The census
The UK padel market, in numbers.
The canonical count — clubs, courts, growth, the planning pipeline and demand. Updated weekly, and every figure is labelled by how we know it.
Where demand is highest
Demand per court, by city. A higher ratio means players are competing for fewer courts — the clearest site-selection signal in the market.
| City | Clubs | Courts | Demand / court | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop's Stortford | 5 | 11 | 1.00 | Modelled |
| York | 8 | 22 | 0.95 | Modelled |
| Derby | 8 | 42 | 0.67 | Modelled |
| Edinburgh | 13 | 22 | 0.64 | Modelled |
| Newmarket | 7 | 13 | 0.54 | Modelled |
| Sheffield | 10 | 40 | 0.45 | Modelled |
| Norwich | 8 | 19 | 0.42 | Modelled |
| Blackburn | 5 | 25 | 0.40 | Modelled |
The pipeline
Padel planning applications in the last 7 days. Every approved scheme is future supply; tracking it to outcome is how “approved” becomes a forecast.
2
Submitted
0
Approved
0
Refused
- 2-court · Swanseapending
- 2-court · Dorsetpending
New on the map
- Rocket Padel LeedsLeeds · 6 courts · 2026-09-04
- Padium BristolBristol · 4 courts · 2026-09-06
How we know
Every figure here carries a provenance label — measured, observed, modelled or estimated. We publish aggregates only, never club-identifiable or player-level data.
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