TOP 30 OPERATORS
PRIVATE SECTOR
■ The Gym Group, another key low-cost player, maintains its second-place position with 244 gyms. This reflects a net increase of 10 gyms (11 openings, one closure) compared to just four gyms added in the previous 12 months. ■ Completing the top three is mid-market franchise operator Anytime Fitness, which currently operates 177 clubs – a slight decline from 178 in 2024. It opened 12 clubs in the 12 months to 31 March 2025, but closed 13. ■ Collectively, these three operators account for 18% of all private sector gyms in the UK. ■ The top 10 operators account for 30% of all UK private sector clubs, while the top 30 represent 37%. ■ Snap Fitness and Foundry Gym (both franchises), Third Space (premium) and JD Gyms (low-cost – see interview, page 62) are the only other brands in the top 30 to have added four or more clubs since 2024, adding seven, seven, four and four clubs respectively. ■ Together, the top 30 operators account for 71% of all private sector members (5.49 million people) and account for £3.55bn of market value – 72% of total private sector value. ■ Notably, among the top 30 operators, the greatest net loss of clubs vs 2024 was just two sites.
Rank Operator
Clubs
Industry Partners
422
PureGym
1
244 177 110
2 The Gym Group
Anytime Fitness
3
4 Nuffield Health
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105
David Lloyd Clubs
5
98
6 Snap Fitness
93
7 JD Gyms*
66 60 54
8 Bannatyne †
9 Everlast Gyms
10 énergie Fitness
33
Village Gym
11
31
12 Virgin Active
25 22 22 21 19 17 15 14 14 13 13 11 11 10
13 Fitness First
14 YouFit
15 Spindles Health & Leisure
16 LivingWell
17 Jetts Fitness
18 Foundry Gym
Starter Packs
Merchandise
Uniform
Outreach
19 Total Fitness
20 Vital Health & Wellbeing
21 Delta
22 Third Space
23 Spirit
Top three operators: 2015–25
24 OneGym Fitness
500
2025 2024 2023 2022 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
25 HarSpa
26 Ultra Flex
†
9 9 8 8
400
27 24/7 Fitness
Referral
Retail
Stock holding
Business Gifts
28 Gymbox
29 Simply Gym
P81.co.uk
300
30 Buzz Gym
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* Includes one Simply Gym club acquired but still trading under the Simply Gym brand. † T he Bannatyne Group also operates one low-cost club under the Just Fitness brand.
200
■ PureGym has further reinforced its position as the UK’s #1 fitness operator by number of clubs and number of members. It reached a total of 422 gyms this year – a net gain of 43 over the past 12 months (46 openings, three closures) – this compares to a net gain of 34 clubs in 2023–24.
100
0
PureGym The Gym Group Anytime Fitness
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† 2022 figures include openings in 2020 and 2021.
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