Padel in Netherlands — Market Overview

Netherlands, as of November 2026: Padelnomics counts 161 padel clubs in 116 cities,with 849 courts counted at 132 of them. The median club whose bookings we can read had 41% of its court hours booked over the last 30 days. Source: Padelnomics, from booking platforms, public map data and federation directories; free to cite under CC BY 4.0.

This overview covers 161 tracked venues across 116 cities in Netherlands, scored by the padelnomics Score (country average: 69.9/100). Below: top cities ranked by investment potential, and links to each city's detailed analysis.

Market Landscape

Padel is growing rapidly across Netherlands. The true venue count is likely higher, as independent clubs without public pricing are not always captured.

A score above 65 signals meaningful supply gaps alongside existing demand. Even in regions with established padel infrastructure, venue density per 100,000 residents varies significantly between cities — local analysis pays off.

Key facts

How many padel clubs are there in Netherlands? 161 clubs across 116 cities, 134 of them on our map with a coordinate and a court count.

How many courts? 849 counted courts at 132 clubs; one court for every 7,454 residents in the cities we track.

Can you book online? 81% of the clubs list their courts on a booking platform we read.

How full are the courts? Median occupancy 41% across 128 of 130 clubs whose bookings we can read, as of 2026-11-09. 2 more clubs had almost no bookings there in the last 30 days (under 3 %). We leave them out, because to us a quiet club looks the same as one that sells its courts elsewhere.

What do the clubs take? 5,097,410 EUR in the last thirty days, summed over the 129 measured clubs. Nothing is estimated for the rest.

How big the clubs are

Clubs by court count, for the 134 clubs on our map with a known court count.

Courts per club

Where clubs offer court time

81% of the clubs we know in Netherlands list their courts on a booking platform we read; the rest take bookings by phone, on their own site, or not publicly at all. Only a club that actually sells there can be measured, and only for those clubs do occupancy and takings appear on this page.

The last 28 days

Takings across the 122 clubs priced in both windows moved +7.9% against the 28 days before; occupancy moved +3.1 pp.

The biggest riser, and the move city by city, are on the Insights home.

Top Cities in Netherlands

Cities are ranked by padelnomics Score — evaluating investment potential based on supply gaps, catchment reach, market maturity, and sports culture. Higher-scoring cities generally offer the strongest conditions for new facilities.

Each city page includes a market analysis with Padelnomics Score and a pre-configured financial planner seeded with local market data. Detailed pricing, occupancy, and competitor data are part of Padelnomics Research.

Build Your Business Plan for Netherlands

Every city has a different cost structure, competitive landscape, and customer base. The Padelnomics financial planner lets you model a padel center with real local market data as defaults — then adjust every assumption to match your specific site. From construction costs and court count to revenue projections and payback period, get a data-driven view of your investment before committing capital.

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