74 Best Military Discounts (Electronics, Sporting Goods, Home, etc)

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Verified & Updated May 19, 2020

To show appreciation for those who are serving or have served in the military, many companies offer discounts and deals. Some companies only offer these discounts to active service members, whereas others are more lenient and extend the courtesy to any military personnel (active or retired) and their families. Furthermore, some individual locations may choose to offer a military discount even if it is not part of a companywide policy.

Below, we’ve compiled a list of places that offer military discounts, including restaurants, clothing stores, electronics companies, home improvement stores, sporting goods stores, and more. We also highlight the best military discounts available in each category.

The Best Military Discounts

We’ve highlighted the following stores in the table below that offer the best military discounts in each category. You can click any business or scroll for more details.

Category Business With Best Military Discount Discount Details
Restaurant Long John Silver's 10% off everyday; 20% off on Military Mondays
Apparel Abercrombie & Fitch and Foot Locker 20% off
Electronics HP 35% off
Automotive Husky Liners 10% off
Home Improvement Lowe's 10% off
Sporting Goods Dunham's 10% off
Entertainment AMC Theatres Varies by location
Car Rental Avis and Budget 25%
Cellular Verizon Varies by plan & accessories
Miscellaneous Benchmade 30% off

The List of Military Discounts

Below, we’ve compiled the list of companies that offer discounts to military members At any of these places, make sure you have a military ID — you’ll likely need it to verify your eligibility for any military discounts. Furthermore, note that most companies don’t offer a military discount for online purchases, as it is more difficult to verify your military status.

Restaurants

Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.

BurgerFi

  • Military discount: 15% at corporate-owned locations; varies at franchise locations
  • Eligibility: Active-duty and veterans
  • Source: Customer service
  • Find a BurgerFi

Carrabba’s Italian Grill

Chuck E. Cheese

  • Military discount: Military-only meal deals including various combinations of pizza, drinks, and Play Pass points
  • Eligibility: Active-duty, retirees, National Guard, and Reservists
  • Source: Customer service, Chuck E. Cheese website
  • Find a Chuck E. Cheese

El Pollo Loco

The Greene Turtle

Logan’s Roadhouse

Long John Silver’s

HomeTown Buffet, Old Country Buffet, & Ryan’s

Note: These three restaurants are owned by the same parent company and offer the same discount.

Popeyes

  • Military discount: About 10%
  • Eligibility: Active-duty and veterans
  • Source: Customer service
  • Find a Popeyes

Texas Steakhouse & Saloon

Sonic Drive-In

  • Military discount: About 10%
  • Eligibility: Active-duty and veterans
  • Source: Customer service
  • Find a Sonic Drive-In

Waffle House

  • Military discount: About 10%
  • Eligibility: Active-duty and veterans
  • Source: Customer service
  • Find a Waffle House

See more in our dedicated research on the Waffle House military discount.

Note: Many other restaurants do not offer year-round military discounts, but offer special deals on holidays like Veteran’s Day; find out more in our list of federal employee discounts.

Apparel

Abercrombie & Fitch

Aeropostale

  • Military discount: 10%
  • Eligibility: Anyone with a military ID
  • Source: Customer Service
  • Find an Aeropostale

American Eagle Outfitters

Banana Republic

  • Military discount: 15% off regular priced items
  • Eligibility: Anyone with a military ID
  • Source: Customer service
  • Find a Banana Republic

Boot Barn

  • Military discount: 10%
  • Eligibility: Active-duty and veterans
  • Source: Customer service
  • Find a Boot Barn

Find out more in our research on the Boot Barn military discount.

Brooks Brothers

  • Military discount: 15%
  • Eligibility: Active-duty and veterans
  • Source: Customer service
  • Find a Brooks Brothers

See our related research for the details of the Brooks Brothers military discount.

Buckle

  • Military discount: 10%
  • Eligibility: Anyone with a Military ID
  • Source: Customer service
  • Find a Buckle

The Children’s Place

See our dedicated research on the military discount at The Children’s Place.

