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Founded by Sean Forman on Dec 3, 2007.1
Private company
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American sports statistics company
Sports Reference, LLC is an American sports statistics company that operates databases of several sports. They include Pro Football Reference for American football, Baseball Reference for baseball, Basketball Reference for basketball, Hockey Reference for ice hockey, FBref for association football (soccer), and pages for college football and basketball.2 It was founded by Sean Forman.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Sports Reference, LLC is an American sports statistics company that operates databases of several sports. They include Pro Football Reference for American football, Baseball Reference for baseball, Basketball Reference for basketball, Hockey Reference for ice hockey, FBref for association football (soccer), and pages for college football and basketball.2
Founded by Sean Forman on Dec 3, 2007.1
Who has led Sports Reference, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.
Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.
| Year | PPP loans | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $267.7K | $267.7K |
Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA4. Matched to this company by name and state.
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