Zanders Sporting Goods

since 1962

all-woman owned company

Zanders Sporting Goods
801 Bradbury Lane
Sparta, IL 62286

https://shop2.gzanders.com/

About Zanders Sporting Goods

Zanders Sporting Goods is a family-run firearms and sporting goods wholesale distributor based in Sparta, Illinois, that serves independent dealers across the United States. The business traces its roots to the late 1950s or early 1960s, when the founder began trading a few guns; it became a retail business in 1962 and grew into a regional wholesale distributor in the 1980s, later expanding to serve dealers nationwide.

Leadership passed to the next generation of the Zanders family over time, and the company became fully women-owned, led by president and co-owner Stephanie Zanders, who formally joined the company in 1992 and worked her way up through accounting, warehouse, sales, customer service and human resources roles. Under her management Zanders moved in 2010 to a 72,000-square-foot facility in Sparta with an automated supply-chain system, and an expansion begun in 2015 doubled the facility to 144,000 square feet. As of 2026 the company remains family-led. For gun owners, distributors like Zanders are part of the network that keeps small, independent gun shops in business.

Key Facts

1962: Becomes a retail business in Sparta, Illinois
1980s: Grows into a regional wholesale distributor
2010: Moves to a 72,000-square-foot facility in Sparta
2015: Begins expansion that doubles the facility to 144,000 square feet
2021: Profiled as a fully women-owned company led by Stephanie Zanders

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