Custom Dart Mats for Pubs, Retailers and Promotions: Throw Lines, Materials and Branding

A custom dart mat is a printed floor mat that runs from below the dartboard to the throwing position, with the oche line printed on it and a non-slip backing underneath. Choose a nylon, polyester or sublimation construction by artwork and budget, tell us the throw distance your players use, and add your logo along the mat.

Floor protection is the obvious reason. Bounced and dropped darts hit the dart mat instead of the floor, and the mat takes the foot traffic of players stepping up to the line all night.

Consistency is the second reason. A printed oche doesn't peel, slide or get kicked out of place, so every game starts from the same line. For a venue running a league night, that alone saves a lot of arguments.

We make dart mats in three printed constructions.

The oche is the reason a dart mat exists, so get the throw line right before anything else. Darts rules differ between organisations and countries, and some mats carry more than one throw line for different formats. Tell us the exact distance or distances your players use, measured from the face of the board, and we print the lines to your measurements.

Where the dart mat starts matters as much as where the line is printed. Agree with your customers whether the front edge of the mat sits against the wall under the board, and position the line from that edge. Check the line on the proof before production, then check it again with a tape measure when the first mat arrives. A throw line that is a couple of centimetres out is worse than no line at all.

Dart mat length is custom. The mat must run from below the board past the furthest throw line, with room behind the line for the player to stand. Colours are black or custom to your artwork.

Branding goes where people look: along the sides of the dart mat, behind the throw line where players stand, and at the board end, where photos get taken. A drinks brand can supply mats to pubs as promotional merchandise with its logo along the mat, and a darts retailer can sell several designs on one construction. Our logo mat artwork guide covers file formats and colour matching, and our article on logo mats beyond the entrance shows other places a printed mat can carry a brand inside a venue.

Dart mats ship rolled, so a home player or a pub can roll the mat away after a match night and put it back down for the next one. Unroll a new mat early so it settles flat before the first game.

Stock items typically ship in 7–15 days and custom orders in 20–30 days, so plan league seasons and promotions around those lead times.

Send the construction, length, throw distance, artwork and quantity, and tell us whether the dart mats are for a venue, retail or a promotion. See the dart throw-line mat, the full sports mat range, or send us your brief.

What is a dart mat for? A dart mat protects the floor from bounce-outs and dropped darts and gives players a fixed, printed throw line.

Can you print the oche line at a specific distance? Yes. Tell us the distance or distances your players use, measured from the face of the board, and the lines are printed to your measurements and confirmed on a proof.

What are dart mats made of? Our dart mats come in nylon on latex, polyester on latex, and heat-sublimation-printed polyester on a non-woven backing.

Can a dart mat carry a logo? Yes. Logos and branding can be printed along the dart mat, behind the throw line and at the board end.