Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc. owns and operates sporting goods and outdoor recreation retail stores. It offers hunting, fishing, and camping equipment and gear, sports and leisure products, footwear, and apparel. The company organizes its merchandise in four divisions: Outdoors, Sports and Recreation, Apparel and Footwear. The company was founded in 1938 by Max Gochman and is headquartered in Katy, TX.