How much does a covered pickleball court cost?

In AEDO Construction's figures the roof costs more than the courts under it. AEDO's default steel truss roof over two courts came to about ₱1.69 million, roughly ₱4,190 a square metre of roof, within a planning range of ₱1.52 million to ₱2.12 million. With the courts, two covered courts run about ₱2.66 million to ₱3.68 million under a metal roof, or ₱1.56 million to ₱2.49 million under a tarp.

What size is a pickleball court?

The lines measure 20 by 44 feet, or 6.10 by 13.41 metres, for singles and doubles. With room to run past the lines, the USA Pickleball rulebook asks for a surface of at least 30 by 60 feet, about 167 square metres, and recommends 34 by 64 feet, about 202 square metres, for new courts.

Do I need a building permit to build a pickleball court?

For new construction, yes: the National Building Code requires a building permit before you build, and a new slab, a roof, columns, retaining walls and lighting poles all count. Repainting or resurfacing a slab you already have may fall under the exemption for flooring repair. Your Office of the Building Official decides, so ask before you start.

How much does it cost to light a pickleball court?

AEDO's 2026 planning range is ₱164,000 to ₱371,000 a court for 300 lux on poles, the level the construction manual gives for recreational play, or ₱71,000 to ₱157,500 a court with the lights on a roof frame. Its default layout of six 150 W lights a court uses about ₱12.60 of electricity an hour at ₱14 a kWh.

Pickleball Court Construction Cost Philippines (2026)

Q: How many pickleball courts fit in 1,000 sqm?

Two to four, depending on the lot's shape. Each court needs a surface of at least 30 by 60 feet, about 167 square metres, and AEDO plans a 2 m walkway and fence line around the block. A lot of about 22 by 45 metres fits four courts; a square 1,000 square metres fits three; a long lot only 20 metres wide fits two.

Q: How many pickleball courts fit on a basketball court?

One inside the lines of a FIBA-size court, 28 by 15 metres. On the full floor with the 2 m run-off around it, 32 by 19 metres, three fit when turned across the court, using the run-off. Posts, hoops and roof columns can cost you a court, so measure your own before you mark it.

Open court: ₱0.49M to ₱0.82M a court
Under a tarp roof: ₱0.78M to ₱1.25M a court
Under a metal roof: ₱1.33M to ₱1.84M a court
Space for one court: 167 m² at least, 202 m² recommended

How much does it cost to build a pickleball court in the Philippines?

The most detailed published figures we found come from AEDO Construction, a firm of licensed civil engineers, which put out planning ranges in September 2026 for two courts on a filled pad, with a concrete slab, a polished and painted court finish, and lights. The roof is the biggest swing:

Two open courts: ₱990,000 – ₱1,650,000
Two courts under a tarp roof: ₱1,560,000 – ₱2,490,000
Two courts under a metal roof: ₱2,660,000 – ₱3,680,000

AEDO's 2026 planning ranges, not quotations. Per court that's ₱0.49M – ₱0.82M open, ₱0.78M – ₱1.25M under a tarp and ₱1.33M – ₱1.84M under a metal roof. Not included: nets and posts, fencing and backstops, a comfort room, drainage beyond the pad, permits, design fees, VAT, the land, and anything the soil turns up.

AEDO Construction, “Pickleball Court Construction Cost Philippines 2026”, 24 September 2026. Its totals are built from the unit rates below on a pad of 176.3 m² a court, the size of the Manjuyod job.

Use these to check the quotes you get, never instead of them. Fill depth, soil, how far the power has to come and what the roof has to stand up to all move the price, and only a site visit sees them.

What a real two-court job cost

AEDO also published a contract it priced: two open courts in Manjuyod, Negros Oriental, on a 352.63 m² pad, for a fixed ₱1,100,000 and 65 working days including curing. The lot needed building up first, which is why the fill and retaining wall cost as much as the slab.

Footings, 10 sets, 2.00 × 2.00 × 0.40 m: ₱177,177
Column pedestals, 10 sets, 400 × 600 mm: ₱85,838
Backfill, about 350 m³, and 75 m of 1.10 m CHB wall: ₱287,605
Concrete slab, 100 mm over 50 mm gravel, ₱814.71/m²: ₱287,289
Polishing, ₱135.82/m²: ₱47,895
Painting with silica sand, lines included, ₱221.64/m²: ₱78,158
Ten 100 W LED floodlights, mobilisation, contingency, overhead and profit: ₱136,038
Fixed contract price: ₱1,100,000

Excluded from the contract: the roof and posts above the floor, lighting poles, net posts and nets, perimeter fencing, the electrical supply, drainage beyond the pad, and permits and fees.

AEDO Construction, “Pickleball Court Construction Cost Philippines 2026”, 24 September 2026, Manjuyod project.

