Harris Miniature Golf

What Harris Miniature Golf does

Harris Miniature Golf Courses, Inc. is a family-owned private company, founded in 1958 and headquartered in Wildwood, USA, that designs and builds custom miniature golf courses. The firm's core offering is a turnkey design-and-construction service covering site analysis, landscape architecture, construction-ready plans, and full build-out of 18- or 36-hole courses with water systems, bridges, concrete walkways, brick edging, and artificial turf. All work is performed in-house by dedicated landscape architects, project managers, construction crews, and account representatives; ADA-compliant layouts and specialty features such as waterfalls, streams, ponds, and rock landscaping are positioned as standard capability. The company has completed more than 900 projects and operates on five of seven continents.

The business model is predominantly project-based and quote-driven, with pricing not publicly disclosed. Revenue streams include one-time course construction and design fees, bundled startup supply packages (putters, balls, nets, flags, signage), a full-year warranty on materials and workmanship, free ongoing telephone support, and Operations & Maintenance and Marketing & Promotions manuals. A freemium initial design consultation and free Investor's Kit serve as top-of-funnel lead capture for custom project quoting. Go-to-market is sales-led, combining field sales for hospitality, campground, FEC, bowling-alley, and municipal buyers; inside sales; online lead capture; and event-driven activity at the PGA Show (Booth #2680). Marketing is multi-channel, including blog content, the Putt Report newsletter, and active social presence across Facebook, Twitter/X, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Reddit, Tumblr, and VK.

The served market is fragmented. Primary verticals are hotels and resorts, campgrounds and RV parks, family entertainment centers, bowling alleys, and ice cream shops and restaurants; secondary verticals include municipalities, senior living communities, and residential customers. Customer evidence consists of named testimonials from SMB and mid-market operators across entertainment, hospitality, food service, and agriculture, with reported outcomes such as 40%+ ancillary sales lift and ~40,000 first-year visitors at entertainment center installations.

Name

Harris Miniature Golf

Legal name

Harris Miniature Golf Courses, Inc.

Website

https://harrisminigolf.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1958

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Harris Miniature Golf Courses, Inc., founded in 1958, is a family-owned designer and builder of custom miniature golf courses. The company serves hotels, resorts, campgrounds, family entertainment centers, bowling alleys, restaurants, and municipalities across the United States and internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Miniature Golf Course Design and Construction

NAICS

Golf Courses and Country Clubs (71391), Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Mini Golf & Attractions Centers (Mini Golf, Go-Karts, Laser Tag Complexes) (THAJAEAK)

Keywords

• Mini golf construction
• Course design services
• Custom course building
• Entertainment venue construction
• Hospitality attraction design

Headquarters

HQ city

Wildwood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Mini Golf Course Construction and Design: One-time construction and design services for custom miniature golf courses. Includes site analysis, topographic surveys, landscape architecture, construction-ready plans, and complete build-out with playing surfaces, water features, bridges, and finishing elements. Typical projects include 18 or 36 playing holes with connecting concrete walkways.
2. Pre-Construction Consultation: Free initial design consultation transforms customer vision into detailed plans, providing a clear picture of how the course will integrate with property and business model before commitment. Full color renderings provided for planning board and financial institution meetings.
3. Startup Package and Supplies: Full golf supply package provided with each project containing basic startup necessities: 100 putters, 15 dozen floating golf balls, 6 ball retrieval nets, 18 numbered flags and poles, blue lake water dye, 10 gross of pencils, and course rules sign.
4. Ongoing Support and Warranty Services: Full-year no-cost warranty on materials and workmanship. Free ongoing telephone support for as long as customer owns the course. Operations & Maintenance Manual and Marketing & Promotions Manual based on 50 years of experience included.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Harris Miniature Golf Courses designs and builds custom 18-hole and 36-hole miniature golf courses for commercial property owners, hospitality operators and entertainment venues. Services span site analysis, topographic surveys, landscape architecture, construction-ready plans, full build-out with water features, bridges and concrete walkways, and a startup supply package of putters, balls, flags and signage. Post-build support includes a one-year warranty, free ongoing phone support, marketing/operations manuals, and a complimentary Investor's Kit and Revenue Calculator for prospects.

