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The German Padel Market Report

How big is padel in Germany really, who plays it – and what does the equipment cost? This report brings together documented market figures (courts, players, international comparison) with live indicators from our continuously maintained data sources: the tournament calendar and racket prices from 21 specialist shops. Our own figures are calculated live from the data on every page view – as of: November 2026.

2,615padel courts counted¹
774venues in 543 places¹
~350,000amateur players in Germany²
81announced venues under construction⁵
466upcoming tournaments
507rackets in the price comparison
35 %avg. price gap between shops³
-17.0 %Padel price index since 13.07.⁴

How fast padel is growing in Germany

No official body counts how many padel courts there are in Germany, so the figures vary. In March 2026 the German Padel Association reported around 1,200 courts at about 300 locations and expected almost 2,000 by the end of the year. The FIP World Padel Report 2026 already puts Germany above the 2,000-court mark in September, with the highest court growth rate in Europe: 911 more courts than in 2025. Our own venue database lists 2,615 courts at 774 venues as of 15/11/2026. In 2020, according to Playtomic, there were only 89 courts. Since then the number of courts has more than multiplied twentyfold – growth of well over 50 % a year. What stands out: growth in 2026 is increasingly happening in smaller cities and rural areas, driven by traditional tennis clubs converting to padel – a pattern that Spain and other mature markets have already been through. A growing selection of venues with a map can be found in our club overview.

What opens next

How fast the market is growing shows not in the existing stock but in what is being built right now. Besides 774 playable venues, our editorial venue database currently lists 81 announced ones – each one researched individually and checked with the operator. For 25 of them a date is documented, and 14 are due to open in 2026. We deliberately do not count venues without a documented date rather than guess.

  1. Padel Port Ulm · Elchingen (Bavaria) · 5 Indoor – announced for autumn 2026
  2. Padel Port Friedrichshafen · Eriskirch (Baden-Württemberg) · 7 Indoor – announced for autumn 2026
  3. STAR PADEL Mainaschaff · Mainaschaff (Bavaria) · 7 Indoor-Courts (5 Doppel, 2 Single) – announced for autumn 2026
  4. padel süd · Stuttgart (Baden-Württemberg) · 4 Outdoor – announced for autumn 2026
  5. Court & Range Greven · Greven (North Rhine-Westphalia) · 4 Indoor – announced for 1 December 2026
  6. PADELBURG Ladenburg · Ladenburg (Baden-Württemberg) · 4 Indoor-Courts (3 Doppel, 1 Single) – announced for December 2026
  7. Padel Place Weeze · Weeze (North Rhine-Westphalia) · 7 Indoor – announced for 6 December 2026
  8. Overather Padel Club · Overath (North Rhine-Westphalia) · 5 Indoor (adidas Panorama) – announced for early December 2026

Source: our own research (as of 15/11/2026), continuously maintained in the venue overview.

How much of the market belongs to the chains

For a long time, padel in Germany was a matter for clubs – now commercial operators are building whole networks of sites. Of the 774 venues we have recorded, at least 120 belong to one of 23 operator chains, which is roughly 16 %. “At least”, because we recognise chains by the name of the venue: where a chain runs a club’s courts under the club’s own name, it slips through this net.

  1. PadelCity 31
  2. Padelon 15
  3. padelBOX 8
  4. mitte 7
  5. Motions Racket Club 6
  6. 4PADEL 5
  7. ZwillisPadel 5
  8. The Padellers 5

Source: our own venue database (as of 15/11/2026); only playable venues are counted, not announced ones.

Where padel is played in Germany

The build-out of padel is very uneven across regions. North Rhine-Westphalia alone accounts for 740 courts, or 28 % of all the courts we have counted. In total we know of 774 playable venues in 543 places; for 745 of them the number of courts is documented – 2,615 courts together, which averages 3.5 courts per venue (figure in brackets = venues per federal state). All figures in this section come from our own venue database (as of 15/11/2026): compiled from public sources – association lists such as the DPV venue list, booking platforms, OpenStreetMap and operator websites – and, where possible, checked against operator or club websites. The court count is a lower bound – it adds up the 745 venues with a documented number of courts (96.3 % of all venues); for the rest we would rather give no figure than an estimated one.

