods and hobby stores by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Hanford-Corcoran, CA153,197530,6390.30.31×80$24,20021
2Holland, MI121,935524,3870.40.38×22$30,13643
3Corbin, KY149,593721,3700.50.44×32$27,96939
4Morristown, TN124,431620,7390.50.45×104$25,46237
5Yuba City, CA184,402920,4890.50.46×165$23,74546
6Bakersfield-Delano, CA917,5994619,9480.50.47×568$25,345201
7Salisbury, MD130,620718,6600.50.50×144$23,63939
8Merced, CA294,3191618,3950.50.51×224$25,36650
9Yakima, WA257,3141418,3800.50.51×321$31,25267
10Rocky Mount, NC146,278818,2850.50.51×74$23,86528
11Albany, GA145,548818,1940.50.51×93$30,29055
12Sunbury, PA108,107618,0180.60.52×29$25,41454
13Anderson Creek, NC141,772817,7220.60.53×33$22,78841
14Decatur, AL158,918917,6580.60.53×137$21,78156
15LaGrange, GA-AL105,739617,6230.60.53×77$27,77921
16Lake Charles, LA241,1191417,2230.60.54×263$21,19859
17Moses Lake, WA103,035617,1730.60.54×70$19,64322
18Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC101,606616,9340.60.55×68$24,77921
19Killeen-Temple, TX502,4973016,7500.60.56×413$23,414130
20Visalia, CA480,8162916,5800.60.56×424$22,62072
21Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA181,4221116,4930.60.57×207$20,39154
22Stockton-Lodi, CA806,0554916,4500.60.57×741$26,818194
23McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX901,0965516,3840.60.57×973$23,552267
24Laredo, TX271,9421715,9970.60.58×297$22,59680
25Richmond-Berea, KY127,624815,9530.60.59×127$21,31541

1–25 of 395 places

Sources: County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024).

  • Residents per establishment is the place's population estimate for 2023 divided by its establishments; more residents per business means fewer competitors per resident. Places with fewer than the minimum establishments are left out because a handful of businesses makes the ratio jump around.
  • Metro areas are made of whole counties and their figures are the exact sums of those counties'. A metro area is listed under its principal state.
  • This compares counts of businesses with counts of residents. It does not measure demand, spending power, visitors, the size or quality of the businesses, or whether a market is open. Employment and payroll carry the Census Bureau's noise infusion.
  • County Business Patterns 2023 uses NAICS 2017 codes; the nonemployer figures use NAICS 2022. Industries are matched by name between editions.
  • Growth needs a second reference year of County Business Patterns in the same industry classification; only 2023 is loaded, so there is no growth column yet.

Federal contracts in this industry

Federal agencies obligated $901.5K on contracts under NAICS 4591, 4511 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (29 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$376.2K42%
    11 awards
  2. Gainesville, FL$174.7K19%
    1 award
  3. Trenton-Princeton, NJ$133.5K15%
    1 award
  4. New Orleans-Metairie, LA$88.2K9.8%
    1 award
  5. Vicksburg, MS$21.3K2.4%
    1 award
  6. Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$3,5100.4%
    1 award
  7. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$1,6780.2%
    1 award
  8. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$1,3800.2%
    1 award
  9. Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$1,2000.1%
    1 award
  10. Albuquerque, NM$1,0130.1%
    2 awards

Counties

  1. Virginia Beach city, VA$376.2K42%
    11 awards
  2. Alachua County, FL$174.7K19%
    1 award
  3. Mercer County, NJ$133.5K15%
    1 award
  4. Orleans Parish, LA$88.2K9.8%
    1 award
  5. Appanoose County, IA$26.4K2.9%
    1 award
  6. Warren County, MS$21.3K2.4%
    1 award
  7. Bay County, FL$3,5100.4%
    1 award
  8. Bergen County, NJ$1,6780.2%
    1 award
  9. Arlington County, VA$1,3800.2%
    1 award
  10. Bossier Parish, LA$1,2000.1%
    1 award

Cities and towns

  1. Virginia Beach city, VA$376.2K42%
    11 awards
  2. New Orleans city, LA$88.2K9.8%
    1 award
  3. Trenton city, NJ$82.3K9.1%
    1 award
  4. High Springs city, FL$62.2K6.9%
    1 award
  5. Newberry city, FL$13.2K1.5%
    1 award
  6. Vicksburg city, MS$1,9320.2%
    1 award
  7. Carlstadt borough, NJ$1,6770.2%
    1 award
  8. Arlington CDP, VA$1,3800.2%
    1 award
  9. Albuquerque city, NM$1,0100.1%
    2 awards
  10. Centerville city, IA$9220.1%
    1 award

Where the work was performed, as agencies report it (often the contractor's office). Metro areas are the exact sums of their counties. Cities are estimated: each action's county money split by the share of its ZIP code's land inside the city, so a city's figure is part of its county's.

USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS)