TOP 30 OPERATORS
PRIVATE SECTOR
John Owen Creative
■ Low-cost operator The Gym Group remains in second place with 234 clubs, having added net four clubs since last year’s report. It added 23 clubs in the previous year. For a summary of The Gym Group’s performance and projections, see page 88. ■ Mid-market franchise operator Anytime Fitness completes the top three. It has 178 clubs, up from 177 in 2023. See page 79 for an interview with UK chair Andy Thompson. ■ These three operators account for 17.5% of all private sector clubs in the UK. ■ The top 10 operators account for 30% of all UK private sector clubs; the top 30 account for 37%. ■ Low-cost operator JD Gyms, mid-market operator Snap Fitness and hotel-based Spindles are the only other chains in the top 30 to have added five or more clubs since 2023. They have added 10, five and five respectively. ■ Mid-market operators Fitness First (see interview, page 64), énergie Fitness and Sports Direct Fitness are the only chains in the top 30 to have five or more fewer clubs than in 2023: -11, -9 and -6 clubs respectively. ■ The top 30 operators account for 71% of private club members (5.2 million members) and 72% (£3.2bn) of private sector value. This is the first time they have passed the 5 million member and £3bn market value milestones.
Rank Operator
Clubs
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PureGym*
1
234
2 The Gym Group
178
3
Anytime Fitness
112
4 Nuffield Fitness & Wellbeing
102
David Lloyd Clubs
5
91
6 Snap Fitness 7 JD Gyms** 8 Bannatyne
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9 Sports Direct Fitness
10 énergie Fitness
11
The Village Gym
12 Virgin Active 13 Fitness First
14 YouFit
15 LivingWell
16 Spindles Health & Leisure
17 Jetts Fitness
18 Delta
19 Total Fitness
20 Vital Health & Wellbeing
21 Spirit
22 Foundry Gym
23 HarSpa
9 9 9 9 8 8 8
24 Third Space 25 24/7 Fitness
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400
26 GymBox
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27 OneGym Fitness
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28 Simply Gym 29 Ultra Flex 30 Juvenate
300
** Plus one further site in Tonbridge that is temporarily closed. ** Includes two Xercise4Less clubs and four Simply Gym clubs acquired but still trading under the Xercise4Less and Simply Gym brands.
200
■ PureGym further strengthens its position as the UK’s #1 fitness operator – by number of clubs and number of members – after reaching 379 clubs this year (plus one club in Tonbridge that is temporarily closed). The low-cost chain has added 34 clubs in the last 12 months (after 45 the previous year). See page 73 for further details.
100
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† 2022 figures include openings in 2020 and 2021.
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