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Sports Direct Top 1% worldwide Top 1% in United Kingdom Top 1% in Clothing Top 1% in Clothing in United Kingdom
sportsdirect.com·🇬🇧 United Kingdom·Since 1996

Sports Direct: 16.4M visits a month, 872 active Meta ads.

Sports Direct — Sports Direct is a UK-based sports retailer offering clothing, footwear and equipment from various sports brands. In September 2026 sportsdirect.com drew an estimated 16.4M visits, down 8% on the month before. It ranks #2 of 19,668 Clothing brands in United Kingdom and holds a 3.1 Trustpilot rating over 308,167 reviews.

sportsdirect.com@sportsdirectuk 233KYouTube 22.9KFacebookTrustpilot 3.1Meta Ad Library 872

Updated Traffic Sept 2026Meta ads 14 Oct 2026Google ads 21 Oct 2026Instagram Sept 2026Trustpilot Oct 2026

Estimated traffic
16.4M
−8% vs. August 2026
Instagram followers
233K
6,006 posts · @sportsdirectuk
Trustpilot
3.1
308,167 reviews · 15,811 in 12 months
Meta ads
872
active · on Google since 2021
Products
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Rank in United Kingdom
#2
of 19,668 in Clothing
LinkedIn
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Earned media value
€26.6k
per month, Instagram

Gravity score

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How the score is calculated

About the store

Sports Direct is a UK-based sports retailer offering clothing, footwear and equipment from various sports brands.

01 · Traffic

How much traffic Sports Direct gets.

The traffic card of the Gravity brand page: the latest month and its two trends. The monthly curve, 24 months of history, the audience by country, the traffic sources and the category comparison are for members, free to start.

Sports Direct drew an estimated 16.4M visits in September 2026, down 8% on the month before and down 7% over three months.

  • Worldwide#1,340of 4.5M sites · Top 1%
  • In United Kingdom#41of 192K sites · Top 1%
  • Clothing, worldwide#77of 459,295 brands · Top 1%
  • Clothing, United Kingdom#2of 19,668 brands · Top 1%
Monthly visitssource Sept 2026

16.4M

estimated visits in September

1 mo ▼ −7.9%4 mo ▼ −6.5%

The monthly curve, 24 months of history and the category comparison.

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02 · Reviews

What customers say about Sports Direct.

The review cards of the Gravity brand page: the Trustpilot page, with its star distribution and the brand's tiers against the index, and the Google reviews. The TrustScore history and the review velocity against the category are for signed-in members.

Sports Direct holds 3.1 out of 5 on Trustpilot over 308,167 reviews, 15,811 of them in the last twelve months: 52% of customers give five stars and 31% one star. That volume places Sports Direct in the top 1 % of the 270,321 Trustpilot pages in the Gravity index. On Google, Sports Direct scores 4.2 over 2,423 reviews.

Trustpilotclaimed page · read 21 Oct 2026
3.1TrustScore · 308,167 reviews · 15,811 in 12 months
Top 1% review volume
5 ★52%
4 ★8%
3 ★5%
2 ★5%
1 ★31%

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Google reviewsread 19 Oct 2026
4.22,423 reviews on the Google business profile
5 ★72%
4 ★9%
3 ★3%
2 ★3%
1 ★12%

Review velocity, TrustScore history and the category comparison are on the Gravity brand page.

03 · Products

What Sports Direct sells, ranked by sales.

The top three products in the catalogue, in the store's own best-seller order, with price and stock. The full catalogue, the rankings over time and the ads that lead to each product are for signed-in members.

Gravity by Benchr has not read Sports Direct's catalogue yet.

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Share of the catalogue by product family.

Activity mixdominant: Clothing
Clothing70%
Shoes19%
Athletics4%

The dominant category places Sports Direct in its comparison group.

Prices and ratingsstore data
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05 · Influencers

Who talks about Sports Direct.

The creators who tag @sportsdirectuk on Instagram, found by Gravity by Benchr in their posts. One is shown here; the full list, the audiences and the contact details are for signed-in members.

Creators tag @sportsdirectuk on Instagram, led by Ethan Allen (32K followers, 0.6% engagement).

Influencersaccounts tagging @sportsdirectuk · Instagram
AccountProfileFollowersEngagementTagsRelationship
EEthan Allen@eeallen_ · 🇬🇧 GBFitness sport bodybuilding Creator32K0.6%7Tagged @sportsdirectuk
Engagement is the median of recent posts.See all

06 · Competitors according to Gravity

Who Sports Direct competes with, by the numbers.

