Today’s announcement highlights the UK as “the world’s most social padel nation” with the highest ratio of ‘Open Matches’ to regular bookings anywhere worldwide.
Playtomic also confirms that the UK has become the World’s No.5 Padel Market* (*by number of games played)
Playtomic Data shows that the majority of the World’s Top 10 Earning Clubs are now located in the UK.
UK’s rich racquet sports heritage continues into the padel era, with club revenue takings for court bookings, events, classes, lessons and tournaments third worldwide behind Spain and Italy.
“This is a collective success story, for stakeholders and passionate players” says Playtomic Co-Founder. “Britain’s moment on the world padel stage has arrived––with some of the best performance metrics worldwide, all the signs tell us, this is just the start.”
Tuesday 3rd June 2025, London, UK: Playtomic has today unveiled remarkable data that highlight the UK has officially become “the world’s most social padel nation”. New Playtomic data highlights that the UK has the highest ratio of Open Matches to regular bookings out of any nation worldwide (Open Matches are where Playtomic users can connect with - and book to compete against - players of a similar level).
Remarkably, the Playtomic data also confirms that the UK has become the World’s No.5 padel market* (*by number of games played) placing the racquet sport-passionate nation alongside already established padel powerhouses Spain and Italy, from what was essentially “a standing start five years ago”. Driven by a surge in court bookings, open matches, lessons, events and tournaments, the new data announced today, highlights the true arrival of the UK as a serious player on the global padel stage.
The past 12 months have seen extraordinary growth, with six of the top 10 revenue-generating padel clubs worldwide now located in the UK. In addition, the number of monthly active Playtomic users in the last 12 months has risen sharply from 35,000 to 156,000 (with 80% of the clubs in the UK using Playtomic).
Of the newly announced data, there are now a remarkable 40,000 new players across Playtomic-powered clubs in the UK stepping on court every month - a significant increase from 25,000 new players in January - with participation accelerating in both urban centres and newly developed clubs in regional areas.
Playtomic now powers 8 out of 10 clubs in the UK, helping them to manage their facilities, grow player communities, and monetise the sport through software tools tailored for padel––all the while providing clubs with the single, most accurate source of data required to successfully grow their padel communities. With over 840 courts across 275 clubs, the UK’s padel infrastructure is evolving at a remarkable pace, up 300 percent in market size year-on-year.
The until-now unseen statistics highlight the UK’s padel boom and reflect both a shift in lifestyle habits and the power of Playtomic’s innovative technology platform to create the UK’s unprecedented demand for the sport. Clubs across the country are leveraging the coordinated community to create popular social formats such as mix-ins, coaching clinics, events and open play to cater for the growing appetite for newcomers to the sport.
Pablo Carro, Co-Founder of Playtomic said: “Our data shows that the UK is now the most social padel nation worldwide, with the highest ratio of open matches to regular bookings seen anywhere worldwide. We’ve long known about the UK’s historical appetite for racquet sports, but what this new information tells us is that padel is not only the fastest growing sport, but has officially landed as a mainstream sport in Britain.”
“The enthusiasm from players and club owners alike to build a coordinated padel community, is a collective success story. Britain’s moment on the world padel stage has arrived––and best of all, all the signs tell us, this is just the start. Alongside the players and clubs, we are proud to be providing the backbone for Britain’s insatiable appetite for padel” he added.
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Supporting a vibrant and active community of racket sports enthusiasts, Playtomic is now present in over 60 countries, and trusted by more than 3 million players across 6,000+ partner clubs worldwide.
