Indoor Golf Franchise Landscape
Who's building indoor golf across the US: a side-by-side look at simulator franchises and chains — expansion model, published franchise fees and investment ranges per public franchisor disclosures, and live location counts from this directory.
What this study covers
- Expansion model per brand (franchising, corporate-owned, or hybrid)
- Published franchise fees, total initial investment ranges and royalties, per publicly available franchisor disclosures (FDD) with each source linked — figures not publicly published are shown as unavailable, never estimated
- Live location counts from this directory, shown separately from company-reported totals (different definitions and dates — never combined)
- A map of every live listed location of the tracked brands
Tracked brands
- Another Nine — Private simulator-suite concept founded in the Cincinnati area in 2023; opened its first franchised location in North Carolina in 2026.
- Dryvebox — Mobile golf simulator franchise: trailer-based, TrackMan-equipped bays serving events and rentals across an exclusive territory instead of a fixed storefront.
- Five Iron Golf — Urban indoor golf and entertainment venues. Franchising has been offered since 2022, but the footprint reported in its FDD remains company-owned.
- GolfCave — 24/7 private-bay indoor golf concept from New Jersey offering turn-key franchise operations.
- GOLFTEC — Golf instruction and club-fitting centers built on swing-analysis technology rather than a bar-and-entertainment format; franchising since 2003.
- GOLFZON Social — Simulator-lounge concept from Golfzon America and Troon, anchored by GOLFZON's TwoVision simulators. Expansion to date is venture-operated; franchise terms are not publicly disclosed.
- Private Fairway — Private, 24/7-access single-bay TrackMan studios with capped memberships and no on-site staff. No public franchise disclosures were found for this concept.
- Tee Box — TrackMan-based indoor golf training studios founded in Utah; expanded through corporate locations before opening franchising in 2024.
- The Back Nine Golf — Semi-absentee indoor golf simulator franchise built around Full Swing bays, designed to run with limited on-site staffing.
- Topgolf — Large-format driving-range entertainment venues. US locations are corporate-owned; Topgolf does not offer a US franchise (select international markets are developed with partners).
- X-Golf — Indoor golf entertainment franchise built on X-Golf's own proprietary simulator system, typically paired with a sports-bar format.
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Cite this study
Golf Sim Finder. "Indoor Golf Franchise Landscape." https://golfsim.co/research/franchise-landscape/.