TOP 10 OPERATORS
TOP 10 OPERATORS
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR
NO DATA 2020 & 2021 DUE TO COVID-19
2023 gyms
2024 gyms
Rank Operator
Top 10 operators: Total gyms in 2019 / 2022 / 2023 / 2024
742
191 195
1 GLL
Gyms
2019
2022
2023
2024
250
163 175
2 SLM (Everyone Active)
1.3 m
Members
95
97
3 Freedom Leisure
203
200
195
591 m
Market value
77
70
4 Places Leisure
191
191
175
62
54
5 Parkwood Leisure
163
161
£36.06
Average fee
150
36 38
6 YMCA
143
70%
Wet
36 34
7 Serco Leisure
43
34
8 Fusion Lifestyle
100
97
95
95
93
30%
Dry
82
77
77
23
24
9 High Life Highland
70
64
62
62
60
65
Average stations
54
21
21
10 Halo Leisure
50
48
44
43
43
39
38
37
36
36
34
34
24
23
23
22
21
21
20
18
0
Market shares: Top 10 operators
■ The top 10 operators account for 30% of all public sector gyms, 38% of public sector members and 41% of public sector market value. ■ In the last 12 months, the top 10 operators have seen a drop in their combined gym count. They now have five fewer gyms between them (-0.7% vs 2023). ■ The total number of members across the top 10 operators has risen by 75,000 (+6.2%) and the combined market value by £63m (+11.9%). ■ GLL remains the UK’s leading fitness operator in the public sector by number of gyms, with 195 gyms. (See interview, page 111.) ■ SLM (Everyone Active), with 175 gyms, remains in second place. (See interview, page 120.) ■ Freedom Leisure completes the top three operators, with 97 gyms. ■ The top three operators account for 19% of all public sector gyms in the UK. The top 10 account for 30%.
GLL
SLM (Everyone Active)
Freedom Leisure
Places Leisure
Parkwood Leisure
YMCA
Serco Leisure
Fusion Lifestyle
High Life Highland
Halo Leisure
50
■ GLL, the leading UK public sector operator, operates four more gyms than it did in 2023 (see page 111). ■ SLM (Everyone Active) – the only other public sector operator to operate over 100 centres – has gained 12 gyms since 2023 (see page 120). ■ Freedom Leisure, YMCA and High Life Highland are the only other operators in the top 10 that operate more gyms in 2024 than in 2023 (+2, +2 and +1 respectively). ■ The top 10 operators are the same as in 2023.
40
41%
38%
30
30%
20
Only five of the top 10 public sector operators have more gyms in 2024 than they did in 2023
10
0
Gyms
Members
Market value
116
117
STATE OF THE UK FITNESS INDUSTRY REPORT 2024
STATE OF THE UK FITNESS INDUSTRY REPORT 2024
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