Touchdown Sportswear

What Touchdown Sportswear does

Touchdown Sportswear is a Peoria, Arizona-based custom imprinted sportswear provider founded in 1996 by Monte Ryan. The company specializes in custom decoration services, principally embroidery and screen printing, and serves a diverse customer base that includes sports teams, businesses, schools, and construction companies. Operations are run by a small team of 7 employees, consistent with a focused local/regional decoration services business rather than a national platform.

The core offering is per-order custom decoration rather than apparel manufacturing. Disclosed per-piece pricing sits in the $16 to $32.50 range, indicating a team and small-business order model with unit economics driven by order volume and decoration complexity. The company sources blank apparel and promotional inputs through a broad network of industry distributors, including San Mar, Momentec Brands, Radians, Hit Promo, Company Casuals, and Goodwill, which gives it flexibility on product range, margin, and lead time.

Touchdown Sportswear's customer roster spans higher education (Grand Canyon University, University of Ottawa), K-12 (Deer Valley Unified School District, Caliber Academy), corporate (Discount Tire), and municipal (City of Peoria) accounts. It has extended beyond spot decoration into dedicated client storefronts, notably the Caliber Academy Store sub-brand. In 2025, the business received Business of the Month recognition from the office of Peoria Mayor Carlat, reinforcing its local institutional standing. The company is privately held, has not raised outside funding, and discloses no material AI/ML capabilities.

Name

Touchdown Sportswear

Legal name

Touch Down Sports Wear

Website

https://touchdownsportswear.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Touchdown Sportswear is a Peoria, Arizona-based custom apparel decoration company founded in 1996, offering embroidery and screen printing to sports teams, businesses, schools, and construction companies across its regional market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Imprinted Apparel and Promotional Products

NAICS

Sporting and Athletic Goods Manufacturing (33992), Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing (3152)

SIC

Apparel & Other Finishd Prods Of Fabrics & Similar Matl (2300)

akta.pro primary industry

Sports Team & Promotional Apparel Cut & Sew (Screenprint/Embroidery-Ready) (IMAOAEAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Team & School Athletic Uniforms Retail (CRAMACAJ), Athletic Footwear & Sport Apparel Retail (CRAMABAC)

Keywords

• Custom apparel
• Screen printing
• Embroidery services
• Promotional products
• Sports uniforms

Headquarters

HQ city

Peoria

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Custom Apparel Sales: Sale of imprinted/embroidered sportswear including polos, shirts, outerwear, hats, and promotional items. Specializes in large orders with custom branding for businesses and sports teams.
2. Imprinting and Embroidery Services: In-house embroidery and screen printing services applied to customer-provided or company-sourced apparel and promotional items.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Touchdown Sportswear is a Peoria, Arizona-based custom imprinted apparel and sportswear provider that designs, sources, decorates, and sells branded clothing, team uniforms, promotional items, and safety apparel for sports teams, schools, universities, corporations, and construction companies. The company operates in-house embroidery and screen printing production and fulfills large custom orders across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

Product overview

Touch Down Sports Wear is a custom imprinted sportswear and promotional merchandise company founded in 1996, serving businesses and sports teams with in-house embroidery and screen printing capabilities. The product portfolio centers on customizable apparel across multiple categories: adult and youth versions of Polos (Sport-Tek® PosiCharge® RacerMesh® and Port Authority® Silk Touch™), Long Sleeve Polos, Sweatshirts/Crewnecks (Port & Co™ Core Fleece), Pullover Hoodies, and Full Zip Hoodies. Services include Imprinting & Embroidery (in-house), Screen Printed Apparel, and Promotional Items (bags, business cards, koozies, lanyards, pens, signs). The company specializes in large orders and serves corporate clients, sports teams, schools, universities, and construction companies through its Peoria, Arizona facility.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Caliber Academy Store: A client online portal/store for Caliber Academy customers to order sportswear and apparel.

Products and services

• Custom Imprinted Apparel
• Custom Sportswear and Team Uniforms
• Embroidery Services
• Screen Printing Services
• Promotional Products
• Construction Safety Apparel and Jobsite Signage
• Caliber Academy Online Store Online merchandise storefront for Caliber Academy branded apparel and merchandise, operated by Touchdown Sportswear.

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record.

• San MarOthersSan Mar is a supplier partner providing woven shirts and related apparel for the company to offer to customers through linked catalog browsing.
• Momentec BrandsOthersMomentec Brands supplies hats and headwear including Pacific Headwear and Richardson Cap products.
• RadiansOthersRadians provides safety apparel and gear including safety vests for construction industry customers.
• Company CasualsOthersCompany Casuals is a supplier partner providing catalogs and product selection including polos, knits, t-shirts, sweatshirts, outerwear, workwear, and bags.
• Hit PromoOthersHit Promo is a supplier partner for promotional items including business cards and drinkware.
• 4 Logo WearablesOthersSupplier partner for logo wearable products.
• Sportswear CollectionOthersSupplier partner for sportswear collection products.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• HALO Branded Solutions: HALO is a national provider of branded merchandise, custom apparel, and promotional products to enterprise clients — comparable to Touch Down's mix of corporate-branded apparel and promo items, but with significantly broader scale and account-management infrastructure.
• Rush Order Tees: Rush Order Tees is an online custom screen-printing and embroidery shop specializing in decorated apparel for groups, teams, and businesses — a direct competitor in the custom-imprint space with a more digital-first operating model.
• Crestline: Crestline is a major U.S. distributor of custom promotional products and imprinted apparel, closely aligned with Touch Down's promotional-item and decorated-apparel offerings for schools, teams, and businesses.
• 4imprint: 4imprint is one of the largest direct distributors of promotional products and custom imprinted apparel in North America, mirroring Touch Down Sports Wear's combined offering of decorated apparel plus promotional merchandise like drinkware and bags.
• CustomInk: CustomInk is a leading online custom apparel and accessories platform serving groups, teams, schools, and businesses — directly comparable in custom screen-printed and embroidered apparel for B2B customers, though at far greater digital scale than Touch Down Sports Wear.
• Lands' End Business: Lands' End Business provides custom embroidered and imprinted apparel programs for corporations, schools, and teams — overlapping with Touch Down's polo, outerwear, and uniform decoration services, though serving larger enterprise programs.
• Boundless: Boundless is a national distributor of custom branded merchandise, apparel, and promotional products serving B2B customers — closely mirroring Touch Down's combined apparel-decoration and promo-product offering.

Broad incumbents

• Alphabroder: Alphabroder (now part of S&S Activewear) is a leading U.S. wholesale distributor of blank apparel for the decorated apparel industry — they supply blanks that Touch Down also decorates, and operate a broader catalog across multiple customer segments.
• San Mar: San Mar is a major wholesale apparel supplier (already a Touch Down supplier partner) whose catalog is browsed directly by end buyers — they sit adjacent to Touch Down's value chain and could compete on direct-to-buyer fulfillment.
• Vistaprint: Vistaprint (Vistaprint/Cimpress) offers custom printing across apparel, signage, and promotional items to small businesses — comparable to Touch Down's imprint services but with a self-service digital platform and much broader category breadth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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