  1. North Rhine-Westphalia (208) 740
  2. Bavaria (135) 459
  3. Baden-Württemberg (133) 413
  4. Lower Saxony (93) 275
  5. Hesse (56) 173
  6. Rhineland-Palatinate (32) 107
  7. Berlin (21) 107
  8. Schleswig-Holstein (28) 90
  9. Hamburg (17) 81
  10. Saxony (8) 32

More telling than the absolute number is the court density per 100,000 inhabitants – it reverses the ranking and shows where padel has really arrived in everyday life and where courts are still missing despite a large population. National average: 3.1 courts per 100,000 inhabitants (our court counts, set against the official population figures of the Federal Statistical Office, as of 31 December 2025).

  1. Hamburg 4.3
  2. North Rhine-Westphalia 4.1
  3. Baden-Württemberg 3.7
  4. Bavaria 3.5
  5. Lower Saxony 3.4
  6. Schleswig-Holstein 3.0
  7. Berlin 2.9
  8. Hesse 2.8
  9. Saarland 2.7
  10. Rhineland-Palatinate 2.6
1,462courts in indoor venues (59.6 %)
727courts in outdoor venues
265courts in venues with both

The high share of indoor courts of 59.6 % is typical of the German market: unlike in Spain, building here is mostly indoors, because the weather would otherwise not allow year-round use. Counting is done per venue – courts at venues that have both therefore appear in a separate column rather than being split by estimate. The biggest padel cities are Berlin (107 courts), Hamburg (81 courts), Cologne (58 courts), Munich (47 courts), Düsseldorf (42 courts). You can find venues near you in our club overview.

Padel in the federal states

The figures for each federal state and city, live from our venue database (as of 15/11/2026, playable venues only). Every state has its own address to link to, for example https://www.padelstand.de/en/padel-markt-report#nrw.

Baden-Württemberg · Bavaria · Berlin · Brandenburg · Bremen · Hamburg · Hesse · Lower Saxony · Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania · North Rhine-Westphalia · Rhineland-Palatinate · Saarland · Saxony · Saxony-Anhalt · Schleswig-Holstein · Thuringia

North Rhine-Westphalia

208 padel venues in 126 places, with at least 740 courts in total (number of courts documented for 195 of 208 venues). That is 4.1 courts per 100,000 inhabitants (national average: 3.1). Biggest padel cities: Cologne (13 venues, 58 courts), Düsseldorf (7 venues, 42 courts), Essen (6 venues, 26 courts).

Bavaria

135 padel venues in 101 places, with at least 459 courts in total (number of courts documented for 132 of 135 venues). That is 3.5 courts per 100,000 inhabitants (national average: 3.1). Biggest padel cities: Munich (10 venues, 47 courts), Nuremberg (6 venues, 14 courts), Unterföhring (3 venues, 19 courts).

Baden-Württemberg

133 padel venues in 106 places, with at least 413 courts in total (number of courts documented for 129 of 133 venues). That is 3.7 courts per 100,000 inhabitants (national average: 3.1). Biggest padel cities: Stuttgart (5 venues, 15 courts), Karlsruhe (4 venues, 8 courts), Bruchsal (3 venues, 16 courts).

Lower Saxony

93 padel venues in 76 places, with at least 275 courts in total (number of courts documented for 89 of 93 venues). That is 3.4 courts per 100,000 inhabitants (national average: 3.1). Biggest padel cities: Hannover (5 venues, 20 courts), Osnabrück (5 venues, 17 courts), Bispingen (2 venues, 11 courts).

Hesse

56 padel venues in 45 places, with at least 173 courts in total (number of courts documented for 53 of 56 venues). That is 2.8 courts per 100,000 inhabitants (national average: 3.1). Biggest padel cities: Frankfurt am Main (7 venues, 35 courts), Wiesbaden (4 venues, 12 courts), Hofheim am Taunus (2 venues, 11 courts).

