Is Play It Again Sports Canada Canadian?
No
This brand is owned by a foreign parent company.
What we found
Play It Again Sports Canada operates as a franchise of Winmark Corporation, a US publicly traded (NASDAQ: WINA) company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The receipt
| Verdict | Foreign-owned |
| Category | Canadian sporting goods retailers |
| HQ | Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA |
| Confidence | high |
| Evidence | Secondary source only |
| Source | https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/politics-and-business-magazines/gro… secondary source — registry check pending “Grow Biz International, Inc. (later Winmark) is the parent company, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.” Verdicts are only marked verified once a government registry record or corporate filing confirms them. |
Canadian alternatives to Play It Again Sports Canada
Every brand below is listed as Canadian-owned in our registry.
| Brand | Category | HQ Location | Ownership Check |
|---|---|---|---|
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| S3 Sports | Sports & Outdoors | Toronto, Ontario | View ownership → |
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