Read for Free: 2024 State of the UK Fitness Industry Report

TOP 10 OPERATORS

TOP 10 OPERATORS

PRIVATE SECTOR

PRIVATE SECTOR

NO DATA 2020 & 2021 DUE TO COVID-19

2023 clubs

2024 clubs

Rank

Operator

Top 10 operators: Total clubs in 2019 / 2022 / 2023 / 2024

1,365

Clubs

345 379

PureGym*

1

400

230 234

2 The Gym Group

*

379

2019

2022

2023

2024

4.56 m

Members

350

345

177 178

3 Anytime Fitness

Nuffield Fitness & Wellbeing

£2.58 bn

300

Market value

300

114 112

4

101 102

5

David Lloyd Clubs

250

234

£45.52

Average fee

230

230

207

86 91

6 Snap Fitness

200

178

177

176

24%

Wet

160

159

79 89

7 JD Gyms**

150

114

114

112

112

68 67

8 Bannatyne

102

101

99

99

76%

100

Dry

91

89

86

80

79

78

77

75

72

69

68

68

67

65

64

64

64 58

9 Sports Direct Fitness

58

55

50

34

93

Average stations

24

64 55

10 énergie Fitness

0

PureGym Gym Group Anytime

Nuffield David Lloyd

Snap

JD Gyms

Bannatyne Sports Direct

énergie

* Plus one temporarily closed club in Tonbridge. ** Includes six clubs acquired but still trading under the Xercise4Less (two) and Simply Gym (four) brands.

* Plus one further site in Tonbridge that is temporarily closed.

Market shares: Top 10 operators

■ PureGym (see page 73), the UK’s largest fitness operator, has added 34 clubs since 2023 – the biggest growth of any operator. ■ JD Gyms (+10 clubs), Snap Fitness (+5), The Gym Group (+4 – see page 88), Anytime Fitness (+1 – see page 79) and David Lloyd (+1) are the only other top 10 operators to operate more gyms in 2024 than in 2023. ■ The top 10 operators are the same as in 2023, and there has been no change in ranking. ■ énergie Fitness, Sports Direct Fitness, Nuffield Fitness & Wellbeing and Bannatyne have fewer clubs than in 2023 (-9, -6, -2 and -1 respectively).

■ The top 10 operators account for 30% of all private clubs, but over 60% of total private sector membership and almost 60% of private sector market value. ■ In the last 12 months, the top 10 operators have increased their combined club count by 37 clubs (+2.8%). ■ Combined member numbers for the top 10 operators are up by almost 250,000, from 4.31 million in 2023 to 4.56 million in 2024. ■ The combined market value of the top 10 operators is up by over £250m, from £2.33bn in 2023 to £2.58bn in 2024. ■ Three low-cost operators feature in the top 10: PureGym, The Gym Group and JD Gyms. ■ Three franchise operators feature in the top 10: Anytime Fitness, énergie Fitness and Snap Fitness. ■ Between them, the top 10 operators have opened 65 new-build clubs since our 2023 report, while seven clubs have been rebranded following acquisition.

70

60

62%

58%

50

40

30

PureGym, the UK’s largest fitness operator, has added 34 clubs since 2023 – the biggest growth of any operator

30%

20

10

0

Clubs

Members

Market value

70 

71

STATE OF THE UK FITNESS INDUSTRY REPORT 2024

STATE OF THE UK FITNESS INDUSTRY REPORT 2024

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