Rhineland-Palatinate

32 padel venues in 28 places, with at least 107 courts in total (number of courts documented for 32 of 32 venues). That is 2.6 courts per 100,000 inhabitants (national average: 3.1). Biggest padel cities: Höhr-Grenzhausen (2 venues, 15 courts), Ludwigshafen am Rhein (2 venues, 8 courts), Trier (2 venues, 7 courts).

Schleswig-Holstein

28 padel venues in 23 places, with at least 90 courts in total (number of courts documented for 27 of 28 venues). That is 3.0 courts per 100,000 inhabitants (national average: 3.1). Biggest padel cities: Lübeck (4 venues, 10 courts), Leck (2 venues, 5 courts), Fehmarn (2 venues, 4 courts).

Berlin

21 padel venues in 1 place, with at least 107 courts in total (number of courts documented for 21 of 21 venues). That is 2.9 courts per 100,000 inhabitants (national average: 3.1). Padel city: Berlin (21 venues, 107 courts).

Hamburg

17 padel venues in 1 place, with at least 81 courts in total (number of courts documented for 17 of 17 venues). That is 4.3 courts per 100,000 inhabitants (national average: 3.1). Padel city: Hamburg (17 venues, 81 courts).

Saarland

10 padel venues in 8 places, with at least 27 courts in total (number of courts documented for 10 of 10 venues). That is 2.7 courts per 100,000 inhabitants (national average: 3.1). Biggest padel cities: Merzig (2 venues, 4 courts), Saarlouis (2 venues, 3 courts), Saarbrücken (1 venue, 8 courts).

Bremen

8 padel venues in 2 places, with at least 18 courts in total (number of courts documented for 8 of 8 venues). That is 2.5 courts per 100,000 inhabitants (national average: 3.1). Biggest padel cities: Bremen (7 venues, 15 courts), Bremerhaven (1 venue, 3 courts).

Saxony

8 padel venues in 4 places, with at least 32 courts in total (number of courts documented for 8 of 8 venues). That is 0.8 courts per 100,000 inhabitants (national average: 3.1). Biggest padel cities: Leipzig (4 venues, 22 courts), Dresden (2 venues, 6 courts), Chemnitz (1 venue, 2 courts).

Thuringia

8 padel venues in 8 places, with at least 27 courts in total (number of courts documented for 8 of 8 venues). That is 1.3 courts per 100,000 inhabitants (national average: 3.1). Biggest padel cities: Erfurt (1 venue, 9 courts), Jena (1 venue, 6 courts), Leinefelde-Worbis (1 venue, 4 courts).

Brandenburg

6 padel venues in 5 places, with at least 25 courts in total (number of courts documented for 6 of 6 venues). That is 1.0 courts per 100,000 inhabitants (national average: 3.1). Biggest padel cities: Potsdam (2 venues, 4 courts), Ludwigsfelde (1 venue, 9 courts), Falkensee (1 venue, 8 courts).

Saxony-Anhalt

6 padel venues in 4 places, with at least 27 courts in total (number of courts documented for 6 of 6 venues). That is 1.3 courts per 100,000 inhabitants (national average: 3.1). Biggest padel cities: Halle (Saale) (2 venues, 13 courts), Magdeburg (2 venues, 8 courts), Schönebeck (1 venue, 5 courts).

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

5 padel venues in 5 places, with at least 14 courts in total (number of courts documented for 4 of 5 venues). That is 0.9 courts per 100,000 inhabitants (national average: 3.1). Biggest padel cities: Pinnow (1 venue, 8 courts), Göhren-Lebbin (1 venue, 3 courts), Born a. Darß (1 venue, 2 courts).

The 20 cities with the most padel venues

#CityFederal stateVenuesCourts¹
1 Berlin Berlin 21 107
2 Hamburg Hamburg 17 81
3 Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia 13 58
4 Munich Bavaria 10 47
5 Düsseldorf North Rhine-Westphalia 7 42
6 Frankfurt am Main Hesse 7 35
7 Bremen Bremen 7 15
8 Essen North Rhine-Westphalia 6 26
9 Paderborn North Rhine-Westphalia 6 19
10 Nuremberg Bavaria 6 14
11 Duisburg North Rhine-Westphalia 5 25
12 Hannover Lower Saxony 5 20
13 Osnabrück Lower Saxony 5 17
14 Bielefeld North Rhine-Westphalia 5 15
15 Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg 5 15
16 Münster North Rhine-Westphalia 5 8
17 Leipzig Saxony 4 22
18 Wuppertal North Rhine-Westphalia 4 13
19 Wiesbaden Hesse 4 12
20 Lübeck Schleswig-Holstein 4 10

Source: our own venue database; where the number of venues is equal, the number of courts decides. Courts are a lower bound (only venues with a documented number of courts). Population figures: Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), as of 31 December 2025. All values are also available as JSON and CSV.

