Pickleball participation has exploded 311% the last three years, according to Lawn Love.
Meanwhile, Major League Pickleball (MLP) and the Professional Pickleball Association (PPA) collectively paid out over $30 million in prize money and earnings to professional picklers in 2024. From sprains, tears and falls, data compiled by Maximize Market Research shows driving demand for specific facility and participant liability coverage, with annual facility premiums potentially reaching $15k to $30k or more depending on location and services.
“Over 25,000 new pickleball courts are expected to be built across the U.S. by 2026 to meet increasing demand,” Maximize Market Research said in the report. “As the sport expands into Europe and Asia-Pacific, the global pickleball market revenue, cementing pickleball as one of the fastest-growing sports industries worldwide.”
Recent pickleball developments:
April 22, 2025 — The major sporting brand Adidas unveiled a new high-tech paddle line and signed top professional players, marking a significant entry into the pickleball market. This helps boost the credibility of the pickleball industry, expand the pickleball paddle market, and signal mainstream sports brands are stepping up their investment and innovation.
April 11, 2025 — G.O.A.T. Paddle announced at the US Open Pickleball Championships (Apr 26-May 3, 2025) a new high-performance paddle launch—the “Presidential Series”—as part of its elite gear line-up. The move underscores how the pickleball paddle market and broader pickleball equipment market are innovating for serious players and fostering growth in the global pickleball industry.
To date, the pickleball market sits at roughly $1.61 billion and is expected to reach 3.52 billion by 2032.
The slideshow above illustrates the top U.S. cities for pickleball players as selected by Lawn Love.
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