The padel club business plan: a practical template
What to put in a padel club business plan that a bank or partner will take seriously - investment, revenue model, occupancy assumptions, costs and the path to payback.
A padel club is a real-estate-plus-operations business, and the plan that gets funded reads like one. You do not need fifty pages - you need honest numbers on five things: the investment, the revenue model, the occupancy you can defend, the running costs and the route to payback.
The investment
Land or rent, court kits, groundwork, lighting, clubhouse, and the software that runs it. A standard court runs roughly 15,000 to 30,000 EUR; a full club with four courts often lands between 150,000 and 500,000 EUR depending on indoor vs outdoor and finish. State your numbers and where they come from.
The revenue model
Show how each court earns: hourly bookings, memberships, credit packs, lessons, leagues, events and a cafe or shop. A single court at typical occupancy generates around 1,000 to 3,000 EUR per month - build your model up from that, not down from a wish.
The occupancy assumption
This is the number that makes or breaks the plan. Be explicit about utilisation by peak and off-peak, and show how you fill the daytime. A plan that quietly assumes full courts is not credible; one that shows how it fills them is.
The running costs
Rent or financing, staff, energy and lighting, maintenance, payment fees and software. Individually small, together they set the occupancy you need to break even.
The path to payback
Tie it together: investment, monthly contribution per court, and the realistic 12 to 24 month payback window. Stress-test it at lower occupancy so the reader trusts the upside.
Make the plan operational
A plan is only as good as your ability to run it. Show the system - bookings, pricing, memberships, member communication - that turns the assumptions into daily reality.
kortbase is that operating layer: the bookings, pricing, memberships and reporting that make a business plan's occupancy and revenue something you actually manage from day one.