UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box.  ☒

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box.  ☐

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box.  ☐

Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates: 333-248683

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

(Title of Class)

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

The shares to be registered hereunder are shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (the “Registrant”). A description of the Common Stock is set forth under the heading “Description of Capital Stock” in a prospectus, constituting part of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-248683) relating to the Common Stock, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and such description shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference.

Pursuant to the Instructions as to Exhibits with respect to Form 8-A, no exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference because no securities of the Registrant other than the Common Stock are registered on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.