Who owns WSS?
WSS is owned by DICK'S Sporting Goods (the United States, NYSE: DKS), which has owned the brand since 8 September 2025.[1]
Evidence: DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-27, SEC EDGAR, 27 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Retail › Specialty retail › Sporting goods retail
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: DKS
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About WSS
WSS is one of the five Foot Locker banners that DICK'S Sporting Goods lists as part of the Foot Locker business, which it acquired on 8 September 2025. Foot Locker holds U.S. trademark registrations for the WSS name alongside Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Champs Sports and Stripers.
Ownership timeline of WSS
- 2025 – present DICK'S Sporting Goods [1] verified
Where WSS sits in DICK'S Sporting Goods
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by DICK'S Sporting Goods
DICK'S Sporting Goods controls 10 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in retail.
Also in retail
Other brands in sporting goods retail, and who owns them
DICK'S Sporting Goods has more brands in sporting goods retail on Brandtree than any other owner: 9 of 14.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Archive | TFG | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Rebel Sport | Briscoe Group | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| Supersports | Central Retail | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| The Sneaker Factory | TFG | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Totalsports | TFG | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
About the owner: DICK'S Sporting Goods
DICK'S Sporting Goods is a publicly listed company headquartered in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, United States, founded in 1948. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: DKS.
DICK'S Sporting Goods is an American sports retailer founded in New York in 1948 by Richard "Dick" Stack as a bait and tackle store in Binghamton, and now run from Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. Its banners include DICK'S Sporting Goods, Golf Galaxy, Public Lands and Going Going Gone!. On 8 September 2025 it completed the acquisition of Foot Locker for $2.5 billion, which brought in Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Champs Sports, WSS and atmos.
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🇺🇸 WSS and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; WSS is not one of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of WSS?
The parent company of WSS is DICK'S Sporting Goods, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is WSS American?
Yes. WSS originated in the United States and its owner, DICK'S Sporting Goods, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has DICK'S Sporting Goods owned WSS?
DICK'S Sporting Goods has owned WSS since 8 September 2025.
Is WSS still owned by DICK'S Sporting Goods?
Yes. As of 12 October 2026, WSS is still owned by DICK'S Sporting Goods. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-27 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 27 March 2026; retrieved 12 October 2026.
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