TOP 10 OPERATORS
PRIVATE SECTOR
Top 10 Operators: Clubs & Members
PureGym
1.5 m
1.25 m
The Gym Group
1 m
0.75 m
David Lloyd
JD Gyms
0.5 m
Nuffield
Anytime
Sports Direct
Bannatyne
0.25 m
énergie
Snap
0 m
0
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Number of clubs per operator
■ JD Gyms, The Gym Group and PureGym all charge under £25 a month on average. ■ JD Gyms has the highest average number of members per club (over 5,000), while the three franchise operators have the lowest; Anytime Fitness, énergie Fitness and Snap Fitness all have fewer than 2,000 members per club, on average. ■ Of note, PureGym’s average fee is +4.2% compared to 2022, and The Gym Group’s +8.5%; London locations will likely have influenced these figures. Anytime Fitness is +6.7% versus 2022.
■ PureGym, the UK’s #1 operator by number of clubs, also remains the leading operator by number of members, with almost 1.4 million members across 345 clubs. ■ The Gym Group has the second largest membership base (just under 900,000), followed by David Lloyd with over 450,000. énergie Fitness is the only operator in the top 10 to have fewer than 100,000 members. ■ David Lloyd has the highest average monthly membership fee (over £140), followed by Nuffield (over £80).
Top 10 Operators: Average Members & Average Membership Fee Per Club
6 k
JD Gyms
David Lloyd
5 k
PureGym
4 k
Nuffield
Sports Direct
3 k
The Gym Group
Bannatyne
2 k
énergie
Anytime
1 k
Snap
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Average membership fee per club
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STATE OF THE UK FITNESS INDUSTRY REPORT 2023
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