💰 Premier League pulling further ahead as European football revenues surpass €30bn

These findings are based on research into fifteen seasons of revenue data and ten years of club valuations. The market has grown at an average annual rate of 6.2% since 2008-09, compared with 7.1% in the decade before the pandemic.

It recovered by 2021-22 from the 10% decline suffered in 2019-20. However, that growth has not been distributed equally.

The Premier League is the only competition to have increased its share of total European football revenue, rising from 21% to 26% between 2008-09 and 2023-24. Meanwhile, the other four major leagues have fallen behind, collectively seeing their share fall from 48% to 46%, while the rest of Europe's share declined from 31% to 28% - although both groups still more than doubled their revenues.

The combined revenue of the ten highest-earning clubsincreased 3.1-fold, from €2.702 billion to €8.370 billion between 2008-09 and 2024-25. Over the same period, the number of clubs generating more than €300 million in revenue rose from three to 17, while the number exceeding €200 million increased from eight to 33.

Real Madrid became the first club to generate more than €1 billion in revenue in 2023-24, followed by FC Barcelona in 2025-26.