Short answer: The Court Scout lists 15,791 open pickleball venues in the United States, across all 50 states and DC, as of 28 October 2026. 4,982 of them are verified against an official source, and the 3,970 verified venues that publish a court count have 25,001 courts between them, a median of 5 courts per venue. USA Pickleball's own court-location database counted 15,910 places to play and 68,458 courts at the end of 2024 (USA Pickleball 2024 Annual Growth Report). The two venue counts land within 1% of each other.
That is the headline. The rest of this page is the detail behind it: the full state table, how big venues really are, who runs them, and the caveats that matter when you quote any of these numbers.
Key numbers
- 15,791 open US pickleball venues listed (a venue is one address: a park, a club, a rec center).
- 4,982 verified, which is 31.5% of the listings. Verified means a key fact, usually that the courts exist and what they cost, was confirmed against the venue's own site, a city or county parks page, or its Google Business Profile.
- 25,001 courts at the 3,970 verified venues that publish a count. The median venue has 5 courts; the mean is 6.3 because a few complexes have 40 or more.
- 50% of verified venues are free to play, 36% are indoor or have indoor courts, and 48% are public parks.
- 24.3 million Americans played pickleball in 2025, according to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association. Set against USA Pickleball's 68,458 courts, that is roughly 355 players for every court in the country.
US pickleball venues by state
The three largest states hold one in five of all listings: California (1,166), Florida (1,139) and Texas (1,035). Florida has the most verified venues (567) and the most verified courts (3,025).
Here is every state. "Listed" is every open venue in the directory; the other columns describe only the verified venues, because those are the records whose details we have confirmed.
| State | Venues listed | Verified venues | Courts at verified venues | Median courts per venue | Free (verified) | Indoor (verified) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,166 | 280 | 1,572 | 5 | 56% | 26% |
| Florida | 1,139 | 567 | 3,025 | 6 | 52% | 23% |
| Texas | 1,035 | 503 | 2,276 | 4 | 38% | 42% |
| Illinois | 642 | 291 | 1,099 | 6 | 58% | 30% |
| New York | 632 | 156 | 713 | 4 | 48% | 46% |
| Ohio | 582 | 118 | 633 | 8 | 48% | 38% |
| North Carolina | 563 | 172 | 827 | 6 | 53% | 24% |
| Michigan | 473 | 80 | 486 | 7.5 | 36% | 51% |
| Virginia | 472 | 135 | 653 | 4 | 58% | 33% |
| Pennsylvania | 440 | 89 | 561 | 6 | 40% | 58% |
| Georgia | 436 | 135 | 873 | 6 | 55% | 27% |
| Washington | 425 | 125 | 505 | 4 | 63% | 36% |
| Wisconsin | 423 | 112 | 574 | 5 | 68% | 29% |
| Minnesota | 391 | 133 | 472 | 5 | 59% | 26% |
| New Jersey | 376 | 78 | 492 | 6 | 32% | 40% |
| Massachusetts | 366 | 61 | 329 | 6 | 33% | 41% |
| Maryland | 355 | 98 | 423 | 4 | 61% | 35% |
| Arizona | 337 | 127 | 924 | 6 | 49% | 35% |
| Colorado | 328 | 132 | 713 | 6 | 39% | 49% |
| Missouri | 314 | 92 | 497 | 5 | 48% | 41% |
| Indiana | 304 | 63 | 370 | 6 | 46% | 43% |
| Tennessee | 304 | 122 | 562 | 5.5 | 43% | 53% |
| South Carolina | 250 | 62 | 386 | 6 | 39% | 45% |
| Oregon | 234 | 58 | 344 | 6 | 52% | 36% |
| Alabama | 227 | 65 | 438 | 7 | 66% | 42% |
| Iowa | 226 | 39 | 199 | 6 | 51% | 38% |
| Connecticut | 216 | 65 | 336 | 5 | 54% | 28% |
