TOP 30 OPERATORS
PRIVATE SECTOR
Rank Operator
Clubs
Top 3 Operators: 2015 - 23
345
1 PureGym
230
2 The Gym Group
400
2023
177
3 Anytime Fitness
†
2022
2019
114
4 Nuffield Fitness & Wellbeing
2018
101
5 David Lloyd
2017
300
2016
86
6 Snap Fitness
2015
79
7 JD Gyms*
68
8 Bannatyne
200
64
9 Sports Direct Fitness
64
10 énergie Fitness
38
11 Fitness First
100
34
12 Virgin Active
33
13 The VIllage Gym
22
14 YouFit
22
15 LivingWell
0
PureGym The Gym Group Anytime Fitness
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16 Delta
† 2022 figures include openings in 2020 and 2021.
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17 Spindles Health & Leisure
■ PureGym further strengthens its position as the UK’s #1 fitness operator – by number of clubs and number of members – after reaching 345 clubs this year. The low-cost chain has added 45 clubs in the last 12 months (and 70 the previous year). ■ Low-cost operator The Gym Group remains in second place with 230 clubs, having added 23 clubs since last year’s report. ■ Mid-market franchise operator Anytime Fitness completes the top three. It has 177 clubs – up from 176 in 2022. ■ These three operators account for 17% of all private sector clubs in the UK. ■ The top 10 operators account for 30% of all UK private sector clubs; the top 30 represent 37%. ■ Mid-market operator Snap Fitness is the only other chain in the top 30 to have added more than five clubs since 2022. It has added eight clubs. ■ The top 30 operators account for 71% of private club members (4.9 million members) and 72% (£2.9 bn) of private sector value.
15
18 Total Fitness
14
19 Vital Health & Wellbeing
13
20 Spirit
12
21 Jetts Fitness
10
22 24/7 Fitness
10
23 GymBox
10
24 HarSpa
9
25 Fitness4Less
9
26 Foundry Gym
9
27 Fitness Space
8
28 Simply Gym
8
29 Third Space
8
30 OneGym Fitness
* Includes the 3 Xercise4Less clubs acquired but still trading under the Xercise4Less brand.
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STATE OF THE UK FITNESS INDUSTRY REPORT 2023
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