Who plays padel in Germany?

Around 350,000 amateur players in Germany were counted by the FIP World Padel Report 2025 – an estimate from October 2025; there is no official figure. In March 2026 around 8,000 players held a licence with the German Padel Association, and the association expects 10,000 for the new season – in 2024 it was still 3,750. Among licensed players, women made up only 18 % in 2024, while worldwide, according to the FIP, women account for 47 % of amateur players – a sign of large untapped potential for women's programmes. The German Padel League shows the same pace: from 325 teams with 1,800 players (2024) to over 500 teams with 3,000 players (2025). The national squad has around 100 athletes, and at the Padel World Cup in Doha in November 2026 the women beat Brazil in the group stage, while the men reached the World Cup quarter-finals with a 2:1 win over hosts Qatar.

Germany in international comparison

Worldwide, the Playtomic Global Padel Report 2026 (data as of the end of 2025) counts 58,300 padel courts, nearly 20,000 clubs and 19.4 million players, and expects 91,000 courts by 2028. The FIP World Padel Report 2026 counts more generously: by August 2026 it already arrives at 91,234 courts, 28,497 venues and 40 million players who have played at least once in the past year. The undisputed world leader is Spain with 17,730 courts and around 4,700 clubs; around €1.1 billion is spent on padel there every year. With 2,615 courts – roughly 7 times fewer than Spain – Germany is still at the start of the curve that Spain went through some years ago. The FIP had the sport's economic footprint in Germany calculated for 2026: €257 million spent per year – 117 million on court bookings, 79 million on building new courts, 25 million on equipment – generating €375 million in value added and around 3,900 jobs. Worldwide, spending amounts to €6.8 billion. Spanish players spend almost eight times as much on equipment each year as German players – so the potential to catch up is correspondingly large.

Tournament Germany

466 tournaments are currently in the calendar (sources: DPV portal and RankedIn), 464 of them with official GPS ranking. Over the year, according to the German Padel Association, around 3,000 ranking tournaments take place, from GPS 50 to GPS 1500. On top of that comes the professional tour: in October 2026 Premier Padel stopped in Düsseldorf for the second time. All dates with filters are in the tournament calendar. The most active federal states by tournaments with an identifiable venue:

  1. North Rhine-Westphalia 150
  2. Lower Saxony 34
  3. Saxony-Anhalt 34
  4. Baden-Württemberg 30
  5. Bavaria 24
  6. Hesse 23
  7. Hamburg 22
  8. Berlin 12
  9. Saxony 8
  10. Rhineland-Palatinate 4

It gets more interesting when you set the tournament calendar against the infrastructure: tournaments per 100 courts shows where existing courts also turn into competitive play – and where venues exist but hardly any tournaments take place. The leader is Saxony-Anhalt with 125.9 upcoming tournaments per 100 courts, the tail-ender is Berlin with 11.2. (Federal states with at least 20 courts; tournaments/courts in brackets.)

  1. Saxony-Anhalt (34/27) 125.9
  2. Hamburg (22/81) 27.2
  3. Saxony (8/32) 25.0
  4. North Rhine-Westphalia (150/740) 20.3
  5. Saarland (4/27) 14.8
  6. Hesse (23/173) 13.3
  7. Lower Saxony (34/275) 12.4
  8. Berlin (12/107) 11.2

What a padel racket costs

Basis: the up-to-date best prices of all 507 models in our price comparison across 21 shops (2628 price offers in total). The average is €153.82 and the median €139.90 – 123 models are available for under €100. The range runs from the Siux Optimus 5 (€34.37) to the Babolat x Lamborghini BL003 White/Blue (€600).

