Padel news: UK padel participation more than doubled in 2025 as sport breaks into the mainstream
New UK data from Playtomic, the world’s largest racket-sports booking and community platform, reveals that participation in the sport more than doubled in 2025, underlining padel’s emergence as one of the UK’s fastest-scaling sports.
According to Playtomic’s UK platform data, the number of players booking courts rose from 76,695 in January 2025 to 172,564 by December, representing growth of approximately 125% across the calendar year.
Padel news: Pure Padel, Property+Padel host sellout networking event at flagship Manchester club
Property+Padel – the world’s leading corporate networking-meets-padel community – held its first event of 2026 for over 120 real estate and corporate professionals at the flagship Manchester venue of rapidly growing UK operator Pure Padel.
In what was the community’s sixth outing since the launch 18 months ago, the event marked Property+Padel’s first trip to the north of England, with the country’s most vibrant padel city, Manchester, playing host.