| Utah | 205 | 68 | 465 | 6 | 50% | 43% |
| Kentucky | 205 | 70 | 386 | 5 | 70% | 27% |
| Oklahoma | 187 | 47 | 224 | 6 | 40% | 45% |
| Kansas | 185 | 63 | 325 | 4 | 40% | 49% |
| Maine | 162 | 27 | 130 | 4.5 | 19% | 44% |
| Nebraska | 158 | 51 | 221 | 4 | 43% | 53% |
| Hawaii | 150 | 99 | 215 | 2 | 69% | 1% |
| Louisiana | 147 | 74 | 251 | 5 | 55% | 35% |
| Arkansas | 139 | 63 | 279 | 4 | 54% | 40% |
| Idaho | 132 | 51 | 294 | 5 | 65% | 33% |
| New Mexico | 131 | 51 | 257 | 5 | 65% | 31% |
| Nevada | 129 | 61 | 365 | 4 | 57% | 33% |
| Mississippi | 124 | 22 | 144 | 8 | 50% | 41% |
| New Hampshire | 122 | 24 | 140 | 6 | 38% | 38% |
| West Virginia | 118 | 17 | 124 | 6 | 41% | 35% |
| Delaware | 116 | 27 | 150 | 8 | 26% | 37% |
| Vermont | 113 | 26 | 104 | 4 | 19% | 50% |
| Montana | 104 | 27 | 120 | 4 | 11% | 59% |
| Rhode Island | 102 | 18 | 57 | 3.5 | 22% | 67% |
| South Dakota | 101 | 21 | 66 | 3.5 | 24% | 67% |
| Alaska | 91 | 38 | 140 | 3 | 53% | 34% |
| Wyoming | 86 | 16 | 58 | 4 | 38% | 56% |
| North Dakota | 86 | 30 | 112 | 4 | 47% | 47% |
| District of Columbia | 42 | 33 | 92 | 2 | 70% | 45% |
Each state name links to its directory hub, where every venue is listed with its court count, access type and hours.
How to read the table. Three patterns hold up across the verified records:
- Florida's venues are the largest of the big three. A median of 6 courts per venue, against 5 in California and 4 in Texas, and 3,025 verified courts in total.
- Cold-winter states lean indoor. Pennsylvania (58% of verified venues indoor), Nebraska (53%), Tennessee (53%) and Michigan (51%) top the indoor share among states with at least 40 verified venues. Florida (23%) and Hawaii (1%) sit at the bottom. Our winter pickleball guide has the full indoor ranking.
- Free play splits the country in half. In 25 of the 51 jurisdictions (50 states plus DC) at least half of the verified venues are free. Kentucky (70%), Hawaii (69%) and Wisconsin (68%) are the highest; New Jersey (32%) and Massachusetts (33%) the lowest.
How big is a pickleball venue?
Most venues are small. Of the 3,970 verified venues with a published count, 1,916 (48%) have four courts or fewer, and 224 have a single court, which is usually a tennis court with pickleball lines painted on it.
The large venues are rare but they hold a big share of the courts: the 335 verified venues with 13 or more courts are 8% of venues and about a quarter of all verified courts.
Venue size depends mostly on who runs it. Parks and rec centers run small sites spread across a city; clubs, tennis centers and entertainment venues build bigger single sites.
Who runs America's pickleball courts
| Venue type | Verified venues | Share | Courts (where published) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public parks | 2,410 | 48% | 11,002 |
| Recreation and community centers | 1,178 | 24% | 3,278 |
| Clubs | 1,043 | 21% | 8,078 |
| Tennis centers | 166 | 3% | 1,169 |
| Entertainment venues (food, drink and courts) | 108 | 2% | 913 |
| Schools | 45 | 1% | 229 |
| HOA and community associations | 31 | 1% | 330 |
Public parks are almost half of all venues and 44% of the verified courts. Clubs are a fifth of venues but a third of the courts, because the median club has 8 courts against a park's 4. If you want a guaranteed court at a set time, that is where you will usually pay; our pickleball cost study breaks down what clubs, rec centers and parks charge.