Gravity picks competitors from the index itself: same category, same market, similar size. The closest are named here; their figures, the full list and the side-by-side comparison are for subscribers.

Gravity by Benchr finds competitors for Sports Direct among Clothing brands in United Kingdom. The closest is Sportisimo.hu, then sport-shop.pl, Et sport, Sport Outlet, Decathlon Sports India, Sport Vision.

CompetitorsClothing · United Kingdom · similarity out of 100
BrandSimilarityGravity scoreEst. trafficInstagramTrustpilotMeta adsProducts
Sportisimo.husportisimo.hu
sport-shop.plsport-shop.pl
Et sportetsport.rs
Sport Outletsportoutlet.no
Decathlon Sports Indiadecathlon.in
Sport Visionsportvision.hr
Competitors Gravity finds for Sports Direct. Similarity, Gravity score, traffic, social, reviews, ads and catalogue are for subscribers.Compare Sports Direct with Sportisimo.hu

07 · Company

The company behind Sports Direct.

Legal entity, funding and distribution, as the Company tab of the Gravity brand page shows them. Where Gravity has nothing on file, the line says so rather than disappearing.

Sports Direct is a company based in United Kingdom, on a domain registered in February 1996.

Legal entityGravity index, Sept 2026
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Entity country
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Founded
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Domain registered
11 Feb 1996
Share capital
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Status
Operating
President
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FundingGravity index, Sept 2026
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Investors
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VC-backed
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DistributionGravity index, Sept 2026
Own store
sportsdirect.com
Catalogue
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Retailers
None recorded
Open jobs
None recorded

08 · What people ask about Sports Direct

What people ask Google about Sports Direct.

8 answers built from the data on this page, each one sourced to Gravity by Benchr, which say so when we don't know.

Is Sports Direct a legit company?

According to Gravity by Benchr, Sports Direct is a brand based in United Kingdom: its website has existed since February 1996, its Trustpilot profile is claimed by the brand, it has 233,349 Instagram followers. Those are the marks of an established brand, not a pop-up shop. Source: Gravity by Benchr brand index, September 2026.

Sports Direct reviews: is it worth it?

Customers rate Sports Direct 3.1 out of 5 on Trustpilot over 308,167 reviews, 15,811 of them in the last twelve months: 52% give five stars, 31% one star. Gravity by Benchr places that review volume in the top 1 % of the 270,321 Trustpilot pages in its index. On Google, Sports Direct scores 4.2 over 2,423 reviews. Source: Gravity by Benchr Trustpilot reading, October 2026.

What does Sports Direct sell?

Sports Direct is a UK-based sports retailer offering clothing, footwear and equipment from various sports brands. Gravity by Benchr classifies it under Clothing. Source: Gravity by Benchr product classification.

Does Sports Direct have a discount code?

Gravity by Benchr does not collect discount codes. What Gravity observes: Sports Direct advertises on Facebook and Instagram and on Google, where its offers often run. Check sportsdirect.com for current promotions. Source: Gravity by Benchr ad records, October 2026.

Who owns Sports Direct?

Gravity by Benchr records a company based in United Kingdom, whose domain was registered in 1996. Gravity publishes no personal data about founders. Source: Gravity by Benchr company records.

Is Sports Direct growing?

Not at the moment. Gravity by Benchr estimates about 16,375,300 visits to sportsdirect.com in September 2026, down 8% in a month and down 7% over three months. Sports Direct ranks #2 of 19,668 Clothing brands in United Kingdom in the Gravity index. Source: Gravity by Benchr estimated traffic, September 2026.

What is Sports Direct's ad budget?

Gravity by Benchr does not publish a spend figure for Sports Direct on this page. What Gravity observes: an active Meta advertiser, on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Audience Network, Threads. The estimated monthly spend band, derived from the EU reach of each ad, is on the Gravity brand page. Source: Gravity by Benchr Meta Ad Library records, October 2026.

Who are the biggest Clothing brands in United Kingdom?

Among Clothing brands in United Kingdom in the Gravity by Benchr index, Sports Direct ranks #2 of 19,668 by estimated traffic. Its closest competitors on the same market are Sportisimo.hu, sport-shop.pl, Et sport, Sport Outlet, Decathlon Sports India. Source: Gravity by Benchr competitor analysis, same category, same market, similar size.

Gravity by Benchr indexes more than 4 million e-commerce brands across 150 countries. Figures on this page are estimates, updated monthly; the Gravity score is recomputed nightly. Not affiliated with Sports Direct.