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Nature of Operations
12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2026
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Nature of Operations Nature of Operations
The Company
All references to “we”, “us”, “our” or the “Company” in the financial statements refer to Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ASO, Inc.”) and the current parent holding company of our operations, and its consolidated subsidiaries. We conduct our operations primarily through our parent holding company's indirect subsidiary, Academy, Ltd., a Texas limited partnership doing business as “Academy Sports + Outdoors”, or Academy, Ltd. All of the Company’s sales and business operations occur at Academy, Ltd., and Academy, Ltd. is also the borrower and/or issuer of the Company’s long-term debt and the lessee of the Company's facilities.
The Company is a leading full-line sporting goods and outdoor recreation retailer in the United States in terms of net sales. As of January 31, 2026, we operated 322 “Academy Sports + Outdoors” retail locations in 21 states and three distribution centers located in Katy, Texas, Twiggs County, Georgia and Cookeville, Tennessee. Our distribution centers receive, store and ship merchandise to our stores and customers. We also sell merchandise to customers across most of the United States via our academy.com website.

Fiscal Year

The Company’s fiscal year represents the 52 or 53 weeks ending on the Saturday closest to January 31 each year. References herein to 2025 relate to the 52-week fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, and references herein to 2024 and 2023 relate to the 52-week fiscal year ended February 1, 2025 and the 53-week fiscal year ended February 3, 2024, respectively.