Eddie Bauer

  • Military discount: 10% to 15% off
  • Eligibility: Active-duty, retirees, Reservists, and National Guard (with valid ID)
  • Source: Customer Service
  • Find an Eddie Bauer

Express

  • Military discount: 15% off, excludes clearance items
  • Eligibility: Anyone with a military ID
  • Source: Customer Service
  • Find an Express

Foot Locker

  • Military discount: 20%
  • Eligibility: Active-duty personnel in any branch of the military, their spouse, and eligible dependents; Retirees receiving Military benefits, including their eligible spouse and dependents
  • Source: Foot Locker website
  • Find a Foot Locker

Gap

  • Military discount: 10%
  • Eligibility: Anyone with a military ID
  • Source: Customer service
  • Find a Gap

Hot Topic

  • Military discount: 10%
  • Eligibility: Active-duty only, but some managers may be willing to offer the discount to other military personnel
  • Source: Customer service
  • Find a Hot Topic

lululemon

  • Military discount: 15%
  • Eligibility: All North American military members (active and Reservist) with a valid government ID
  • Source: Customer Service
  • Visit lululemon’s website

Maurices

  • Military discount: 10%
  • Eligibility: Anyone with a military ID
  • Source: Customer Service
  • Find a Maurices

Nike

  • Military discount: 10%, can be used online or in-store
  • Eligibility: Active-duty, veteran, retired, and Reservist U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard personnel
  • Source: Nike website
  • Find a Nike

Old Navy

  • Military discount: 10%
  • Eligibility: Anyone with a military ID
  • Source: Customer service
  • Find an Old Navy

PacSun

  • Military discount: 10%
  • Eligibility: Anyone with a military ID
  • Source: Customer service
  • Find a PacSun

See our research on the PacSun military discount policy.

Under Armour

  • Military discount: 10%
  • Eligibility: Anyone with a military ID
  • Source: Customer Service
  • Find an Under Armour

Electronics

Apple

Dell

  • Military discount: 10%
  • Eligibility: Active-duty, veteran, National Guard, Reservist; military spouses, children, parents, and other immediate family members
  • Source: Dell website
  • Visit Dell’s homepage

HP

Lenovo

Microsoft

Automotive

4 Wheel Parts

  • Military discount: 5%
  • Eligibility: Active-duty and veterans
  • Source: Customer service
  • Find a 4 Wheel Parts

See our research for details of the 4 Wheel Parts military discount.

Husky Liners

See our related research for details of the Husky Liners military discount.

JEGS High Performance

  • Military discount: Between 10% and 20%
  • Eligibility: Active-duty and veterans with a customer account
  • Source: Customer service
  • Shop JEGS

See our research on the JEGS High Performance military discount policy.

Quadratec

  • Military discount: 5%
  • Eligibility: Active-duty and veterans with ID
  • Source: Customer service
  • Shop Quadratec

See our research for the details of Quadratec’s military discount.

Rough Country

  • Military discount: 10%
  • Eligibility: Active-duty and veterans (phone orders only)
  • Source: Customer service
  • Find a Rough Country dealer

See our research on the Rough Country military discount.

Summit Racing

  • Military discount: Varies
  • Eligibility: Active-duty and veterans
  • Source: Customer service
  • Find a Summit Racing

See our related research for details of the Summit Racing military discount.

Home Improvement

The Home Depot

  • Military discount: 10% off regular price items
  • Eligibility: Anyone with a military ID
  • Source: Customer service
  • Find a Home Depot

Lowe’s

Sporting Goods & Outdoors

Bass Pro Shops

Bowflex

  • Military discount: 10% to 30%
  • Eligibility: Anyone with a military ID
  • Source: Customer Service
  • Find a Bowflex store

See our research on the Bowflex military discount policy.

Cabela’s

Dunham’s Sports

  • Military discount: 10% off regularly priced items
  • Eligibility: Anyone with a military ID
  • Source: Customer Service
  • Find a Dunham’s Sports

ExtremeTerrain

  • Military discount: 6%
  • Eligibility: Anyone with a military email address
  • Source: Customer Service
  • Shop ExtremeTerrain

See our related research for more about the ExtremeTerrain military discount.

