The Jackson Companies

What The Jackson Companies does

The Jackson Companies is a privately held operating company headquartered in Myrtle Beach, United States, that manages a diversified portfolio of recreational, hospitality, and retail assets. Its portfolio spans a golf and country club, a family campground, RV centers, golf car sales, and additional property holdings, indicating a multi-segment operating model concentrated in the leisure and outdoor lifestyle vertical serving residents and tourists in the Myrtle Beach corridor. The company was founded in 1971, giving it more than five decades of continuous operating history in its local market, and currently employs between 251 and 500 people.

The company operates as a holding-style operator rather than a single-line business, with each segment implying distinct revenue mechanics: golf and country club operations typically generate recurring membership dues, green fees, and ancillary food-and-beverage revenue; the family campground and RV operations generate short-stay rentals, site fees, and seasonal recurring bookings; RV centers generate unit-sale retail and service/parts revenue; golf car sales contribute unit-sale retail and service revenue; and the broader property portfolio is likely to contribute rental, lease, or capital-appreciation income. No public pricing models, technology stack, or platform architecture are disclosed in the available data, and the company website returned a captcha/loading page rather than substantive content. There is no evidence of digital products, software platforms, or AI components in the operating model.

The combined profile—a regionally anchored, multi-segment leisure operator in a single tourism-driven geography—suggests exposure to Myrtle Beach's visitor economy and seasonal cycles rather than a scalable technology or national franchise model. The implicit customer mix is end-consumer and tourist-driven across each operating segment. There are no disclosed partnership channels, distribution partners, marketing channels, management team details, or funding history in the source data, and no recent documented strategic moves such as acquisitions, financings, leadership changes, or product launches have been observed. Source content is limited, and any inference beyond what is explicitly stated is identified as such.

Name

The Jackson Companies

Website

https://thejacksoncompanies.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Privately held Myrtle Beach-based operating company founded in 1971 that manages a golf and country club, family campground, RV centers, golf cars, and related properties, serving regional residents and tourists in the leisure and outdoor lifestyle segment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospitality and Recreation Services

NAICS

Golf Courses and Country Clubs (71391), RV (Recreational Vehicle) Parks and Recreational Camps (72121), Recreational Goods Rental (532284)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro primary industry

Golf & Leisure Full-Service Hotels (THAGAAAH)

Keywords

• Country club management
• RV sales service
• Campground operations
• Property management
• Golf car sales

Headquarters

HQ city

Myrtle Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Core offering

The Jackson Companies operates a diversified hospitality and recreation portfolio based in Myrtle Beach, managing a golf and country club, a family campground, real estate properties, RV centers, and golf car sales. The company's offerings span membership-based recreation, outdoor lodging, vehicle sales and service, and property management. Founded in 1971, it functions as a multi-vertical operator of leisure and small-property businesses serving consumers in the Myrtle Beach area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Broad incumbents

• Bluegreen Vacations: Operates a network of resort and golf-focused vacation properties. Comparable to the country club / resort leisure segment and shares the Myrtle Beach and Southeast U.S. leisure geography.
• Equity LifeStyle Properties: Public REIT owning RV resorts, manufactured housing, and marinas. While broader and geographically diversified, it is the most direct publicly-traded comparable for The Jackson Companies' RV and campground business.
• Invited (formerly ClubCorp): Operates a large network of private golf and country clubs across the U.S. Closest scaled peer for the country club side of The Jackson Companies and a benchmark for member economics.

Others

• E-Z-GO (Textron): Major manufacturer of golf cars and utility vehicles. Comparable to the golf car business line of The Jackson Companies as a supplier-side / product-category peer, not a direct competitor.

Direct peers

• Troon: The largest golf management company in the world, managing private clubs, daily-fee courses, and resorts. Directly comparable to the country club operation within The Jackson Companies' portfolio.
• Sea Island Company: Privately held luxury resort operator encompassing golf, lodging, and recreational amenities. Comparable operating model (golf + resort + multiple leisure verticals under one privately held company).
• Sun Outdoors: Operates a large portfolio of RV resorts and campgrounds across the U.S. Comparable to The Jackson Companies' RV center and family campground operations, particularly in coastal/Southeast leisure markets.
• Camping World Holdings: The largest U.S. retailer of RVs and RV-related services and products. Directly comparable to the RV centers operated by The Jackson Companies and a public benchmark for RV retail margins.
• Burroughs & Chapin Company: Historically a diversified leisure and real estate operator in the Myrtle Beach coastal corridor — the most geographically and operationally comparable peer for The Jackson Companies' Myrtle Beach leisure portfolio.
• Kampgrounds of America (KOA): The largest franchised network of private campgrounds in North America. Directly comparable to the family campground component of The Jackson Companies' portfolio and a useful benchmark for campground unit economics and system expansion.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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