UK FITNESS MARKET
TOTAL MARKET
The UK health and fitness industry continues to bounce back following the impact of Covid-19. Despite the number of gyms falling slightly, there are now more members than in 2022, while market value has reached an all-time high.
NO DATA 2020 & 2021 DUE TO COVID-19
2019 2022 2023
Gyms
6,998 0.9 %
7,239 7,063
Members
10.3 m 3.9 %
10.4 m 9.9 m
Market Value
£5.4 bn 11.5 %
£5.1 bn £4.8 bn
Penetration Rate
15.1%
15.6% 14.6%
In the 12 months to the end of March 2023, the total number of gyms in the UK fell to just under 7,000 (-0.9%). However, total UK membership is back over 10 million (+3.9%) and the penetration rate has once more surpassed 15%, without quite reaching 2019’s pre-Covid industry high. The industry market value has also soared, reaching an all-time high of £5.4 bn (+11.5%). In the 12 months to the end of March 2023, the % increases in member numbers and market value were greater in the private than in the public sector: +4.4% and +14.4% for the private sector versus +3% and +3.5% for the public sector. PureGym and GLL remain the UK’s leading private and public operators, respectively, by number of gyms.
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PureGym and The Gym Group are the only two operators to have added more than 10 gyms in the last 12 months, logging 45 and 23 respectively.
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STATE OF THE UK FITNESS INDUSTRY REPORT 2023
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