Padel club calculator: what utilisation do you need to break even? Free, private

Your padel club

Number of padel courts

Open hours on a weekday

Open hours on a weekend day

Peak share of open hours (evenings, weekends), %

Peak hours booked, % of peak court-hours

Off-peak hours booked, % of off-peak court-hours

Peak price per court-hour, dollars

Off-peak price per court-hour, dollars

Share of booked hours paid by members, %

Member discount on the court price, %

Card and booking-app fees, % of revenue

Players per booked court-hour (1 to 4)

Food and drink spend per player, dollars

Food and drink cost of goods, % of sales

Pro-shop sales per booked court-hour, dollars

Pro-shop gross margin, %

Other cost per booked hour (balls, cleaning, lighting), dollars

Coaching lessons per week

Lesson price, dollars

Coach share of lesson fees, %

Paid staff hours per week (front desk, bar, cleaning)

Average hourly wage, dollars

Payroll tax, workers' comp and benefits, % of wages

Rent per month, dollars

Utilities per month, dollars

Insurance per year, dollars

Marketing per month, dollars

Manager or your own draw per month, dollars

Other fixed costs per month (booking software, repairs, licences), dollars

Cost per court installed (structure, turf, glass, lighting), dollars

Building fit-out (HVAC, floor prep, restrooms, fire, electrical), dollars

Clubhouse, bar and front-desk equipment, dollars

Launch cost: licences, legal, branding, first marketing, dollars

Lease deposit, months of rent

Contingency on courts, fit-out, clubhouse and launch, %

Bookings in month 1, % of full demand

Months to reach full demand

Loan as % of startup cost (0 for all cash)

Loan interest rate, %

Loan term, years

Target operating margin, %

Fill in your club, then click Work out the club. The number of courts, opening hours and a peak price are required; the rest default to zero or the neutral choice.

Result

If bookings run above or below plan

Versus plan	Booked court-hours per week	Utilisation	Profit per month	Margin	Cash after loan

If you charge more or less

Court and lesson price change	Profit per month	Margin	Cash after loan

If wages rise or fall

Wage change	Profit per month	Margin	Cash after loan

Year by year, first five years

Year	Operating profit	Cash after loan

What it does, and what it leaves to you

Hours: courts × (weekday hours × 5 + weekend hours × 2) = open court-hours a week, split into peak and off-peak by your peak share; booked hours = open hours × the share booked in each period. A month is 52 ÷ 12 weeks.
Revenue: booked peak hours × peak price plus booked off-peak hours × off-peak price, less the member discount on the members' share, plus lessons × lesson price, plus food and drink and pro-shop sales per booked hour, less card and booking-app fees as a share of all revenue.
Variable cost: food and drink cost of goods, pro-shop cost, other cost per booked hour, and the coach share of lesson fees. Fixed: paid staff hours × wage × (1 + payroll load), rent, utilities, insurance, marketing, manager and other costs.
Break-even: lessons and bookings move together, so profit is a straight line in bookings until the busier period is full; break-even is fixed cost divided by what planned bookings contribute, and it is only reported if the courts can hold that many hours. Startup: courts, fit-out, clubhouse, deposit, launch and contingency; the loan is a share of that on level payments. Ramp-up runs sixty months with bookings climbing in a straight line from the month-1 figure; payback is the first month cumulative cash covers your equity.
Not decided: whether your catchment can fill the hours; seasonality, weather and school-term swings; planning and zoning, building and fire code, noise, ceiling-height and court-dimension requirements, floodlighting, accessibility, food and alcohol licensing and coach qualifications; insurance terms; income tax and depreciation; and what a lender will offer.

Common questions

How much profit does a padel club make?

It depends on how many court-hours are booked, what peak and off-peak hours sell for, and what staff, rent and insurance cost. Enter your own figures; the page works out revenue after fees, food and drink, coach share and fixed costs, then monthly profit and margin at planned bookings.

What utilisation does a padel club need to break even?

Two figures are shown: the share of open court-hours that must be booked to cover operating costs, and the higher share that also covers the loan. Below the point where the busier period is full, profit is a straight line in bookings, so both are exact for your inputs. If a break-even would need more hours than the courts hold, the page says it cannot be reached.

How much does it cost to build a padel club?

The page adds a cost per court, building fit-out, clubhouse and equipment, a lease deposit, launch cost and a contingency. Every one is your own figure; the page does not assume a benchmark cost.

How much do lessons and food and drink add?

Lessons are entered with a coach share, so only your cut counts as profit. Food and drink are driven by booked hours times players per hour times spend per player, less cost of goods. Both scale with bookings in this model.

Does this tell me whether a padel club will succeed?

No. It works only from your figures. It does not know how many players live near the site, what competing clubs charge, or whether your site can be permitted. Check zoning, building and fire codes, noise limits and insurance first.

Is my data uploaded anywhere?

No. Everything is calculated in your browser and nothing is sent; a test in the code asserts there are no network calls.