Line by line: the unit rates

These are the rates behind AEDO's totals, so you can price your own layout or check a contractor's line items. A court's minimum surface is about 167 m², so a per-square-metre rate times 167 is one court's worth.

The pad and the slab

Fill and retaining wall: ₱1,000 – ₱1,600 per m³ of pad
Concrete slab: ₱815 – ₱1,000 per m²

Manjuyod's slab was 100 mm of Class A (3,000 psi) concrete on 50 mm of compacted gravel, with 10 mm bars at 400 mm both ways and saw-cut joints. AEDO slopes a court about 1% so water runs off it, as its own practice rather than a code.

The court surface

Polished concrete and paint with silica sand: ₱357 – ₱450 per m²
Acrylic colour coats: ₱500 – ₱900 per m²
Epoxy: ₱900 – ₱1,600 per m²
Cushioned acrylic: ₱1,200 – ₱2,200 per m²
Modular interlocking tiles: ₱2,500 – ₱4,500 per m²

AEDO's planning rates, with the low end of the first line from the Manjuyod job. Manjuyod's paint was one epoxy primer coat and two rubberised top coats, with silica sand in the second coat over the playing area.

Lines are 2 inches wide, in one colour that contrasts with the court. On a court shared with another sport, paint the other sport's lines in a tone close to the surface, so pickleball players aren't left guessing which line counts.

AEDO Construction, “Pickleball Court Line Marking and Colours”, 4 October 2026, citing the USA Pickleball rulebook on line width and colour, and the construction manual on shared courts.

Nets and lights

Portable net: ₱8,000 – ₱25,000 a court
Permanent posts in sleeves: ₱25,000 – ₱60,000 a court
Lights on poles, 300 lux: ₱164,000 – ₱371,000 a court
Lights on a roof frame: ₱71,000 – ₱157,500 a court

For two open courts, AEDO splits the lighting into fixtures (₱81,000 – ₱162,000), poles and footings (₱168,000 – ₱400,000), wiring (₱60,000 – ₱140,000) and the panel, breakers and timer (₱19,000 – ₱40,000). The poles are the biggest part, which is why lights hung from a roof cost less.

No Philippine code sets a light level for pickleball. The ASBA and USA Pickleball construction manual gives 300 lux for recreational play, 500 for club and competitive play and 750 for tournaments. Running them is cheap next to buying them: AEDO's default of six 150 W floodlights a court draws 0.9 kW, about ₱12.60 an hour per court at ₱14 a kWh.

AEDO Construction, “Pickleball Court Lighting Cost Philippines: Lux, Poles, Power Bill”, 24 September 2026, citing the ASBA and USA Pickleball construction manual (2020, Chapter 6). The ₱14.00 a kWh is AEDO's assumption, between two Negros Oriental cooperatives' 2026 rates; use the one on your bill.

The roof

Metal roof, columns and footings included: ₱4,400 – ₱5,800 per m² of roof
Tarp roof: ₱1,800 – ₱3,000 per m² of roof
Default steel truss roof over two courts: About ₱1,690,000

AEDO sizes the roof at the pad plus 20% for the eaves. The tarp rate is AEDO's judgement, without a source. The two-court roof spans 19.5 m on reinforced concrete columns with a 6 m eave, designed for 250 kph wind, within a planning range of ₱1.52M – ₱2.12M.

The rulebook sets no minimum roof height, but it treats a roof as a permanent object, so a ball that hits a low eave is a fault. AEDO's 6 m eave is its own planning suggestion. The roof also has to be designed for the wind where you build: the National Structural Code sets basic wind speeds of about 240 to 320 kph across the country, and on an open-sided court the wind lifts the roof from below.

AEDO Construction, “Covered Pickleball Court Roof: Structure & Cost (Philippines 2026)”, 24 September 2026, and its construction cost guide of the same date; NSCP 2015, Section 207, as summarised there.

How much space does a pickleball court need?

The lines of a pickleball court measure 20 by 44 feet, 6.10 by 13.41 m, the same for singles and doubles. Players need room past the lines, so the USA Pickleball rulebook asks for a playing surface of at least 30 by 60 feet, about 167 m², and recommends 34 by 64 feet, about 202 m², for new courts. The net is 36 inches high at the sidelines and 34 inches in the middle.

Add a walkway and the fence, and the land you need grows quickly. AEDO's planning lots, with 2 m around the block:

1 court: 13.1 × 22.3 m, 293 m²
2 courts: 22.3 × 22.3 m, 497 m²
4 courts: 22.3 × 40.6 m, 904 m²
6 courts: 31.4 × 40.6 m, 1,275 m²

AEDO's planning layout, not a rule: each court keeps its own 30 by 60 ft surface, with no run-off shared between courts. Parking, a counter and a comfort room come on top.

USA Pickleball Official Rulebook 2026, rules 3.A.1 and 3.A.3, and AEDO Construction's guides of 24 September 2026, which give the lot sizes.