Product overview

Harris Miniature Golf is a specialized mini golf course design and construction company offering a comprehensive turnkey solution for building mini golf courses. The core product is their Design & Construction service featuring 18 or 36-hole courses with water systems, bridges, concrete walkways, brick edging, and artificial turf. They bundle this with a Golf Supply Package (putters, golf balls, nets, flags, pencils) for immediate operation. Their value-added services include a Marketing & Promotions Manual, an Operations & Maintenance Manual, a free Revenue Calculator tool, a complimentary Investor's Kit guide, and ongoing ownership support including a full-year warranty. All services are handled in-house with their own landscape architects, project managers, construction crews, and account representatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mini Golf Course Design & Construction Complete turnkey mini golf course design and construction service for property owners and venue operators. Includes site analysis, topographic surveys, landscape architecture, construction-ready plans, full build-out of 18- or 36-hole courses with gunite water features, bridges, brick edging, artificial turf and concrete walkways, plus bundled supply startup package and one-year warranty.
• Mini Golf Investor's Kit Free gated lead-generation guide for prospective property owners and entrepreneurs evaluating a mini golf investment, covering launch strategies, customer attraction insights, design guidance and answers to common development questions.
• Revenue Calculator Standalone online tool that estimates revenue projections based on location and operational factors, used by prospective owners during feasibility and planning.
• Golf Supply Package Hardware supply kit delivered with each project containing 100 putters, 15 dozen floating golf balls, 6 ball retrieval nets, 18 numbered flags and poles, blue lake water dye, 10 gross of pencils and a course rules sign.
• Free Initial Design Consultation Complimentary design consultation that transforms a customer vision into detailed construction plans and full color renderings usable for planning boards and lender presentations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 900+ successful mini golf course construction projects completed since 1958
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: Global design and consulting firm with significant landscape architecture and recreational facility capabilities. Comparable as an incumbent that, through its landscape architecture practice (JPEZ87QK / BWK3JBS2), competes for design scope on entertainment and recreation projects including golf-adjacent sites.
• Thinkwell Group: Experience design and master planning firm for theme parks, attractions, and entertainment venues. Comparable as an established entertainment infrastructure partner operating across a wider portfolio of attractions (not mini golf-specific) that competes for similar project budgets and operator relationships.

Others

• Topgolf: Large-scale golf entertainment venue operator with proprietary tech-enabled hitting bays. Relevant as a high-visibility golf entertainment buyer/influencer that shapes capital deployment and design expectations across the broader golf entertainment market.
• PopStroke: Premium mini golf operator co-founded by Tiger Woods with multiple locations. Relevant as a category-shaping mini golf operator whose design and build standards influence the broader market and could either partner with or compete against specialized builders.
• Puttshack: Tech-enabled indoor mini golf operator expanding across the US and UK. Relevant as a modern mini golf concept that influences customer expectations for indoor, technology-integrated courses — an adjacency where Harris actively markets capability.
• Main Event Entertainment: Multi-attraction family entertainment center operator with bowling, laser tag, and mini golf. Relevant as a customer-segment peer (FEC) that either deploys its own build capability or sources third-party designers like Harris for new amenities.

Direct peers

• S&S Worldwide: US-based supplier and designer of miniature golf course equipment, supplies, and turnkey solutions. Highly comparable as a one-stop provider of mini golf supplies, design consultation, and course build packages to commercial operators.
• McDonald & Sons Golf Course Construction: Established golf course construction firm serving commercial and municipal clients. Comparable as a specialist golf-construction contractor working on similar outdoor recreational infrastructure, with overlapping general contracting and landscape/site integration capabilities.
• Heritage Links Golf Course Construction: Golf course construction and renovation firm for private, resort, and municipal clients. Comparable for its focus on golf-specific site grading, shaping, and turnkey course delivery, which overlaps with Harris's site-optimized mini golf build methodology.
• Adventure Golf Services: UK-based specialist designer and builder of adventure golf and miniature golf courses. Directly comparable as a mini golf-focused design-build firm serving commercial operators, with overlapping design, construction, and project-completion offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/HarrisMiniatureGolfCourses
• Xx.com/Harris_MiniGolf

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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