JD Sports

sports-fashion retail company
Organization brick_and_mortar Q6108019
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JD Sports

Summary

JD Sports is a brick and mortar[1]. It draws 3,680 Wikipedia views per month (brick_and_mortar category, ranking #6 of 30).[2]

Key Facts

  • JD Sports is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • JD Sports's instance of is recorded as brick and mortar[4].
  • JD Sports's instance of is recorded as public company[5].
  • JD Sports is owned by Pentland Group[6].
  • JD Sports's child organization or unit is recorded as BLK[7].
  • JD Sports's child organization or unit is recorded as Blacks Outdoor Retail[8].
  • JD Sports's child organization or unit is recorded as Fenchurch[9].
  • JD Sports's child organization or unit is recorded as Go Outdoors[10].
  • JD Sports's child organization or unit is recorded as Finish Line, Inc.[11].
  • JD Sports's child organization or unit is recorded as Shoe Palace[12].
  • JD Sports is part of FTSE 100 Index[13].
  • JD Sports's Commons category is recorded as JD Sports[14].
  • JD Sports's stock exchange is recorded as London Stock Exchange[15].
  • JD Sports's industry is recorded as retail[16].
  • JD Sports's chairperson is recorded as Régis Schultz[17].
  • 1981 marks the founding of JD Sports[18].
  • JD Sports's official website is recorded as https://www.jdsports.com/[19].
  • JD Sports's official website is recorded as https://www.jdsports.de/[20].
  • JD Sports's official website is recorded as https://www.jdsports.fr/[21].
  • JD Sports's official website is recorded as https://www.jdplc.com/[22].
  • JD Sports's official website is recorded as https://www.jdsports.co.uk[23].
  • JD Sports's official website is recorded as https://www.jdsports.es/[24].
  • JD Sports's official website is recorded as https://www.jdsports.be/[25].
  • JD Sports's product or material produced is recorded as clothing[26].
  • JD Sports's legal form is recorded as private company limited by shares[27].

Body

Founding

1981 marks the founding of JD Sports[18].

Identity

JD Sports is part of FTSE 100 Index[13].

Leadership

JD Sports's chairperson is recorded as Régis Schultz[17].

Operations

Subsidiaries include BLK[7], a business[28], in Australia[29], founded in 2007[30], headquartered in Gold Coast[31]; Blacks Outdoor Retail[8], a business[32], in United Kingdom[33], founded in 1861[34], headquartered in Bury[35]; Fenchurch[9], a business[36], in VC[37], founded in 2000[38], headquartered in London[39]; Go Outdoors[10], a retail chain[40], in United Kingdom[41], headquartered in Sheffield[42]; Finish Line, Inc.[11], a business[43], in United States[44], founded in 1989[45], headquartered in Indianapolis[46]; and Shoe Palace[12], a shoe store chain[47], in United States[48], founded in 1993[49].

Industry

JD Sports's industry is recorded as retail[16].

Ownership

JD Sports is owned by Pentland Group[6]. Its stock exchange is recorded as London Stock Exchange[15]. Its product or material produced is recorded as clothing[26].

Why It Matters

JD Sports draws 3,680 Wikipedia views per month (brick_and_mortar category, ranking #6 of 30).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5h ago · ~2026-42342-10 · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website https://www.jdsports.com/, https://www.jdsports.de/, https://www.jdsports.fr/ +4
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P856]]: https://jdsports.pl/"
  2. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Companies house company id 01888425
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30163|batch #30163]]: OpenCorporates company ID to Companies House company ID"
  3. 12w ago · A67-A67 · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country United Kingdom
    Official website https://www.jdsports.com/, https://www.jdsports.de/, https://www.jdsports.fr/ +4
    Operating area United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium
    Owned by Pentland Group
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q133456976]]"
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