Why comparing pays off

For 407 models with at least two shop offers, the most expensive price is on average €51.30 (35 %) above the cheapest – anyone who does not compare often pays noticeably more for the same racket.

Average best price by brand (brands with at least 5 models):

  1. Oxdog (15 models) €270.85
  2. Royal Padel (11 models) €189.24
  3. StarVie (23 models) €180.19
  4. Babolat (33 models) €179.96
  5. Q Padel (5 models) €169.94
  6. Joma (8 models) €168.60
  7. Nox (52 models) €163.92
  8. Bullpadel (72 models) €158.75
  9. Siux (42 models) €152.61
  10. Kombat (14 models) €146.74
  11. Adidas (55 models) €143.02
  12. Tecnifibre (7 models) €139.12
  13. Drop Shot (16 models) €135.30
  14. Wilson (24 models) €134.93
  15. Vibor-A (12 models) €130.25
  16. Head (39 models) €119.10
  17. LOK (12 models) €112.32
  18. Black Crown (7 models) €103.05
  19. Dunlop (16 models) €98.33
  20. Enebe (6 models) €77.54
  21. ZERV (8 models) €70.12

Average price by racket shape:

  1. Round (135) €124.13
  2. Teardrop (180) €158.02
  3. Diamond (183) €171.60

Average price by playing level:

  1. Beginner (113) €93.31
  2. Intermediate (430) €162.37
  3. Competitive (174) €199.59
362 gavg. weight of all rackets
15 %are considered arm-friendly
★ 7.8avg. rating of all rated rackets
★ 8.9Best rated: Bullpadel Vertex 05 2026

The Padel Price Index

Are padel rackets getting more expensive or cheaper? That question can only be answered with a price history of our own – since 13/07/2026 we have recorded the cheapest shop price of every model each day. The index measures a fixed basket of 69 models that had a price on all 120 measuring days, and starts at 100 points on the first measuring day. It currently stands at 83.0 points – so padel rackets have become 17.0 % cheaper since measuring began. The average price of this basket fell from €181.78 to €150.84.