Entertainment

AMC Theatres

  • Military discount: Varies by location; only applicable to standard evening showtimes
  • Eligibility: Anyone with a military ID
  • Source: AMC website
  • Find an AMC

Cinemark

  • Military discount: Varies by location
  • Eligibility: Active-duty, Reservists, retirees, and dependents (with valid ID)
  • Source: Cinemark website
  • Find a Cinemark

Regal Cinemas

Miscellaneous Stores

Benchmade Knife Company

  • Military discount: 30%
  • Eligibility: Active-duty and veterans, firefighters, and law enforcement
  • Source: Customer service
  • Find a Benchmade dealer

See our dedicated research on the Benchmade military discount policy.

Build-A-Bear

  • Military discount: 10%
  • Eligibility: Active-duty and veterans
  • Source: Customer service
  • Find a Build-A-Bear

Michaels

  • Military discount: 15% off in-store purchases (including sale items)
  • Eligibility: Active-duty and retirees with a valid ID
  • Source: Michaels website
  • Find a Michaels

Pottery Barn

Purple Mattress

See our related research for more on the Purple Mattress military discount.

Sears

  • Military discount: 20% off regular price merchandise and 5% off sales prices throughout the tools/hardware and lawn & garden departments.
  • Eligibility: Anyone with a military ID.
  • Source: Sears website (type in “military discount”)
  • Find a Sears

Williams Sonoma

Note: For more information about military discounts at stores that sell home goods, see our research on furniture stores with military discounts.

Cellular Services

AT&T

  • Military discount: 15% off the monthly service charge on qualified plans
  • Eligibility: Active-duty, spouses, veterans, national guard, and Reserves
  • Source: AT&T website
  • Find an AT&T

Sprint

  • Military discount: Depends on your plan
  • Eligibility: Active-duty, Reserve, and veterans
  • Source: Customer service, Sprint website
  • Find a Sprint

T-Mobile

U.S. Cellular

  • Military discount: 15% off calling plan charges on an individual single line and/or Family plans (15% discount will apply to the data monthly reoccurring charge only on Shared Connect plans)
  • Eligibility: Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy, National Guard, Reserves
  • Source: U.S. Cellular website
  • Find a U.S. Cellular

Verizon Wireless

  • Military discount: $15 off Go Unlimited and Beyond Unlimited monthly plans; 15% off other eligible plans; 25% off select accessories
  • Eligibility: Active service members and veterans
  • Source: Verizon’s website
  • Find a Verizon Wireless

Car Rental

Advantage Rent a Car

Alamo Rent a Car

Avis Rent a Car

  • Military discount: Up to 25%
  • Eligibility: Active-duty, veterans, National Guard, Reservists, and their families with a Veterans Advantage membership
  • Source: Avis website
  • Book an Avis rental car

Budget Car Rental

Dollar

  • Military discount: 5%
  • Eligibility: Active-duty, veterans, National Guard, Reservists, and their families with a Veterans Advantage membership
  • Source: Dollar website
  • Book a Dollar car rental

Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Hertz

  • Military discount: Varies depending on your booking details
  • Eligibility: Active-duty, veterans, National Guard, and Reservists and their families
  • Source: Hertz website
  • Book a Hertz car rental

Airlines

For information about military discounts for flights, see our list of seven airlines with military discounts.

Places That Might Have a Military Discount

The following businesses do not have an official military discount offered at every location, but some individual locations may be willing to give you some sort of discount or deal at the manager’s discretion. Note that linked company names will direct you to our dedicated research on each store.

Places With No Military Discount

In the course of our research, we found that the following companies don’t offer military discounts. Note that linked company names will take you to our dedicated research on that company’s policy.

If you’re a federal employee but not a member of the military, we also have the list of stores, restaurants, and other places that offer discounts to federal employees.

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