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| Formerly | Hibbett Sports, Inc. |
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Sporting goods retailer |
| Founded | 1945; 80 years ago (1945) |
| Headquarters | Birmingham,Alabama, United States |
Number of locations | 1,169 (2024) |
Key people | Jared S. Briskin (president andCEO) Ben Knighten (vice president operations) Robert J. Volke (CFO) David Benck (vice president General Counsel) |
| Products | Sporting Goods |
| Revenue |  US$1.73 billion (2024) |
 US$137 million (2024) | |
| US$103 million (2024) | |
| Total assets | US$909 million (2024) |
| Total equity | US$419 million (2024) |
Number of employees | 12,500 (2024) |
| Parent | JD Sports |
| Subsidiaries | City Gear |
| Website | hibbett |
| Footnotes / references Financials as of February 3, 2024[update].[1] | |
Hibbett, Inc. (formerlyHibbett Sports, Inc.) is an Americansporting goodsretailer headquartered inBirmingham, Alabama and is a wholly-owned subsidiary ofJD Sports.
As of February 3, 2024,[update] the company operated 1,169 retail stores, which include 960 Hibbett Sports stores, 193 City Gear stores, and 16 Sports Additions athletic shoe stores in 36 states.[1] Hibbett Sports, Inc. operatessporting goodsstores in small to mid-sizedmarkets, in theSoutheast,Southwest and lowerMidwest regions of theUnited States. States with the most stores areGeorgia (97),Texas (97), andAlabama (90). Its stores offer a range of athletic equipment,footwear andapparel. The company's primary store format is the Hibbett Sports store, an approximately 5,000 square foot store located primarily in strip centers which are frequently influenced by aWal-Mart store.[2]
In January 2015, Hibbett Sports reported net annual sales of US$913M on total assets of US$452M.[2]
In August 2017, the company announced the launch of its newe-commerce site, hibbett.com. The website includes product launch calendars, a store availability finder, and fit-finding technology.[3][4]
UK-basedJD Sports agreed to acquire Hibbett for $1.08 billion in April 2024.[5][6][7] The acquisition was completed three months later.[8]