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Assembled Golf Hits 45 States. That's the Signal.

A Nashville startup that installs home simulators now covers 45 states and 1,300+ cities in under three years. The installer economy just got a lot bigger.

ABy Ace|August 2, 2026
The short answer

Assembled Golf's expansion to 45 states and 1,300 cities signals that the home simulator market has crossed a threshold — people are now paying pros to.

Assembled Golf Hits 45 States. That’s the Signal.

Here’s a test: when was the last time you hired someone to install something in your house that you could have built yourself?

If you’re reading this site, you probably assembled your IKEA furniture, changed your own oil at least once, and seriously considered building your own sim enclosure from EMT conduit and a hand-sewn impact screen. That’s who we are. We’re DIY people.

But most people aren’t.

Assembled Golf, a Nashville-based simulator consulting and installation company, announced it now operates in 45 states and 1,300+ cities, supported by 14 regional offices. They started in a single market less than three years ago. That’s a short timeline to cover almost the entire country. For context on what a complete home simulator setup costs, see our golf simulator startup costs guide.

This is not a product launch. There’s no new launch monitor, no software update, no press release about a funding round. It’s an infrastructure story, and those are usually more telling than whatever gadget dropped this week.

What “45 States” Actually Means

Assembled Golf designs and installs home and commercial simulators. They handle the whole chain — consultation, room design, equipment sourcing, installation, and support. They partner with manufacturers rather than building their own hardware, which means they’re not competing with their suppliers. They’re the middle layer between the gear and the buyer who doesn’t want to figure out projector throw ratios.

When I say “the middle layer,” I mean it as a compliment. Every maturing market develops one. Solar panels have installers. Home theaters have integrators. EVs have electricians who specialize in chargers. And now home golf simulators have a company that covers 45 states.

The fact that they got there in three years tells you something about the demand side. People are buying simulators. And they’re not just buying them on Amazon and figuring it out. They’re hiring a company to build a room.

That’s a threshold.

The Threshold

There’s a moment in every consumer technology category where it stops being a hobbyist pursuit and becomes a normal home improvement project. It happened with home theaters in the 2000s, with smart home gear in the 2010s, and it’s happening with golf simulators right now.

The signs are:

  1. People hire someone to do it.
  2. Those people can make a living doing it.
  3. Those people expand to cover the whole country.

Assembled Golf hitting 45 states means all three conditions are met.

Trey Greene, the founder, put it this way: “Reaching customers in 45 states in less than three years reflects both the growing demand for indoor golf and the trust our clients place in our team.”

That’s the CEO quote from the press release, and it’s fine — that’s what CEO quotes are for. But the real story is in the numbers. Forty-five states. Fourteen regional offices. Thirteen hundred cities. A company that didn’t exist three years ago now has people on the ground from Boston to San Diego doing nothing but building sim rooms.

Why This Matters for the Home Sim Buyer

If you’re reading this, you’re probably not Assembled Golf’s customer. You’re researching GSPro build guides and comparing camera placements. You’re the early adopter who enjoys the process. For a complete breakdown of the build options, see our all-in-one vs component sim build guide.

But the people Assembled Golf serves are the next wave. They’re the guy who has a 12-handicap, a bonus check, and an empty room over the garage. He doesn’t want to read 47 forum posts about projector alignment. He wants to call someone, write a check, and have it work.

That buyer is real. That buyer is multiplying. And that buyer is why a Nashville startup now has offices in 45 states.

The industry’s growth isn’t just about how many units Garmin ships or how many Uneekor Invitationals get run. It’s about whether the ecosystem around the hardware is maturing. Installation companies, financing options, service networks — those are the things that turn a niche into a market.

The Competitive Angle

Assembled Golf’s expansion also puts pressure on the manufacturers. When a company operates in 45 states, they have purchasing power. They can negotiate. They can steer customers toward the brands that are easiest to install, most reliable, and best supported.

If you’re a launch monitor company that’s hard to set up or has terrible customer support, an installer with national reach is a real problem. They’ll drop your line and recommend something that doesn’t generate service calls. The companies that make gear that just works will get more of that installer’s business, and that business compounds.

The national installer layer is a quality filter. It rewards products that are easy to integrate and punishes ones that aren’t. That’s good for everyone who buys this stuff.

The Bottom Line

Assembled Golf covering 45 states isn’t a headline that’ll move stock prices. But it’s the kind of signal that tells you where the market actually is. Real people with real money are building sim rooms, and they’re paying professionals to do it right.

The DIY era isn’t over — it’ll never be over, and that’s part of the fun. But the era where you need to DIY because there’s no other option is ending. The installation infrastructure is here. Forty-five states and counting.

That’s not a fad. That’s a business.

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