POOL LOCATIONS
TOP 30 POOL OPERATORS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR
of the total UK population live within 2 miles of a private club with a swimming pool 54.4 %
Number of clubs with pool
Clubs with pool
Regional breakdown
Rank Operator
111
1 Nuffield Health
78
East Midlands
102
2 David Lloyd Clubs
119
Eastern
67
3 Bannatyne
147
London
43
4 Sports Direct Fitness
42
North East
33
5 Village Gym
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31
6 Virgin Active
147
North West
22
7 YouFit
15
Northern Ireland
21
8 Spindles Health & Leisure
122
Scotland
18
9 LivingWell
15
10 Total Fitness
224
South East
15
11 Delta
147
South West
14
12 Vital Health & Wellbeing
55
Wales
13
13 Fitness First
105
West Midlands
13
14 Spirit
9
15 HarSpa
82
Yorkshire & Humber
8
16 Juvenate Health & Leisure
8
17 Spa Naturel Fitness
■ In almost all areas of the UK, the number of private clubs with a pool was lower in 2024 than in 2023. ■ No area had more private clubs with pools in 2024 than in 2023. ■ However, the number did hold steady in the north-west and south-east of England.
7
18 Third Space
6
19 Gymetc.
6
20 Champneys
6
21 Club Moativation
■ Nuffield Health remains the UK’s #1 private sector swimming pool operator by number of clubs with pools. (See interview, page 90.) ■ David Lloyd Clubs, operating 102 clubs with a swimming pool, maintains second place. The premium chain has opened two clubs with pools in the last 12 months, but no longer operates its former club in Maidstone, leading to a net gain of +1 site. ■ Bannatyne completes the top three: it has 67 clubs with a swimming pool, one fewer than in 2023. Between them, the top 30 operators represent 47% of all UK private sector clubs with a swimming pool.
Regional clubs with a pool: 2023 / 2024
6
22 Rena Health & Leisure
300
2023
2024
5
23 Feel Good
5
24 Pace Health Club
224
224
200
4
25 Golds Gym
151
150
147
147
147
147
4
26 TruGym
124
124
122
119
107
105
4
27 Roko
100
86
82
79
78
58
55
4
28 De Vere
43
42
16
15
3
29 Choices Health Club
0
E. Mids Eastern London North East North West N. Ireland Scotland South East South West Wales
W. Mids Yorks & Humber
3
30 Reynolds Fitness
Counts refer to operational sites (temporarily closed sites are not included).
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