How many pickleball courts fit in 1,000 sqm?

On area alone, 1,000 m² holds five 167 m² surfaces. In practice it's two to four, because the shape of the lot decides how the courts line up, and a walkway and fence take a strip all the way round:

Lot of about 1,000 m²	With a 2 m walkway around	Courts' surfaces only
22.3 × 44.8 m	4	4
25 × 40 m	3	4
31.6 × 31.6 m	3	3
20 × 50 m	2	5

Each court on its own 30 by 60 ft surface, laid in a grid. The walkway and fence allowance is AEDO's planning assumption, not a rule.

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How many pickleball courts fit?

Your lot, slab or covered court, measured inside any walls, posts or fence.

LengthmWidthm

Walkway and fence allowance around the edge (optional)mAEDO plans 2 m all round for a walkway and the fence. Leave it empty for the courts' surfaces alone.

Surface for each court

Each is 9.1 m by 18.3 m: the 6.10 by 13.41 m court plus the room to run past its lines.

Courts that fit

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Needs the length and the width.

How many pickleball courts fit on a basketball court?

A FIBA-size basketball court is 28 by 15 m inside its lines, with a 2 m run-off around it for a floor of 32 by 19 m. Inside the lines, one pickleball court fits with its full surface. On the whole floor, three fit when turned across the court, side by side along its length, but only by using the run-off. Packing four bare courts onto the lines works on paper and leaves nowhere to step past them.

Fixed hoops and roof columns eat the play area, so measure around them, not the painted lines.
Check the slab before you paint it: cracks, settlement, ponding, old paint that lifts, and blocked drains.
AEDO's example for relining a 28 × 15 m slab in fair condition, with a silica-sand paint finish and one portable net, came to ₱166,700 – ₱267,700, about ₱397 – ₱637 per m², before lights, fencing and any structural repair.
Preparing an existing slab before the paint runs from ₱40 – ₱70 per m² in good condition to ₱120 – ₱220 in fair and ₱350 – ₱600 in poor, in AEDO's planning ranges.

A tennis court is the other common conversion. Four 30 by 60 ft surfaces add up to exactly a 60 by 120 ft tennis court, so four fit on paper, but a task force leader for the construction manual called that fit “awful tight” and advised against it.

AEDO Construction, “Convert a Basketball Court to Pickleball: Fit, Cost and Checks”, 24 September 2026, citing FIBA's Official Basketball Rules 2024, Articles 2.1 and 2.2. Tennis: Randy Futty of California Sports Surfaces, quoted in Building Design + Construction, “Pickleball, anyone?”, 27 September 2017.

Permits before you build

Building permit from the Office of the Building Official before construction starts. A new slab, a roof, columns, retaining walls and lighting poles all count as construction.
Resurfacing a slab you already have may fall under the exemption for flooring repair. The Building Official decides, so ask first.
Fences over 1.80 m have a permit item of their own.
Occupancy permit before you use what you built, and a Fire Safety Inspection Certificate, which the occupancy and business permits ask for.
Your barangay, LGU and HOA on noise and hours. Many have ordinances, curfews and house rules, and none AEDO found names pickleball.

National Building Code (PD 1096), Sections 301 and 309; Fire Code of the Philippines (RA 9514), Section 5(g). The readings of the flooring exemption and the fence item are AEDO Construction's, from the 2004 Revised IRR (guide of 24 September 2026). Renting the courts out takes business permits too: they're listed in our pickleball court business plan.

Before you pour

Run outdoor courts north to south where you can, so the low morning and afternoon sun isn't in anyone's eyes.
Slope the court so water runs off it, and send that water somewhere other than the next court.
Get the soil checked and the slab designed for your site, especially where the lot needs filling.
Ask the neighbours, the barangay and the HOA about hours and noise before you build, not after the first complaint.
Decide now whether a roof is coming later. The Manjuyod job poured ten footings and column pedestals with the pad, while the roof and the posts above the floor stayed out of the contract.

North to south orientation: USA Pickleball's construction guidance as cited by AEDO, and Linn Lower of Lower Bros. Tennis Courts in Building Design + Construction (2017).

Pricing the business around the courts, from rates to break-even? Our pickleball court business plan has a free ROI calculator that takes these building costs as its starting point.

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Frequently asked questions

AEDO Construction's 2026 planning ranges work out to about ₱0.49 million to ₱0.82 million a court for open courts, ₱0.78 million to ₱1.25 million under a tarp roof and ₱1.33 million to ₱1.84 million under a metal roof, priced on two courts with a filled pad, a slab, a polished and painted finish and lights. Nets, fencing, a comfort room, permits, design fees and the land are on top. A real two-court open job in Manjuyod, Negros Oriental was a fixed ₱1,100,000.

Pickleball court construction cost in the Philippines