Co-owner Greg Rouse standing behind the counter of Hit Seekers flagship storefront in Fort Mitchell. Photo by Kenton Hornbeck | LINK nky

Fort Mitchell-based Hit Seekers, a sports card and collectibles retailer, was named as one of the fastest growing private companies in the southeast by Inc. Magazine.

Hit Seekers Sports Cards is ranked 46th on the fifth annual Inc. Regionals: Southeast list, a ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in the Southeast. The region includes South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, and Puerto Rico.

Founded as a Facebook group in 2020, Hit Seekers rode a wave of growth in the sports card space ushered in by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Today, the company has a brick-and-mortar store at 2501 Dixie Highway and a kiosk inside Great American Ballpark. The shop keeps a fresh inventory, offering a wide variety of baseball, football, basketball, soccer and Pokémon cards.

According to Inc., the retailer has experienced 239% growth over the past two years.

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