Leisure DB State of the UK Swimming Industry Report 2023

TOP 10 POOL OPERATORS

PUBLIC SECTOR

NO DATA 2020 & 2021 DUE TO COVID-19

Top 10 pool operators: Total centres with pools in 2019 / 2022 / 2023

150 146

2019

2022

2023

136

129

128

126

115

100

76

68

68

62

61

58

51

50

47

47

46

42

40

35

26

26

16

16

16

16

15

14

14

13

7

0

GLL

SLM Freedom Leisure

Places Leisure

Parkwood Leisure

Fusion Lifestyle

Serco Leisure

High Life Highland

Wiltshire Council

Leeds City Council

■ GLL operates seven more centres with pools in 2023 than it did in 2022 – the biggest growth of any public sector operator. ■ SLM (Everyone Active) – the only other public sector operator to operate over 100 centres with pools – has lost two centres with a pool since 2022. ■ Places Leisure (+1) and Leeds City Council (+1) are the only other top 10 operators to operate more pools in 2023 than in 2022. ■ Freedom Leisure, Parkwood Leisure, Serco Leisure and High Life Highland operate the same number of centres with a pool in 2023 as in 2022. ■ Fusion Lifestyle and Wiltshire Council have fewer centres with pools than in 2022 (-2 and -1 respectively).

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STATE OF THE UK SWIMMING INDUSTRY REPORT 2023

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