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Buy a The Flying Pickle Franchise

The Flying Pickle is a pickleball club franchise built around a social, community-first model rather than courts alone. Each location pairs premium indoor courts with food and beverage, a pro shop, lessons and clinics, leagues, tournaments and private events, creating a membership-driven hub where players come to connect as much as compete. The concept launched in 2022 under founder Paul Starita with professional players Nick Peterson and Susannah Barr, and is headquartered in Idaho.

The business runs on multiple revenue streams — memberships, drop-in court reservations, dining, retail, lessons and events — so a club is not reliant on any single source of income. Technology features prominently, with AI-enabled court cameras and online reservation systems supporting play and member engagement.

After opening its first corporate club, The Flying Pickle moved into franchising and finalised its Franchise Disclosure Document in 2025, quickly signing further corporate sites and its first franchisees. Clubs are large-format facilities developed over an 18–24 month timeline, placing the brand among the newer entrants working to scale the social-pickleball format across US markets.

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Why buy a The Flying Pickle Franchise?

Buying a The Flying Pickle franchise is a route into pickleball, one of the fastest-growing categories in US recreation, through a brand that has built its identity around community and experience rather than bare courts. That difference matters: the social, food-and-beverage-led format encourages repeat visits and longer dwell time, while a membership base provides recurring revenue that smooths the seasonality of pay-to-play court rental.

The multi-revenue model — memberships, dining, retail, lessons, leagues, tournaments and private-event buyouts — gives an owner several levers to grow a single site, while a franchisor-supplied operating manual and supplier network reduce the guesswork of running a large-format club. Scalable booking and member technology supports day-to-day operations across the network.

The Flying Pickle Franchise Costs & Information

  • Minimum Qualifications

    • Initial Franchise Fee

      $50,000

    • Estimated Initial Investment

      $1,341,800 – $4,450,000

  • Royalty

    • Royalty Fee

      6%

      of gross revenues ongoing

  • Training & Support

    • 3-5 days on the job training

    • 5 days training at HQ

    • Ongoing support

    • Marketing support

The Flying Pickle – Additional  Information

  1. Training & Support

    Initial training covers the incoming owner plus two team members through a five-day session with the leadership team at the Idaho headquarters, after which franchise coaches spend three to five days on-site to help the team prepare to operate. Owners receive an operating manual, access to a supplier network and scalable booking and member-management technology via partners such as Playbypoint, with ongoing marketing funded through the brand marketing fund. Resale buyers should confirm what owner and staff onboarding, Playbypoint and system access, and ongoing support transfer when an existing club changes hands.

  2. Ideal Owner

    The Flying Pickle suits a community-minded operator who genuinely loves pickleball and wants to build a local social hub, not a passive investor. Prior management or sports-facility experience is not required, but owners should be coachable, hands-on and comfortable engaging members, staff and the wider local pickleball scene. Because each club combines courts, food and beverage, retail and events, the role is operations-led and people-focused, rewarding owners who can run a varied team and sustain the welcoming atmosphere the brand is known for.

  3. Recognition & Awards

    The Flying Pickle markets itself as an award-winning brand and has drawn early industry attention as a fast-growing entrant in the social-pickleball category, including a franchise-development feature by 1851 Franchise and a listing among International Franchise Association (IFA) franchise opportunities. As a brand that began franchising in 2025, its recognition is still emerging and rests largely on rapid early franchise sales and a differentiated community model. For resale buyers, brand-level recognition should be weighed alongside the specific club's local reputation, member reviews and community standing.

  4. Industry / Market

    Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in the United States, with participation reaching roughly 24.3 million players in 2025 according to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association, after more than tripling across the prior three years. That surge has created strong demand for dedicated indoor facilities, which the SFIA notes remain undersupplied in many markets. A membership and social-club model gives operators recurring revenue and helps smooth seasonal swings, while the sport's broad age appeal widens the customer base. For resale buyers, local court supply and demographics largely shape how durable a club's demand will be.

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