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How many golf courses are in the US?

By Louis-Marie Giudicenti. Published . Updated . Data read .

There are 15,248 golf courses and golf clubs on Google Maps in the US as of November 9, 2026, one for every 22,305 residents. The National Golf Foundation counts about 16,000 golf courses at 14,000 facilities at the end of 2025: Primavera’s count of listings falls between the two.

15,248
golf courses on Google Maps in the US
0.4
per 10,000 residentsone for every 22,305
1,257
in Florida, the most of any state
1.2
per 10,000 residents in North Dakota, the most of any state

Source: Primavera’s database of Google Maps listings, snapshot 2026-11, read November 9, 2026. Population: Census 2024 estimates. See method.

Our count next to the Census and the official figures

Each source counts something different: Google Maps lists places, the Census counts businesses with or without paid staff, and federations count their members or their own definition. Here they are side by side.

Number of golf courses in the US: Primavera’s Google Maps count next to official figures
Source and what it countsYearNumber
Primavera, Google Maps listings: golf courses open on the map, service points left out202615,248
National Golf Foundation, Golf Industry Research: Golf courses, “approximately 16,000” at the end of 2025202516,000
National Golf Foundation, Golf Industry Research: Golf facilities, each with one course or more, at the end of 2025202514,000
U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023: Golf courses and country clubs with paid employees (NAICS 713910)202310,076

Primavera’s count is 1.5 times the Census count of establishments with paid employees (10,076 in 2023).

Sources: Census national files and federation pages read on November 9, 2026; Primavera, snapshot 2026-11.

Why the numbers differ

  • Courses and facilities. A facility with two or three courses can have one listing, or one per course, and its club sometimes a listing of its own. The National Golf Foundation counts each course and each facility once.
  • Public courses. County Business Patterns counts 10,076 golf courses and country clubs with paid employees, and leaves out most establishments run by a government: municipal courses are on Google Maps, rarely in it.
  • What is left out. Miniature golf, disc golf, driving ranges and indoor golf simulators have categories of their own and are not counted here.
  • Dates. The Foundation’s figures describe the end of 2025 and County Business Patterns 2023; this count, November 9, 2026.

Which state has the most golf courses?

Florida, with 1,257 listings, ahead of California (1,009). Per resident, North Dakota has the most: 1.2 per 10,000 residents, against 0.4 for the US.

Golf courses per 10,000 residents, by state

Google Maps listings counted November 9, 2026. US: 0.4 per 10,000 residents.

