The articles on this site have been created to help entrepreneurs and investors assess the development of pickleball clubs, centers and facilities. We focus on the latest market information, startups, business operations, marketing issues, financial considerations and more.
- Participation increased 158.6% over three years.
- Pickleball growth resulted in 8.9 million Pickleball players in the United States over the age of six, up from 4.8 million in 2022.

Is pickleball a fad? What is the attraction? What business models make sense? What kind of investment makes sense? These and other questions are dealt with in the blog posts noted below. We’ve been assessing startups around the country, visiting clubs, talking to owners, interviewing suppliers and assembling best practices.
Pickleball Business Advisors is brothers Bill and John Pryor. We provide a variety of consulting services based on extensive experience in fitness business development, and research into the fast growing pickleball marketplace. To initiate a feasibility assessment for your pickleball club, or for other consulting, contact us so we can learn about your project.
Complete list of posts on this site:
- 4 things you should think about if you decide to start a pickleball club
- 6 reasons a pickleball player will join a pickleball club and pay
- Are pickleball centers like craft breweries only better?
- Building an experience-driven pickleball club
- Business opportunity in the pickleball market
- Choosing a Pickleball franchise (or not)
- Considering profit in a pickleball business: two models.
- Cool new Pickleball clubs
- Cool new pickleball concepts tap into increased demand for court play
- Court-use revenue projections for a pickleball club
- Creating a pickleball club experience
- Demand for dedicated pickleball centers means business opportunity
- Exploring Pickleball in Dallas
- Feasibility Assessment
- Funding your pickleball business startup
- How much further can pickleball grow? Look at tennis
- Indoor Courts or Outdoor Courts?
- Investing in Pickleball
- Is Chicken N Pickle a pickleball club?
- Is pickleball a fad?
- Is pickleball eating tennis?
- Opening a pickleball club
- Opening a pickleball club. Questions
- Opening a pickleball club: 4 questions to answer honestly
- Phases of new pickleball players
- Pickleball across America (and Mexico)
- Pickleball at Fenway Park
- Pickleball business models
- Pickleball business startup: what a lender or investor needs to see
- Pickleball club economics. How to project revenue.
- Pickleball clubs, a flight to quality
- Pickleball clubs: a variety of approaches are emerging
- Pickleball court construction costs
- Pickleball court supply and demand
- Pickleball growth: 8 reasons for insane pickleball statistics
- Pickleball growth: one town’s history
- Pickleball now attracts all age groups
- Pickleball Paradise, we’ve seen it
- Pickleball Programming
- Pickleball startup or pickleball franchise?
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