1,447 member-owned clubs added $7.66 billion in assets between fiscal 2019 and 2024. Net assets, not liabilities, carried most of it. What the filings show, and what boards should take into 2027.
Category: Club Profiles
Form 990 filings from 1,382 clubs show expenses up 38.1% since 2019. Revenue kept pace, but costs outgrew revenue at nearly half of clubs last year.
Private clubs reported $1.45 billion in initiation fees and capital contributions on fiscal 2024 Form 990s. In a constant 864-club panel, fee income grew 64.8% in five years, outpacing revenue.
October is America’s #1 wedding month and December corporate dates fill by August. Why your club’s fall private-events calendar is decided in July.
Junior programming is the most underpriced acquisition channel in the club industry. The under-45 family joins for the kids. Here is how to price it.
The 2026 Wimbledon Championships run June 29 through July 12 — and for private clubs with racquet facilities, those two weeks are less a sporting event than a strategic window: viewing events, junior academies, round-robins, and pro exhibitions that convert the world’s most watched tennis tournament into a membership and engagement engine.
Tom Brady at Seminole. Tony Romo at Maridoe. Larry Fitzgerald at Whisper Rock. Where the NFL’s most serious golfers actually hold bag tags — and the three-membership pattern that runs through the league.
From Boca West’s $45 million five-pool aquatics complex to the submerged loungers and cabana bars redefining club leisure — a tour of the private-club pool designs that have quietly become the most important membership amenity in season.
From Maidstone Club’s $1M initiation to Fisher Island’s private ferry access — we ranked the 14 most exclusive beach and coastal clubs in America by scarcity, cost, and prestige.
A cultural history of the automobiles that have always belonged — and the ones that always will.