Delaware: 48 golf courses, 0.5 per 10,000 residentsDE0.5District of Columbia: 10 golf courses, 0.1 per 10,000 residentsDC0.1Florida: 1,257 golf courses, 0.5 per 10,000 residentsFL0.5Georgia: 446 golf courses, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsGA0.4Hawaii: 109 golf courses, 0.8 per 10,000 residentsHI0.8Idaho: 117 golf courses, 0.6 per 10,000 residentsID0.6Illinois: 580 golf courses, 0.5 per 10,000 residentsIL0.5Indiana: 379 golf courses, 0.5 per 10,000 residentsIN0.5Iowa: 305 golf courses, 0.9 per 10,000 residentsIA0.9Kansas: 217 golf courses, 0.7 per 10,000 residentsKS0.7Kentucky: 214 golf courses, 0.5 per 10,000 residentsKY0.5Louisiana: 120 golf courses, 0.3 per 10,000 residentsLA0.3Maine: 116 golf courses, 0.8 per 10,000 residentsME0.8Maryland: 169 golf courses, 0.3 per 10,000 residentsMD0.3Massachusetts: 316 golf courses, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsMA0.4Michigan: 775 golf courses, 0.8 per 10,000 residentsMI0.8Minnesota: 464 golf courses, 0.8 per 10,000 residentsMN0.8Mississippi: 105 golf courses, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsMS0.4Missouri: 309 golf courses, 0.5 per 10,000 residentsMO0.5Montana: 102 golf courses, 0.9 per 10,000 residentsMT0.9Nebraska: 187 golf courses, 0.9 per 10,000 residentsNE0.9Nevada: 184 golf courses, 0.6 per 10,000 residentsNV0.6New Hampshire: 79 golf courses, 0.6 per 10,000 residentsNH0.6New Jersey: 257 golf courses, 0.3 per 10,000 residentsNJ0.3New Mexico: 82 golf courses, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsNM0.4New York: 772 golf courses, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsNY0.4North Carolina: 522 golf courses, 0.5 per 10,000 residentsNC0.5North Dakota: 93 golf courses, 1.2 per 10,000 residentsND1.2Ohio: 638 golf courses, 0.5 per 10,000 residentsOH0.5Oklahoma: 191 golf courses, 0.5 per 10,000 residentsOK0.5Oregon: 201 golf courses, 0.5 per 10,000 residentsOR0.5Pennsylvania: 569 golf courses, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsPA0.4Rhode Island: 43 golf courses, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsRI0.4South Carolina: 425 golf courses, 0.8 per 10,000 residentsSC0.8South Dakota: 96 golf courses, 1.0 per 10,000 residentsSD1.0Tennessee: 268 golf courses, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsTN0.4Texas: 803 golf courses, 0.3 per 10,000 residentsTX0.3Utah: 149 golf courses, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsUT0.4Vermont: 55 golf courses, 0.8 per 10,000 residentsVT0.8Virginia: 315 golf courses, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsVA0.4Washington: 277 golf courses, 0.3 per 10,000 residentsWA0.3West Virginia: 95 golf courses, 0.5 per 10,000 residentsWV0.5Wisconsin: 452 golf courses, 0.8 per 10,000 residentsWI0.8Wyoming: 46 golf courses, 0.8 per 10,000 residentsWY0.8Alaska: 28 golf courses, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsAK0.4Connecticut: 146 golf courses, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsCT0.4California: 1,009 golf courses, 0.3 per 10,000 residentsCA0.3Colorado: 246 golf courses, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsCO0.4Arizona: 412 golf courses, 0.5 per 10,000 residentsAZ0.5Arkansas: 150 golf courses, 0.5 per 10,000 residentsAR0.5Alabama: 205 golf courses, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsAL0.4
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Each square is a state, placed roughly where it is on a map. Darker means more per resident.

US states ranked by golf courses per 10,000 residents, with the number of golf courses and its rank
#StateGolf coursesRank by numberPer 10,000 residentsvs US
1North Dakota93431.2+0.8
2South Dakota96411.0+0.6
3Iowa305190.9+0.5
4Nebraska187290.9+0.5
5Montana102400.9+0.5
6Vermont55460.8+0.4
7Maine116370.8+0.4
8Minnesota464100.8+0.4
9Wyoming46480.8+0.4
10South Carolina425130.8+0.4
11Michigan77540.8+0.4
12Wisconsin452110.8+0.4
13Hawaii109380.8+0.4
14Kansas217240.7+0.3
15Idaho117360.6+0.2
16Nevada184300.6+0.2
17New Hampshire79450.6+0.2
18Indiana379150.5+0.1
19Arizona412140.5+0.1
20Florida1,25710.5+0.1
21Ohio63860.5+0.1
22West Virginia95420.5+0.1
23Missouri309180.5+0.1
24Arkansas150320.5+0.1
25North Carolina52290.5+0.1
26Oregon201270.5+0.1
27Kentucky214250.5+0.1
28Oklahoma191280.5+0.1
29Illinois58070.5+0.1
30Delaware48470.5+0.1
31Massachusetts316160.40.0
32Pennsylvania56980.40.0
33Utah149330.40.0
34Colorado246230.40.0
35Georgia446120.40.0
36Alabama205260.40.0
37Connecticut146340.40.0
38New York77250.40.0
39Rhode Island43490.40.0
40New Mexico82440.40.0
41Alaska28500.40.0
42Tennessee268210.40.0
43Virginia315170.40.0
44Mississippi105390.40.0
45Washington277200.3−0.1
46New Jersey257220.3−0.1
47Maryland169310.3−0.1
48Louisiana120350.3−0.1
49Texas80330.3−0.1
50California1,00920.3−0.1
51District of Columbia10510.1−0.3

US: 0.4 per 10,000 residents

In number, Florida (1,257), California (1,009) and Texas (803) lead. Per resident, North Dakota has 8.2 times as many golf courses as the District of Columbia, the lowest.