The largest pickleball venues in the US
These are the biggest single-site venues in our verified records whose court count is published by the operator itself. Multi-park city totals are left out, as are venues whose count we have not been able to confirm from the operator.
| Venue | Location | Courts | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| USOP National Pickleball Center | Naples, FL | 65 (59 + 6 championship) | Drop-in 0, outdoor |
| Los Cab Sports Club | Fountain Valley, CA | 59 (43 dedicated + 16 hybrid) | Membership, outdoor |
| Oasis Pickleball Club | Rockwall, TX | 52 (42 outdoor, 8 enclosed, 2 championship) | Open play $20 (non-members) |
| Pictona at Holly Hill | Daytona Beach area, FL | 49 (13 covered) | Day pass 0-0 |
| St. Luke's SportsPlex | Allentown, PA | 47 (25 indoor, 22 outdoor) | Membership |
| The Fort | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 43 (14 weatherproof) | Day pass 5 |
| Match Point Pickleball Club | Columbus, OH | 38, all indoor | Membership and open play |
| CenterLine 33 | Rohnert Park, CA | 33 (17 indoor, 16 outdoor) | Membership |
| Rhythm and Rally | Macon, GA | 32, all indoor | Open play |
Two venues call themselves the largest indoor facility. Rhythm and Rally in Macon describes itself as the world's largest indoor pickleball facility with 32 courts; Match Point in Columbus lists 38 indoor courts on its own site. On the operators' own numbers, Columbus has more indoor courts under one roof.
Why our count and USA Pickleball's differ
The two venue counts are close (15,791 and 15,910), but the court totals are not. USA Pickleball's database works out at about 4.3 courts per location; our verified venues average 6.3. Three reasons:
- We only count courts where they are published. 1,012 of our verified venues do not state a court count, and they skew small (municipal parks that say "pickleball available" without a number). Leaving them out pushes our average up.
- Verification favors bigger venues. A club with a website is easier to verify than a single striped tennis court in a small town, so the verified set holds proportionally more clubs.
- Dates differ. USA Pickleball's figures are for year-end 2024; ours are from October 2026, after another year and a half of club openings.
The fair summary: the US has roughly 16,000 places to play pickleball and somewhere around 70,000 courts, with the 25,001 courts in our verified records as a confirmed floor rather than a total.
Quick answers
How many pickleball courts are there in the US? USA Pickleball's court-location database counted 68,458 courts at 15,910 places to play at the end of 2024. The Court Scout lists 15,791 open venues as of October 2026 and has confirmed 25,001 courts at the 3,970 verified venues that publish a count.
Which state has the most pickleball courts? By venues listed, California (1,166), then Florida (1,139) and Texas (1,035). By verified courts, Florida leads with 3,025.
How many courts does a typical pickleball venue have? The median verified US venue has 5 courts. Public parks have a median of 4, clubs 8.
Are most pickleball courts free? Half of verified US venues (50%) are free to play, and 87% of those free venues are public parks.
What is the largest pickleball facility in the US? Among single sites with an operator-published count, the USOP National Pickleball Center in Naples, Florida, with 65 courts.
Methodology
- Source. Every figure comes from The Court Scout's venue database (
data/courts.json) as of 28 October 2026, filtered to open US pickleball venues (closed and coming-soon venues are excluded). - Listed vs verified. "Listed" counts every open venue. Everything else (court totals, medians, shares by type, access and environment) uses only venues marked verified, meaning a key fact was confirmed against the venue's own site, an official parks page or its Google Business Profile. How we verify is described on our methodology page.
- Court counts. Totals and medians use only venues that publish a court count. A venue with "about 8 courts" counts as 8; venues with no count are excluded, never estimated.
- Indoor includes venues listed as indoor and venues with both indoor and outdoor courts.
- External figures. Places to play and total courts are from USA Pickleball's 2024 Annual Growth Report, published 14 January 2025. Participation is from the SFIA. Players-per-court is our own division of those two figures.
The listing counts are a picture of our directory as well as of the sport: a state where we have scouted harder will show more listings. That is why we report the verified share for every state and avoid per-capita rankings built on listing counts.
You are welcome to cite these numbers. Please link to this page as the source.
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