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European padel by the numbers

Analysis of 4,069 padel clubs mapped across 9 countries. Open data CC-BY 4.0, continuously updated by our workers.

Italy: 1,181 clubs, European leader

1 181Italy clubs

Italy edges out Spain (1120 clubs) in absolute padel club count on Playtomic. Growth since 2020 has been explosive, driven by Lombardy and Lazio.

France: a 96% Anybuddy ecosystem

369Anybuddy FR clubs

Of 385 French padel clubs, 369 are on Anybuddy (96%) vs only 16 on Playtomic. Stark contrast with Italy/Spain where Playtomic dominates. France has its own native platform.

Top 5 countries by court density (per 100k inhabitants)

The courts-per-capita ratio shows how mature a market really is, which countries are genuinely equipped beyond raw club counts.

  1. 1Spain13.15 courts / 100k people
  2. 2Italy6.77 courts / 100k people
  3. 3Belgium5.66 courts / 100k people
  4. 4Portugal5.37 courts / 100k people
  5. 5Netherlands2.75 courts / 100k people

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