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L.L.Bean's competitors and similar companies include Recreational Equipment, Lands' End, Rocky Brands, Sportsman's Warehouse, Cabela's and DICK’S Sporting Goods.
 Recreational Equipment Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) is a company that designs, develops, and retails outdoor gear and apparel. |  Lands' End Lands' End is a clothing retailer that specializes in casual clothing, luggage, and home furnishings. |  Rocky Brands Rocky Brands designs, develops, manufactures and markets outdoor, work, western and military footwear, and other outdoor and work apparel and accessories. | |||||
Founding Date | Founding Date 1912 | Founding Date 1938 | Founding Date 1963 | Founding Date 1932 | Founding Date 1986 | Founding Date 1961 | Founding Date 1948 |
Type | Type Private | Type Private | Type Public | Type Public | Type Public | Type Subsidiary | Type Public |
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Locations | Locations Freeport, US HQ | Locations Sumner, US HQ | Locations Dodgeville, US HQ Mettlach, DE Yokohama, JP Rutland, GB | Locations Nelsonville, US HQ Logan, US | Locations West Jordan, US HQ | Locations Springfield, US HQ Sidney, US | Locations Coraopolis, US HQ |
Employees | Employees 3,4091% increase | Employees 9,883 | Employees 3,0503% increase | Employees 1,8998% decrease | Employees 2,10030% decrease | Employees 7,138 | Employees 18,6002% decrease |
Valuation ($) | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) 511.6 m | Valuation ($) 206.5 m | Valuation ($) 106 m | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) 16.5 b |
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Revenue (est.) | Revenue (est.) $1.8b (Y, 2021) | Revenue (est.) $3.5b (FY, 2024) | Revenue (est.) $1.2b (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) $482m (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) $1.2b (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) $4.1b (FY, 2016) | Revenue (est.) $17.2b (FY, 2025) |
Cost of goods | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods $2.1b (FY, 2024) | Cost of goods $685m (FY, 2025) | Cost of goods $284.7m (FY, 2025) | Cost of goods $835.7m (FY, 2025) | Cost of goods $2.4b (FY, 2016) | Cost of goods $11.5b (FY, 2025) |
Gross profit | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit $1.4b (FY, 2024) | Gross profit $650.2m (FY, 2025) | Gross profit $197.3m (FY, 2025) | Gross profit $373.5m (FY, 2025) | Gross profit $1.7b (FY, 2016) | Gross profit $5.7b (FY, 2025) |
Net income | Net income N/A | Net income ($156.4m) (FY, 2024) | Net income $5.5m (FY, 2025) | Net income $22.3m (FY, 2025) | Net income ($50.1m) (FY, 2025) | Net income $146.9m (FY, 2016) | Net income $849.2m (FY, 2025) |
Operating ⚠ | |||||||
Distribution Centers | Distribution Centers N/A | Distribution Centers N/A | Distribution Centers 5 (FY, 2017) | Distribution Centers N/A | Distribution Centers N/A | Distribution Centers N/A | Distribution Centers 5 (FY, 2023) |
Stores | Stores N/A | Stores N/A | Stores N/A | Stores N/A | Stores N/A | Stores 85 (FY, 2016) | Stores 855 (FY, 2023) |
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Recreational Equipment
HQ
Sumner, US
Employees
9,883
Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) is a company that designs, develops, and retails outdoor gear and apparel.
View companyLands' End
HQ
Dodgeville, US
Employees
3,050↑ 3% increase
Lands' End is a clothing retailer that specializes in casual clothing, luggage, and home furnishings.
View companyRocky Brands
HQ
Nelsonville, US
Employees
1,899↓ 8% decrease
Rocky Brands designs, develops, manufactures and markets outdoor, work, western and military footwear, and other outdoor and work apparel and accessories.
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Sportsman's Warehouse
HQ
West Jordan, US
Employees
2,100↓ 30% decrease
Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings is an outdoor sporting goods retailer.
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