How It Works

Data Sources & Methodology

Playskan tracks the UK padel market through public data collection and proprietary modelling. Here's how we source, process, and present our data.

Data Sources

All of our insights are derived from publicly available data sources that we systematically monitor and refresh:

  • Public booking platform listings — publicly listed availability and pricing from major booking platforms used by UK padel clubs
  • Club websites and public listings — court counts, facility details, pricing structures, and operational information
  • UK planning portal data — planning applications, applicant and agent details, decision outcomes, and timelines

Revenue Estimates

We estimate court booking revenue by analysing publicly available booking and pricing data from clubs across the UK. These are estimates, not actual reported figures. Our model factors in:

  • Court utilisation — how often courts are booked during operating hours
  • Pricing data — hourly rates across peak and off-peak periods
  • Time normalisation — adjusting observed data to consistent monthly figures
  • Seasonal and day-of-week patterns — accounting for natural demand variation

For clubs where we observe publicly listed availability, revenue is estimated from observed utilisation patterns and listed pricing. For remaining clubs, we apply conservative estimates using each club's publicly listed court count with discounted occupancy and pricing assumptions.

Our estimates are conservative — actual revenues are typically higher due to ancillary income (coaching, equipment hire, food & beverage) not captured in court bookings alone.

Occupancy Rate

Occupancy measures how full courts are during operating hours — a key indicator of market demand:

Occupancy = Booked court-hours ÷ Available court-hours during operating times

We observe publicly listed availability across thousands of time slots to estimate occupancy, applying statistical weighting to ensure clubs with more comprehensive data contribute proportionally to the average. Our models also adjust for known events, maintenance periods, and seasonal closures.

Pricing Data

We collect publicly listed pricing information from booking platforms and club websites, building an hourly pricing schedule for each club:

Avg Price = time-weighted average across all hours in a club's pricing schedule, weighted by how often each rate occurs in a typical week (weekdays count more than weekends). For clubs with multiple court types, all hours are pooled equally.

Prices vary significantly by location (London clubs average 40% higher than regional clubs), court type (indoor vs outdoor), and time of day. Clubs without a pricing schedule fall back to their listed minimum price.

Planning Applications

We monitor UK public planning portals to identify padel-related applications across local authorities. Our system extracts:

  • Application status and decision outcomes (approved, pending, refused)
  • Planning agents and applicant organisations involved in padel developments
  • Geographic distribution and local authority coverage
  • Timeline data from submission to decision

Data Coverage & Limitations

Our occupancy and revenue estimates are based on publicly available data collected from clubs with publicly listed availability on booking platforms.

  • All data is sourced from publicly available listings — we do not access private or internal club systems
  • Coverage of UK clubs is comprehensive but not exhaustive. Clubs that may not be included at any given time include private or members-only clubs that do not list publicly, recently opened or pre-opening clubs we have not yet indexed, clubs that have closed or paused operations, and clubs whose public information is incomplete
  • The absence of a club from a report is not an indication that the club is not in operation — if you spot a missing club, let us know at hello@playskan.com and we will look at adding it
  • Revenue figures are estimates only, not actual reported revenues, and focus on court hire revenue — coaching, retail, and food & beverage income is excluded
  • Estimates are deliberately conservative; actual market revenues are likely higher
  • We are continuously expanding coverage by monitoring additional booking platforms and adding new clubs

Data Freshness

Booking availability and pricing data is refreshed automatically every few minutes. Aggregated insights (revenue estimates, occupancy rates, market reports) are recalculated on a regular schedule and updated with each site deployment.