Pennsylvania Campground Owners Association

What Pennsylvania Campground Owners Association does

Pennsylvania Campground Owners Association is a non-profit trade association based in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, that represents recreational facilities, RV parks, and campgrounds operating in the state. Its stated function is collective representation of the Pennsylvania outdoor hospitality industry, serving operators rather than end consumers directly.

The organization operates the consumer-facing website pacamping.com, which functions as the association's public presence and member directory platform; the website's content was inaccessible in the available source data (a verification/loading page), so product, technology, and member-facing tooling details cannot be confirmed. Headcount is stated in the 11–50 range, consistent with a small state-level trade association staff supporting membership services, advocacy, and member communications.

As a non-profit association, the operating model is most plausibly funded through membership dues, events, sponsorships, and related member-service revenue, though no pricing, revenue, or funding disclosures are present in the supplied data. Leadership is identified at the executive-director level (Jason Vaughan). No product lines, partnerships, certifications, regulatory actions, or M&A activity were disclosed in the source material, and ownership and investor structures are unavailable because the entity is non-profit and not investor-backed.

Name

Pennsylvania Campground Owners Association

Website

https://pacamping.com

Company type

Private

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Pennsylvania Campground Owners Association is a non-profit state trade association based in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, that represents recreational facilities, RV parks, and campgrounds across Pennsylvania and operates the pacamping.com consumer directory.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Campground Trade Association

NAICS

RV (Recreational Vehicle) Parks and Campgrounds (721211), RV (Recreational Vehicle) Parks and Recreational Camps (72121), Recreational and Vacation Camps (except Campgrounds) (721214)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Campgrounds & RV Parks (Developed Sites) (THAGAOAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Marina RV & Waterfront Campgrounds (THAMAJAH), Group Camping & Scout Camps (THAGAOAI)

Keywords

• Campground trade association
• RV park industry
• Outdoor hospitality
• Campground directory
• Recreational vehicle parks

Headquarters

HQ city

East Stroudsburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Core offering

Pennsylvania Campground Owners Association is a non-profit trade association that represents and advocates for privately owned recreational facilities, RV parks, and campgrounds across Pennsylvania. It maintains pacamping.com as a consumer-facing directory of member campgrounds and serves as the unified industry body for its members.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PaCOA Membership

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• RV Industry Association (RVIA): The leading national trade body for RV manufacturers and suppliers. Although upstream of PCOA's operator focus, RVIA is a directly analogous membership-organization model for the same broader outdoor-RV value chain.
• National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC): The U.S. national trade association for RV parks and campgrounds, directly paralleling PCOA's role at the federal level for the same operator constituency PCOA serves in Pennsylvania.

Broad incumbents

• ReserveAmerica: A major reservation platform for private and public campgrounds. Its reservation infrastructure overlaps with the consumer-direct services PCOA and its member operators might otherwise provide through pacamping.com.
• Kampgrounds of America (KOA): The largest branded network of private campgrounds in North America. KOA represents the same private-campground industry PCOA's members operate in and competes for member/operator mindshare across Pennsylvania and nationally.
• Good Sam Club: A consumer membership organization for RV enthusiasts that drives demand to participating campgrounds. It is comparable in its membership-based, advocacy-and-benefits model for a constituency overlapping PCOA's member operators.
• Thousand Trails / Encore RV Resorts: A large network of membership-based RV resorts. It operates within the same private-campground industry as PCOA's members and competes for the same RV-traveler customer base in the Northeast.

Others

• Recreation.gov: The federal reservation platform for public campgrounds. It is an ecosystem participant that defines consumer expectations for digital campground booking — a benchmark PCOA's private-operator members must meet.
• Outdoor Industry Association: A broad-based trade association for the outdoor recreation industry. While not campground-specific, it represents the wider ecosystem PCOA's members serve and sets advocacy patterns for state-level bodies.

Emerging players

• Hipcamp: An online marketplace connecting campers with private campsites and campgrounds. Hipcamp competes with PCOA-affiliated properties for consumer bookings and pressures traditional campground marketing channels.

Regional players

• New York State Campground & RV Park Owners Association: A neighboring state-level campground trade association performing the same advocacy, marketing, and member-services role for New York operators that PCOA performs for Pennsylvania.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/pacamping
• Facebookfacebook.com/PACamping
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pa-campground-owners-assoc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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