Leisure DB State of the UK Fitness Industry Report 2023

TOP 10 OPERATORS

PRIVATE SECTOR

2022 Clubs

2023 Clubs

Rank Operator

1,328

Clubs

300 345

1 PureGym

207 230

2 The Gym Group

4.31 m

Members

176 177

3 Anytime Fitness

£2.33 bn

Market Value

114 114

4 Nuffield Fitness & Wellbeing

99 101

5 David Lloyd

£43.45

Average Fee

78 86

6 Snap Fitness

25%

Wet

75 79

7 JD Gyms*

69 68

8 Bannatyne

75%

Dry

68 64

9 Sports Direct Fitness

92

Average Stations

77 64

10 énergie Fitness

* Includes the 3 Xercise4Less clubs acquired but still trading under the Xercise4Less brand.

Top 10 Operators: Market Share

■ The top 10 operators account for 30% of all private clubs, but interestingly, over 60% of total private sector membership and almost 60% of private sector market value. ■ Combined member numbers for the top 10 are up by almost 290,000 (from 4.02 million in 2022 to 4.31 million in 2023) while their combined market value is up by over £415m (from £1.9bn in 2022 to £2.33bn in 2023). ■ Three of the low-cost operators feature in the top 10: PureGym, The Gym Group and JD Gyms. ■ Three of the franchise operators feature in the top 10: Anytime Fitness, énergie Fitness and Snap Fitness. ■ Across the top 10, since our 2022 report, 98 new-build clubs were opened and 17 clubs rebranded post-acquisition.

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Clubs

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Market Value

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STATE OF THE UK FITNESS INDUSTRY REPORT 2023

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