TOP 10 OPERATORS
TOP 10 OPERATORS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR
2024 clubs
2025 clubs
Top 10 operators: Number of clubs, 2022–25
Rank
Operator
1,429
450
Clubs
379 422
1
PureGym
422
2022
2023
2024
2025
*
400
234 244
2 The Gym Group
379
4.79 m
Members
345
350
178 177
3 Anytime Fitness
300
300
£2.9 bn
Market value
112 110
4 Nuffield Health
250
244
234
230
207
102 105
5 David Lloyd Clubs
200
£47.80
Average fee
178
177
177
176
150
91 98
6 Snap Fitness
114
114
112
110
105
102
101
99
98
*
23%
100
93
Wet
91
89
86
89 93
7 JD Gyms*
79
78
77
75
†
69
68
68
67
66
64
64
60
58
55
54
50
67 66
8 Bannatyne †
77%
Dry
0
PureGym Gym Group Anytime
Nuffield David Lloyd Clubs Snap
JD Gyms
Bannatyne Everlast Gyms énergie
58 60
9 Everlast Gyms
* Includes one Simply Gym club acquired but still trading under the Simply Gym brand. † The Bannatyne Group also operates one low-cost club under the Just Fitness brand.
92
Average stations
55 54
10 énergie Fitness
* Includes one Simply Gym club acquired but still trading under the Simply Gym brand. † The Bannatyne Group also operates one low-cost club under the Just Fitness brand.
■ Conversely, Nuffield Health (-2 – see interview, page 50), Anytime Fitness (-1), Bannatyne (-1 – see interview, page 78) and énergie Fitness (-1) have each seen a slight reduction in number of clubs. ■ The top 10 operators remain unchanged from 2024, with no shifts in ranking.
■ PureGym, the UK’s largest fitness operator, has added 43 clubs since our 2024 report – the most significant growth of any operator in the sector. ■ Other top 10 operators with net growth in their estates over the last 12 months are The Gym Group (+10), Snap Fitness (+7), JD Gyms (+4), David Lloyd Clubs (+3) and Everlast Gyms (+2).
Market shares: Top 10 operators
■ The top 10 operators account for 30% of all private sector clubs, but over 62% of total private sector membership and almost 60% of private sector market value. ■ In the last 12 months, these 10 operators have increased their combined club count by a net total of 64 clubs (+4.7%). ■ Combined membership for the top 10 operators has grown by more than 230,000, rising from 4.56 million in 2024 to 4.79 million in 2025. ■ The combined value of the top 10 operators is up by an impressive £315m, growing from £2.58bn in 2024 to £2.9bn in 2025. ■ Among the top 10 operators are three prominent low-cost brands – PureGym, The Gym Group and JD Gyms (see interview, page 62) – and three major franchise operators: Anytime Fitness, énergie Fitness and Snap Fitness. ■ Between them, the top 10 operators have opened 76 brand new clubs since our 2024 report.
70
60
62%
59%
Average fees per club: Top 10 operators
50
Operator
Average fee
£167.52
David Lloyd Clubs
40
£94.75
Nuffield Health
■ JD Gyms (see interview, page 62), PureGym and The Gym Group all charge under £27.50 a month on average, with almost 60% of clubs across both PureGym and The Gym Group estates still priced below £25 a month. ■ David Lloyd Clubs has the highest average monthly membership fee (over £165), followed by Nuffield Health (see interview, page 50) at around £95. ■ Of note, among the top three operators, PureGym’s average fee has risen by 2.5% since 2024. The Gym Group’s has increased by 5.2% and Anytime Fitness’s by 5%.
£69.20
Bannatyne
30
30%
£47.21
Anytime Fitness
£41.17
Everlast Gyms
20
£36.89
Snap Fitness
£31.20
énergie Fitness
10
£26.94
JD Gyms
£26.03
PureGym
0
Clubs
Members
Market value
£25.06
The Gym Group
84
85
STATE OF THE UK FITNESS INDUSTRY REPORT 2025
STATE OF THE UK FITNESS INDUSTRY REPORT 2025
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