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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50%
40%
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Clubs
Members
Market Value
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STATE OF THE UK FITNESS INDUSTRY REPORT 2023
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