Vance Outdoors
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded 📆 | 1938 (Columbus, Ohio) |
| Founder 👔 | Richard H. Vance |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Products 📟 | Sporting goods; hunting, fishing, camping and outdoor equipment; firearms and archery |
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| 🌐 Website | www |
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Vance Outdoors is an Ohio-based outdoor sporting-goods retailer founded in 1938 in Columbus. The company operates retail stores and an indoor shooting range and training center serving the Central Ohio region, including a large store-and-range complex in Obetz opened in 2014. Coverage of the company and its facilities has appeared in regional media and community sources.[1][2][3]
History
Vance Outdoors traces its origins to a general store opened by Richard H. Vance in 1938 in Columbus. The business gradually shifted toward sporting goods and related equipment. In 2002, the company merged with the Hebron, Ohio retailer Buckeye Outdoors, later unifying operations under the Vance name. [1]
In 2013–2014, Vance Outdoors expanded with a new store-and-range complex in 56,000 sq ft (5,200 m2) in Obetz, south of Columbus. Local reporting and project write-ups describe the facility’s focus on hunting, fishing and camping gear alongside range and training amenities. [2][3]
Operations
The retailer sells outdoor equipment, apparel and firearms, and operates an indoor shooting range and training center in Obetz. Company materials describe a 15,000 sq ft (1,400 m2) indoor range with 24 lanes. [4][3]
Community involvement
Vance Outdoors has supported local veterans’ programs. Honor Flight Columbus lists Vance Outdoors among its flight sponsors and has acknowledged company-sponsored fundraising.[5][6]
Reception and coverage
Regional newspapers have reported on the company and its facilities in various contexts, including a 2013 story on the Obetz expansion, a 2024 article discussing ATF trace lists referencing the company’s Columbus location, and incident reporting at the Obetz store in 2020.[2][7][8]
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "About Us". VanceOutdoors.com. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Erickson, Steve (November 21, 2013). "New Vance store in Obetz to add to outdoor retail boom". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Vance Outdoors (Obetz)". Mid-City Electric. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
- ↑ "Shooting Range & Training Center". VanceOutdoors.com. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
- ↑ "Flight Sponsors". Honor Flight Columbus. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
- ↑ "Vietnam Era Veterans Eligible (primary sponsor Vance Outdoors)". Honor Flight Columbus. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
- ↑ "ATF data shows stores selling most guns used in crimes". The Columbus Dispatch. March 13, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
- ↑ "Two hurt after report of shooting at Vance Outdoors". The Columbus Dispatch. December 16, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
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