Wholesale sales of baseball/softball sports equipment in the U.S. 2007-2021

Wholesale sales of baseball bats in the United States came to a total of nearly 270 million U.S. dollars in 2021, making it the largest product category on the baseball/softball sports equipment market. Gloves and mitts made up the second-largest product segment, with wholesale sales of roughly 137 million U.S. dollars.

Baseball interest in the United States

Baseball is one of the most popular sports to play and watch in the United States. In 2021, about seven in ten American men considered themselves fans of the sport. Specifically, about 40 percent considered themselves casual fans, while just under 30 percent of Americans stated they were avid fans of the sport. While there were also many women interested in baseball, far more avid fans were male that year.

Sporting goods in the United States

The value of the sports equipment market in the United States was forecast to reach close to 16.8 billion U.S. dollars by 2025, up from about 15.1 billion dollars in 2021. Sports equipment falls under the broader category of sporting goods. In terms of wholesale sales, athletic wear was the most lucrative type of sports product on the U.S. market, generating approximately 42 billion U.S. dollars of wholesale sales in 2021. Wholesale sales of sport equipment came to a total of nearly 31 billion U.S. dollars that year.