Original research and data studies on the U.S. indoor golf simulator market, built from our directory of real venues and public U.S. Census data. Every figure is aggregate and data-derived — no fabricated numbers.
Directory observations, not an industry census. Retrieved dates record payload access, not when every listing was verified. Population vintages and the latest sampled price-check date are stated separately where available.
Golf Sim Finder tracks 3,374 live US indoor golf venue listings.
Retrieved: (live data retrieved).
Sample / denominator: 3,374 live US directory listings.
Observation period: Current live-directory aggregate at retrieval; individual records have mixed verification dates.
Limitation: Directory coverage, not a census of all US businesses; unknown operating status remains included.
Live US venue listings span 50 states.
Retrieved: (live data retrieved).
Sample / denominator: 3,374 live US directory listings.
Observation period: Current live-directory aggregate at retrieval; individual records have mixed verification dates.
Limitation: A covered state has at least one listing; this does not measure equal or complete coverage.
767 listed city markets qualify for the population-matched density study.
Retrieved: (live data retrieved).
Sample / denominator: 3,374 live US directory listings.
Observation period: Current live-directory aggregate at retrieval; individual records have mixed verification dates.
Limitation: Matched Census places above the study population floor; these are city markets, not metropolitan statistical areas.
Venues reporting simulator capacity list an average of 4.9 bays.
Retrieved: (live data retrieved).
Sample / denominator: 483 venues with a known positive listed bay count; unknown counts excluded.
Observation period: Current live-directory aggregate at retrieval; individual records have mixed verification dates.
Limitation: An average of reporting venues only, not a capacity estimate for the whole directory.
The median listed simulator capacity is 3 bays among reporting venues.
Retrieved: (live data retrieved).
Sample / denominator: 483 venues with a known positive listed bay count; unknown counts excluded.
Observation period: Current live-directory aggregate at retrieval; individual records have mixed verification dates.
Limitation: Missing bay counts are not zero-filled.
Reporting venues list 2,349 simulator bays in total.
Retrieved: (live data retrieved).
Sample / denominator: 483 venues with a known positive listed bay count; unknown counts excluded.
Observation period: Current live-directory aggregate at retrieval; individual records have mixed verification dates.
Limitation: A sum of recorded capacity only, not the total number of bays in the US.
483 of 3,374 live US listings report a positive simulator bay count.
Retrieved: (live data retrieved).
Sample / denominator: 3,374 live US directory listings.
Observation period: Current live-directory aggregate at retrieval; individual records have mixed verification dates.
Limitation: Data availability, not the share of venues that actually have simulators.
532 live US listings are matched to a known chain brand.
Retrieved: (live data retrieved).
Sample / denominator: 3,374 live US directory listings.
Observation period: Current live-directory aggregate at retrieval; individual records have mixed verification dates.
Limitation: A directory brand match does not establish whether an individual location is franchised or company-owned.
2,842 live US listings have no known chain affiliation.
Retrieved: (live data retrieved).
Sample / denominator: 3,374 live US directory listings.
Observation period: Current live-directory aggregate at retrieval; individual records have mixed verification dates.
Limitation: Unmatched is not proof of independent ownership.
15.8% of live US listings are matched to a known chain brand.
Retrieved: (live data retrieved).
Sample / denominator: 3,374 live US directory listings.
Observation period: Current live-directory aggregate at retrieval; individual records have mixed verification dates.
Limitation: Known-brand match only; not a franchise ownership market share.
Katy, TX, has 22.76 listed venues per 100,000 residents.
Retrieved: (live data retrieved).
Sample / denominator: 6 listings / 26,360 matched Census-place residents (population vintage 2023).
Observation period: Current live-directory aggregate at retrieval; individual records have mixed verification dates.
Limitation: A city/place denominator, not the surrounding metro population; selected from the study's density ranking, not a national average.
Avon, OH, has 15.75 listed venues per 100,000 residents.
Retrieved: (live data retrieved).
Sample / denominator: 4 listings / 25,403 matched Census-place residents (population vintage 2023).
Observation period: Current live-directory aggregate at retrieval; individual records have mixed verification dates.
Limitation: A city/place denominator, not the surrounding metro population; selected from the study's density ranking, not a national average.
The sampled median estimated listed simulator rate is $43 per hour.
Retrieved: (live data retrieved).
Sample / denominator: 560 estimated listed hourly rates (US, USD); positively contradictory non-hourly/member/package/per-person offers excluded.
Observation period: Stored estimated listed hourly headlines with mixed source-check dates; retrieval is not the rate publication date.
Limitation: Representative listed hourly estimates, not verified public per-bay rates or a random national sample; unit/public access may be unknown. Latest sampled crawler check/attempt: 2026-10-06; not every venue was checked that day, and this is not the rate publication date.
The sampled average estimated listed simulator rate is $64 per hour.
Retrieved: (live data retrieved).
Sample / denominator: 560 estimated listed hourly rates (US, USD); positively contradictory non-hourly/member/package/per-person offers excluded.
Observation period: Stored estimated listed hourly headlines with mixed source-check dates; retrieval is not the rate publication date.
Limitation: Representative listed hourly estimates, not verified public per-bay rates or a random national sample; unit/public access may be unknown. Latest sampled crawler check/attempt: 2026-10-06; not every venue was checked that day, and this is not the rate publication date.
The middle half of estimated listed simulator rates falls between $29 and $60 per hour.
Retrieved: (live data retrieved).
Sample / denominator: 560 estimated listed hourly rates (US, USD); positively contradictory non-hourly/member/package/per-person offers excluded.
Observation period: Stored estimated listed hourly headlines with mixed source-check dates; retrieval is not the rate publication date.
Limitation: Representative listed hourly estimates, not verified public per-bay rates or a random national sample; unit/public access may be unknown. Latest sampled crawler check/attempt: 2026-10-06; not every venue was checked that day, and this is not the rate publication date. Quartiles are rounded, not minimum/maximum rates.
556 of 560 sampled hourly rates are marked crawler-estimated.
Retrieved: (live data retrieved).
Sample / denominator: 560 estimated listed hourly rates (US, USD); positively contradictory non-hourly/member/package/per-person offers excluded.
Observation period: Stored estimated listed hourly headlines with mixed source-check dates; retrieval is not the rate publication date.
Limitation: Non-estimated does not prove owner verification; legacy source attribution may be incomplete.
Oklahoma's sampled median estimated listed simulator rate is $75 per hour.
Retrieved: (live data retrieved).
Sample / denominator: 4 qualifying rates in Oklahoma; state floor 3 venues.
Observation period: Stored estimated listed hourly headlines with mixed source-check dates; retrieval is not the rate publication date.
Limitation: Representative listed hourly estimates, not verified public per-bay rates or a random national sample; unit/public access may be unknown. Latest sampled crawler check/attempt: 2026-10-06; not every venue was checked that day, and this is not the rate publication date. Selected from the published state table, not evidence that the whole state is more expensive.
Small purposive samples, not nationally representative. Both pilots remain available to readers and for download, but are deliberately not search-indexed.
Prefer the raw numbers? Download the four directory-derived studies' aggregate figures as one CSV — clearly labeled by study and limited to directory-derived aggregates. The mixed startup-cost research collection has its own source-fact and model CSV and is not merged into this legacy aggregate export.
See our data sources & attribution and methodology.