These companies can be involved in designing courts, buildings and facilities, actual construction of the courts and buildings, landscaping, supplying material (such as court surfacing products, lighting and fencing) and more. Depending on the size of the company, opportunities may exist for court maintenance personnel and laborers, sales and marketing personnel, landscapers, architects, engineers, customer service, quality control, crew managers, owners, and more.

With more than 300 member companies, the American Sports Builders Association is a national organization for builders, designers and suppliers of materials for tennis courts, running tracks, synthetic turf fields, indoor and outdoor synthetic sports surfaces. It is recognized as a centralized source for technical information, including consumer-oriented information.