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European padel by the numbers

Analysis of 7,265 padel clubs mapped across 42 countries. Open data CC-BY 4.0, continuously updated by our workers.

Italy: 1,552 clubs, European leader

1,552Italy clubs

Italy edges out Spain (1,255 clubs) in absolute padel club count on Playtomic. Growth since 2020 has been explosive, driven by Lombardy and Lazio.

France: a 86% Anybuddy ecosystem

438Anybuddy FR clubs

Of 509 French padel clubs, 438 are on Anybuddy (86%) vs only 71 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. 1Spain14.27 courts / 100k people
  2. 2Belgium8.22 courts / 100k people
  3. 3Portugal7.47 courts / 100k people
  4. 4Italy7.12 courts / 100k people
  5. 5Netherlands4.73 courts / 100k people

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