Big 5 Sporting Goods

Big 5 Sporting Goods, Inc.

Type	Publicly owned corporation
Traded as	NASDAQ: BGFV
Industry	sporting goods and outdoor gear
Founded	1955 (founded by Maury Liff, original home office Hawthorne, CA)
Headquarters	El Segundo, CA, California, United States
Number of locations	420[1]
Key people	Steven G. Miller, CEO
Revenue	US$897M (FY 2011)[2]
Operating income	US$34.2M (FY 2011)[2]
Net income	US$20.6M (FY 2011)[2]
Total assets	US$392M (FY 2011)[3]
Total equity	US$151M (FY 2011)[3]
Number of employees	9,500[4]
Website	big5sportinggoods.com

Big 5 Sporting Goods store in Glendale, California

Big 5 Sporting Goods is a sporting goods retailer headquartered in El Segundo, California with 420 stores in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma (locations now closed), Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.^[5] Steven G. Miller is the Chairman, President, and CEO.

The Big 5 name is derived from its start in 1955 as five Army-Navy surplus stores in Southern California.

In 1988, Sportswest and Sportsland were acquired from Pay 'n Save.

A list of major competitors can be found on this list of sporting goods retailers of the United States.

References

1. Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation Announces Fiscal 2011 First Quarter Results
2. Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV) annual SEC income statement filing via Wikinvest.
3. Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV) annual SEC balance sheet filing via Wikinvest.
4. "Company Profile for Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation (BGFV)". Retrieved 2008-10-21.
5. Dow Jones Client Solutions (September 5, 2010). "Investor Relations Home". Big 5 Sporting Goods. Big 5 Sporting Goods, Inc. Archived from the original on 6 September 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2010. Big 5 is the leading sporting goods retailer in western United States, operating stores in 12 states.