Racquet Sports Institute is an independent knowledge institute focused on the global racquet sports facility ecosystem. It provides evidence-based analysis and benchmarks across padel, pickleball, tennis, badminton, and squash, drawing on verified sources rather than relying on the open web. The Institute examines the business from five angles: the wider ecosystem, facilities, location, court architecture, and management operations.

Its work is grounded in the role facilities play as the point of sale for racquet sports, where key decisions are made about court numbers and sport mix, pricing, membership models, and location. Through its publications, featured analysis, and regularly updated industry signals, the Institute helps readers understand market conditions and developments. Its research describes what the market looks like; a separate company, RacqI, extends this work into practice with an app connecting the Institute’s benchmarks and frameworks to available data covering more than 170,000 venues and thousands of verified sources.

The RacqI app is in pre-beta, with public launch scheduled for 1 October 2026