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28 Top Sporting Goods Startups in Tennessee

This article showcases our top picks for the best Tennessee based Sporting Goods companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Sporting Goods industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

Top Tennessee Sporting Goods Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

The Company Lab

The Company Lab

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The Company Lab is a nonprofit startup accelerator that supports entrepreneurial growth in southeast Tennessee.

Zoe Angling Group

Zoe Angling Group

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Zoe Angling Group focuses on innovating and selling fishing products.

Zoe Angling Group

Varsity Brands

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Varsity Brands provides customized products for a school’s unique needs from online education to professional school branding.

Zoe Angling Group

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A leading manufacturer of officially licensed hardgoods spanning over 65 product lines across more than 400 teams.

Zoe Angling Group

True Temper Sports

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True Temper Sports is a sporting goods manufacturer in the golf, hockey, lacrosse, diamond and skate categories.

Zoe Angling Group

Swiftwick

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Swiftwick aims to fuel any adventure with the best socks designed by athletes for athletes so you can.

Zoe Angling Group

Dowdle Sports & Outdoors

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Dowdle Sports & Outdoors is an e-commerce marketplace of sporting goods.

Zoe Angling Group

Outland USA

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Outland USA provides outdoor gear, sporting goods and equipment such as shirts, sandals, camp furniture, climbing shoes, and bike apparel.

Zoe Angling Group

Kings Firearms and More

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Kings Firearms & More is a firearms retailer specializes in commercial firearms, Law enforcement supply, and much more.

Zoe Angling Group

LeMond Bicycles

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LeMond bicycles is a bicycle manufacturing company.

Zoe Angling Group

True Sports

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True Sports is an innovator & manufacturer of premium sporting goods.

Zoe Angling Group

Natchez

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Natchez serves shooting and hunting enthusiasts by providing quality service to their customers.

Zoe Angling Group

Skier’s Choice

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Skier’s Choice is a manufacturing company that produces and designs an array of inboard towboats and various other accessories.

Zoe Angling Group

Marine Accessories Corporation

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Marine Accessories maker of custom tower and canvas products for the marine market.

Zoe Angling Group

Jackson Kayak

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Jackson Kayak is a sporting goods company that manufactures and sells kayaks, boats, outdoor products, and essential accessories.

Zoe Angling Group

L2 Outside

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L2 Outside is a pedal sport rental and retail shop.

Zoe Angling Group

Epic Kayaks

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Epic Kayaks is a sporting goods designer company.

Zoe Angling Group

American Bicycle Group

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American Bicycle Group designs and manufactures several brands of high-performance bikes.

Zoe Angling Group

Do All Outdoors

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Do-All Outdoors is a dealer that distributes outdoor equipment such as clay target throwers, shooting, hunting, and targeting systems.

Zoe Angling Group

Elk Brand Manufacturing Company

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Elk Brand Manufacturing Company is a jeans and sportswear manufacturing company.

Zoe Angling Group

Newgy Industries

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Newgy Industries is a manufacturer and seller of robotic sporting equipment as well as related sporting goods.

Zoe Angling Group

Everything Weapons

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Everything Weapons is a local gun and ammo store with two locations in both Brentwood and Franklin, TN.

Zoe Angling Group

True Temper Sports

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True Temper Sports provides crafting performance sports equipment for golf, baseball, hockey, lacrosse, and apparel.

Zoe Angling Group

Predator Cycling

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Predator Cycling manufactures custom carbon fiber bicycle frames and components.

Zoe Angling Group

PrideSports

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PrideSports is a designer and manufacturer of sporting goods and related products.

Zoe Angling Group

Gear Head Works

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Gear Head Works is an e-commerce store that offers spring, buffer, razorback, handgun scope, castle nut, and end plate set products.

Zoe Angling Group

McLaughlin Optimist

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McLaughlin Optimist manufactures racing boats, accessories, and products and sells them at the e-commerce shop.

Zoe Angling Group

Uselton Arms

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Uselton Arms is a manufacturing company that specializes in producing rifles and pistols.

Written by Mark Smith

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