Premier League revenue hits £6.8bn in 2024/25, doubling La Liga and dwarfing Serie A

The Premier League generated £6.8bn in revenue during the 2024/25 season, an 8% year-on-year increase that more than doubles La Liga’s total and leaves every other major European league well behind, according to the Deloitte Annual Review of Football Finance. Matchday income surpassed £1bn for the first time, driven by rising ticket prices, expanded stadium capacity, and deeper runs by English clubs in UEFA competition.

Commercial revenue was the fastest-growing stream, climbing 13% to £2.4bn. The traditional ‘big six’ clubs accounted for 73% of that figure, underlining how concentrated the league’s commercial power remains at the top. Broadcast revenue grew more modestly, rising 2% to £3.4bn.

Deloitte projects the league’s total will exceed £7bn in 2025/26, citing the start of an uplifted broadcast rights cycle and the fact that three English clubs reached European finals that season.

The financial gap to rival leagues is stark. La Liga clubs reported €4.1bn (£3.5bn) in combined revenue for 2024/25 — just over half the Premier League’s total — with Real Madrid (€1.2bn) and Barcelona (€975m) accounting for 52% of the Spanish league’s aggregate on their own. Serie A clubs posted €3bn (£2.56bn), a 4% increase, with Juventus, Inter Milan and AC Milan making up 45% of that total. Ligue 1 fared worst among the big five, with aggregate revenue falling 15% to €2.2bn (£1.88bn) after a €0.4bn drop in commercial income that marginal matchday and broadcast growth could not offset.

Despite the Premier League’s headline revenue strength, the financial picture is not uniformly healthy. Pre-tax losses across Premier League clubs rose sharply from £135m in 2023/24 to £948m in 2024/25, a swing attributed to heavy transfer spending and the absence of the large one-off player sales that had flattered the prior year’s results. Net debt across the division edged up to £3.6bn from £3.5bn.

Across all five major European leagues combined, aggregate pre-tax losses reached €1.5bn (£1.28bn) in 2024/25, nearly double the €0.8bn recorded the previous season, pointing to an industry-wide cost pressure that record revenues have yet to resolve.