13.07.: 100.0 points (avg. €181.78) 14.07.: 98.7 points (avg. €179.38) 18.07.: 95.5 points (avg. €173.52) 20.07.: 95.2 points (avg. €173.09) 21.07.: 97.6 points (avg. €177.42) 22.07.: 97.6 points (avg. €177.35) 23.07.: 98.2 points (avg. €178.51) 24.07.: 98.2 points (avg. €178.58) 25.07.: 98.3 points (avg. €178.65) 26.07.: 97.9 points (avg. €178.03) 27.07.: 97.9 points (avg. €178.03) 28.07.: 97.6 points (avg. €177.34) 29.07.: 97.1 points (avg. €176.47) 30.07.: 97.0 points (avg. €176.38) 31.07.: 97.0 points (avg. €176.24) 01.08.: 93.3 points (avg. €169.58) 02.08.: 91.9 points (avg. €167.01) 03.08.: 91.8 points (avg. €166.92) 04.08.: 93.3 points (avg. €169.64) 05.08.: 94.2 points (avg. €171.34) 06.08.: 93.2 points (avg. €169.44) 07.08.: 94.0 points (avg. €170.96) 08.08.: 93.8 points (avg. €170.42) 09.08.: 93.0 points (avg. €168.98) 10.08.: 93.0 points (avg. €169.15) 11.08.: 93.3 points (avg. €169.63) 12.08.: 92.3 points (avg. €167.71) 13.08.: 93.2 points (avg. €169.50) 14.08.: 93.0 points (avg. €169.10) 15.08.: 93.1 points (avg. €169.23) 16.08.: 92.5 points (avg. €168.07) 17.08.: 92.4 points (avg. €167.89) 18.08.: 93.1 points (avg. €169.20) 19.08.: 91.8 points (avg. €166.96) 20.08.: 91.2 points (avg. €165.87) 21.08.: 91.0 points (avg. €165.41) 22.08.: 90.9 points (avg. €165.31) 23.08.: 90.7 points (avg. €164.95) 24.08.: 90.8 points (avg. €165.10) 25.08.: 89.8 points (avg. €163.21) 26.08.: 90.5 points (avg. €164.56) 27.08.: 91.5 points (avg. €166.36) 28.08.: 91.4 points (avg. €166.15) 29.08.: 91.3 points (avg. €165.96) 30.08.: 91.4 points (avg. €166.10) 31.08.: 91.7 points (avg. €166.61) 01.09.: 91.0 points (avg. €165.35) 02.09.: 91.2 points (avg. €165.81) 03.09.: 91.1 points (avg. €165.54) 04.09.: 91.2 points (avg. €165.85) 05.09.: 92.0 points (avg. €167.17) 06.09.: 91.9 points (avg. €167.03) 07.09.: 92.3 points (avg. €167.79) 08.09.: 91.7 points (avg. €166.75) 09.09.: 91.9 points (avg. €167.12) 10.09.: 91.6 points (avg. €166.45) 11.09.: 88.8 points (avg. €161.36) 12.09.: 89.8 points (avg. €163.31) 13.09.: 90.0 points (avg. €163.51) 14.09.: 90.3 points (avg. €164.19) 15.09.: 90.3 points (avg. €164.24) 16.09.: 89.6 points (avg. €162.85) 17.09.: 90.2 points (avg. €164.03) 18.09.: 89.9 points (avg. €163.45) 19.09.: 88.4 points (avg. €160.63) 20.09.: 88.2 points (avg. €160.42) 22.09.: 88.3 points (avg. €160.46) 23.09.: 88.1 points (avg. €160.09) 24.09.: 87.1 points (avg. €158.30) 25.09.: 87.5 points (avg. €159.13) 26.09.: 87.8 points (avg. €159.61) 27.09.: 88.0 points (avg. €160.03) 28.09.: 88.6 points (avg. €161.10) 29.09.: 88.5 points (avg. €160.80) 30.09.: 87.5 points (avg. €159.15) 01.10.: 87.2 points (avg. €158.55) 02.10.: 87.3 points (avg. €158.65) 03.10.: 87.1 points (avg. €158.34) 04.10.: 86.8 points (avg. €157.82) 05.10.: 86.7 points (avg. €157.63) 06.10.: 86.9 points (avg. €157.97) 07.10.: 86.8 points (avg. €157.87) 08.10.: 86.8 points (avg. €157.75) 09.10.: 86.3 points (avg. €156.87) 10.10.: 86.4 points (avg. €157.13) 11.10.: 86.3 points (avg. €156.89) 12.10.: 85.7 points (avg. €155.76) 13.10.: 85.8 points (avg. €155.92) 14.10.: 85.6 points (avg. €155.53) 15.10.: 85.4 points (avg. €155.29) 16.10.: 85.2 points (avg. €154.83) 17.10.: 85.0 points (avg. €154.46) 18.10.: 84.7 points (avg. €154.04) 19.10.: 84.5 points (avg. €153.55) 20.10.: 84.7 points (avg. €153.87) 21.10.: 84.4 points (avg. €153.48) 22.10.: 84.0 points (avg. €152.66) 23.10.: 83.8 points (avg. €152.34) 24.10.: 83.7 points (avg. €152.06) 25.10.: 83.5 points (avg. €151.73) 26.10.: 83.3 points (avg. €151.39) 27.10.: 83.1 points (avg. €151.13) 28.10.: 84.9 points (avg. €154.29) 29.10.: 84.8 points (avg. €154.15) 30.10.: 84.3 points (avg. €153.21) 31.10.: 83.9 points (avg. €152.49) 01.11.: 83.8 points (avg. €152.36) 02.11.: 82.2 points (avg. €149.43) 03.11.: 81.3 points (avg. €147.71) 04.11.: 81.1 points (avg. €147.38) 05.11.: 81.3 points (avg. €147.88) 06.11.: 81.2 points (avg. €147.60) 07.11.: 81.3 points (avg. €147.81) 08.11.: 80.7 points (avg. €146.62) 09.11.: 80.9 points (avg. €147.07) 10.11.: 81.0 points (avg. €147.18) 11.11.: 82.0 points (avg. €149.06) 12.11.: 82.0 points (avg. €149.07) 13.11.: 83.3 points (avg. €151.51) 14.11.: 83.0 points (avg. €150.84)
13.07.14.11.

