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3 Months Ended
May 03, 2025
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
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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 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. Our fiscal year represents the 52 or 53 weeks ending on the Saturday closest to January 31.
The Company is a leading full-line sporting goods and outdoor recreational products retailer in the United States in terms of net sales. As of May 3, 2025, we operated 303 “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.