Courts by city
Clubs listed city by city, with court counts where the club publishes them and a direct link to book.
Where padel is biggest: 42 European countries ranked by their number of padel courts.
Source: FIP World Padel Report 2025. Figures are estimates from each national federation, dated June or October 2025 as shown. The report covers Great Britain rather than the whole UK. More padel statistics →
Spain has the most, with 17,300+ padel courts (October 2025). Italy is second with 10,220 and Sweden third with 4,220. Figures come from each national federation via the FIP World Padel Report 2025.
The FIP World Padel Report 2025 estimates more than 51,000 padel courts in Europe, 66.1% of all courts worldwide. The 42 European countries in our ranking account for at least 50,928 of them.
More than 77,000, according to the FIP World Padel Report 2025 (update at the end of June 2025). Europe has about two thirds of them, followed by South America.
The FIP World Padel Report 2025 puts Great Britain at 1,080 courts (October 2025). The LTA's own figure is higher: 1,553 courts at the end of 2025. Both cover Great Britain rather than the whole UK.
Every figure in the ranking comes from the International Padel Federation's World Padel Report 2025, which collects estimates from each national federation. Each row shows the month its figures date from and links to that country's page in the report.
Clubs listed city by city, with court counts where the club publishes them and a direct link to book.
How the game works, the rules and the shots, written for players who are new to padel or moving up from tennis.
Padel is a racket sport played mostly in doubles on an enclosed 20 × 10 metre court. The walls are part of the game: after the ball bounces, you can play it off the glass. Serves are underarm and scoring follows tennis. PadelTerra helps you find somewhere to play and understand the game.