OVERVIEW & TRENDS
UK POOL LOCATIONS
TOTAL MARKET
TOTAL MARKET
NO DATA 2020 & 2021 DUE TO COVID-19
UK sites with a swimming pool: 2010 – 2024
4000
Private clubs
Public centres
UK POOLS 2024
1725
1728
1719
1706
1701
1694 1698
Total sites with pools 2,896
3000
1694 1694 1702
1664 1646
1613
4,272
Total pools
2000
1549
1540
1534 1541
1532
1521
1475
1468
1464 1467
1344 1309
1283
1000
0
2010 2011
2012
2013
2014 2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2022
2023
2024
of the total UK population live within two miles of a swimming pool, compared to 83.1% in 2023. 82.8 %
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KEY STATS FOR 2024 ■ Across the UK, the total number of clubs/centres with a pool is down -2% since our 2023 report. ■ The number of pools is also down -1.8% vs 2023. ■ At the end of March 2024, there were 2,896 sites with pools across the UK, accounting for a total of 4,272 pools; some locations have multiple pools. ■ Of this total, the public sector operates 1,613 pools and the private sector 1,283. ■ GLL and Nuffield Health remain the UK’s leading public and private operators, respectively. ■ Leisure trust GLL (see page 44), leads the way in the public sector with 140 centres with a pool, with Everyone Active (page 54) in a close second place.
■ Nuffield Health is #1 in the private sector, operating 111 clubs with a swimming pool. (See interview, page 90.) ■ Everyone Active (SLM) and Freedom Leisure (see energy case study, page 80) are the only two top-ranking operators to have added five or more sites with a swimming pool in the last 12 months, logging 10 and five respectively. ■ Trusts dominate in the public sector, managing 50% of all UK pools; in Scotland the figure is 71%. ■ In the 12 months to the end of March 2024, the average pay-per-swim fee increased by 7.1% to £5.59.
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STATE OF THE UK FITNESS INDUSTRY REPORT 2023 STATE OF THE UK SWIMMING INDUSTRY REPORT 2024
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STATE OF THE UK SWIMMING INDUSTRY REPORT 2024
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