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Two players on a padel court cut into palm shade
The Nautilus, Maldives

Padel clubs: the boom, and the arithmetic underneath it

30 September 2026

Four courts, €420k, and a business that only works if you can fill Tuesday at 11am. The occupancy curve nobody publishes.

£420,000To start, 4 courts
28.0%Net margin
40 monthsPayback
8Owner's week

Padel is the fastest-growing sport in Europe and one of the most reliably over-modelled businesses we have looked at. The revenue line is simple and the trap is in one number: the share of court hours that are not evenings and weekends.

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