High 100.0 · low 80.7 · base 100 = 13/07/2026. What is measured is the cheapest price across all 21 shops each time, without discount codes.

Why a fixed basket? Because otherwise every newly added premium racket would push the average up without any price having risen. The index is therefore still young – its significance grows with every measuring day, and we keep it going openly instead of claiming a longer history.

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Method & sources

¹ Courts, venues, federal states, indoor/outdoor: our own venue database (as of 15/11/2026) – each of the 774 venues compiled from public sources (DPV and regional association lists, booking platforms, OpenStreetMap, operator and club websites) and, where possible, checked against the operator’s, club’s or booking page. Playable venues; announced ones are counted separately (⁵). The court count is a lower bound: it adds up only the 745 venues with a documented number of courts (96.3 %); nothing is extrapolated for the rest. Indoor/outdoor is recorded per venue, and venues with both are shown separately. Court density = our own court count per 100,000 inhabitants, based on the official population figures of the Federal Statistical Office (as of 31 December 2025). Comparison figures: around 1,200 courts at approx. 300 locations according to the German Padel Association's statement to the Bundestag (March 2026); over 2,000 courts according to the FIP World Padel Report 2026 (as of September 2026); 89 courts in 2020 according to the Playtomic Global Padel Report 2024. ² Players: amateur estimate (October 2025) and 2024 licence count and gender split according to the FIP World Padel Report 2025; 2026 licence count, national squad and ranking tournaments according to the DPV's statement to the Bundestag (March 2026); league participation according to the German Padel Association, German Padel League; World Cup results according to the German Padel Association (women, men; November 2026). International comparison: courts, clubs and players worldwide according to the Playtomic Global Padel Report 2026 (with PwC Strategy&, data as of the end of 2025) and the FIP World Padel Report 2026 (as of August 2026). The two count differently: the FIP counts anyone who has played at least once in the past year as a player. Spain, spending, value added and jobs according to the FIP study “World Padel Impact 2026” (with OpenEconomics) in the same report. Tournaments: public tournament calendar of the DPV portal (GPS) and of RankedIn (GPT), future dates in Germany only; federal state assigned via the venue address, otherwise via the location in the tournament name. “Tournaments per 100 courts” combines this calendar with the court figures from ¹ (only federal states with at least 20 courts). ³ Prices & savings: cheapest and most expensive shop price per model from the product data of our 21 partner shops, updated automatically every day; the price gap (savings) only takes into account models with at least two genuine shop offers. Our own values are calculated live from the data sources on every page view. ⁴ Padel Price Index: fixed basket of 69 models that had a price on all 120 measuring days since 13/07/2026; for each model and day the cheapest price across all shops counts (without discount codes), base 100 on the first measuring day. Models without a continuous price series are left out so that new arrivals do not distort the index. ⁵ Announced venues & chains: our own editorial venue database (774 playable, 81 announced venues). Every entry is backed by a public source, wherever possible the operator’s or club’s own page; directory listings alone are not enough for us. Only what an operator itself or a local newspaper has named counts as “announced”, and a date is only counted if it is documented and has not yet passed. We recognise operator chains by the name of the venue, so the share is a lower bound.

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For venues and clubs we offer our Racket Finder as a widget: the guest answers a few questions and gets five matching rackets with an up-to-date price comparison – the same independent recommendation as here on the site, with no ads and no pre-selection by brand. Enter your name at halle= and it appears in the header: 

<iframe src="https://www.padelstand.de/en/schlaeger-finder/widget?halle=Your+club+name"
        width="100%" height="900" style="border:0;max-width:640px"
        title="Padel Racket Finder"
        loading="lazy"></iframe>
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The link below the iframe is part of it – it names the source for readers and search engines. With ?theme=dunkel there is a dark variant for dark sites. · Preview with your name and code to copy

Machine-readable: all figures in this report are also available as JSON and CSV – updated daily, usable under CC BY 4.0 with attribution “padelstand.de” and a link.