• Sporting goods: retailers Spain

Decathlon España SAU was the leading retail company of sports equipment in Spain in 2019. Without question, the Spanish subsidiary of Decathlon captured the sporting goods market when it achieved a sales value of over 1.7 billion euros that year. Deporvillage SL trailed far behind with approximately 60 million euros in revenue, and in third place was Fox Head Europe SLU.

Decathlon, the king of sporting goods retail

Although Decathlon is the third leading global sporting goods company based on revenue right after Nike and Adidas, the legends in the industry, the French retailer did not succeed in some countries it entered. But in Spain, Decathlon is well positioned as the leading sporting goods retailer.

Decathlon started its journey in Spain in 1992, the year Barcelona hosted the Olympic Games, and opened its first store in Badalona. Now, Spain is the third-largest market for the sporting equipment retailer, only behind France and China, and Decathlon revenue in Spain has reached its second-highest figure since 2013.

Moreover, Decathlon is becoming one of the leading companies of sporting goods retailer in e-commerce in Spain. In 2019, Decathlon had a revenue of over 308 million euros in that distribution channel and held the lead over Adidas.

Adidas, the preferred sports brand in Spain

In terms of sports brands, Adidas dominates the Spanish sporting equipment market. The German brand had a sales value of more than 474 million euros in 2019, which was higher than that of Puma and Nike's Spanish subsidiary, American Nike.

One of the reasons Spanish consumers prefer Adidas over other sports brands is its commercial and marketing success. Indeed, Adidas is the sports brand with the most followers on Twitter in Spain, and it is the sports brand that outfits several teams in the Spanish top tier league, such as Real Madrid.

Leading companies in the retail sale of sporting equipment in specialized stores sector in Spain in 2019, based on sales value (in million euros)

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2021

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Spain

Survey time period

2019

Supplementary notes

This Ranking of Spanish Companies classifies the companies based on sales value, which are obtained from the individual financial statements reported by each company at the registrar Registro Mercantil, with closing dates between July of the studied year and June of the following year (12 month period).

The data base INFORMA D&B, from which the information was extracted, recolects data from multiple public and private sources such as BORME (Boletín Oficial del Registro Mercantil), BOE ( Boletín Oficial del Estado), national and regional press, ad hoc research and other publications.