Source: Primavera, snapshot 2026-11, read November 9, 2026. 95 golf courses without a public address could not be placed in a state and are only in the US total.

How golf courses show up online

Golf courses in the United States, by kind of contact listed

Share of all 15,248 listings.

Website link74.3%
Phone number87.3%
Email address62.9%
Golf courses next to all US businesses: website builders, links, ad tags, ratings and chains
MeasureGolf coursesAll US businesses
Websites read9,69512,846,647
Built with WordPress49.5%29.2%
Built with Wix6.3%7.1%
Built with Squarespace4.5%5.6%
Site links to Instagram47.1%35.1%
Site links to Facebook71.6%45.2%
Meta Pixel or other Meta script13.5%8.8%
Google Ads tag4.3%6.1%
Average Google rating4.314.44
Rated under 4 stars15.4%17.4%
Median Google reviews10511
Part of a chain0.4%7.9%

Golf courses are easy to reach online: 62.9% have an email address in Primavera, against 30.1% of all US businesses, and 71.6% of their websites link to a Facebook page.

Note: Builders, links and tags are shares of the websites Primavera could read (9,695 for golf courses), social pages and booking platforms excluded. The Meta figure is an upper bound: Meta’s like buttons and chat load the same script as its ad pixel. Sites made with GoDaddy, Weebly or Duda are counted under none of these builders. Ratings: listings with at least one review.

Which chains have the most golf courses?

Golf courses are almost all run on their own: 0.4% of golf listings belong to a chain our rules recognize, against 7.9% of all US businesses. The few exceptions are resort courses tied to a hotel group.

What these figures don’t say

  • How many holes a course has or how many rounds it hosts. A 9-hole municipal course and a resort with three courses can each be one listing.
  • Whether a course is public or private. Google has a category for each, but most courses use the plain “Golf course”.
  • Mini-golf, disc golf, driving ranges and golf simulators, which are left out.
  • How many companies own these places. A company with several locations counts once per listing.

Questions

Which state has the most golf courses?

Florida, with 1,257 listings, ahead of California (1,009). Per resident, North Dakota has the most: 1.2 per 10,000 residents, against 0.4 for the US.

How many golf courses are there per person in the US?

About one for every 22,305 residents, or 0.4 per 10,000. The District of Columbia has the fewest per resident: 0.1 per 10,000.

How many golf courses have a website?

74.3% of golf listings link to a website, and 62.9% have an email address in Primavera’s database (November 9, 2026).

Method and data

Snapshot 2026-11, read November 9, 2026
What is counted
Open listings on Google Maps in the United States whose main Google category is one of the categories below, or whose main category is generic and another of its categories is: 15,248 listings, counted on October 29, 2026 and read on November 9, 2026. Service points (lockers, charging stations) are left out.
Categories
4 Google Maps categories: Golf course, Public golf course, Private golf course, Golf club.
Per resident
Listings for 10,000 residents, with each state’s population from the Census 2024 estimates. States are ranked on the exact ratio.
Official figures
Census County Business Patterns 2023, read on November 9, 2026; federation and agency pages read the same day. Links are in the table above.
Chains
A listing belongs to a chain when its name starts with the chain’s name and its website matches. Agents or franchisees who put their own name first are not tied to the chain.
Cite and download
Louis-Marie Giudicenti (2026). “How many golf courses are in the US?” Primavera. Data: snapshot 2026-11, November 9, 2026. https://primaverapp.com/en/data/golf-courses-in-the-us

Permanent link: https://primaverapp.com/en/data/golf-courses-in-the-us

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Written by Louis-Marie Giudicenti

Founder of Primavera. Primavera sells lists of local businesses built from the same database.

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