INDEPENDENTS & CHAINS
TOP 10 POOL OPERATORS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR
NO DATA 2020 & 2021 DUE TO COVID-19
Top 10 pool operators: Clubs with pools in 2022 / 2023 / 2024 / 2025
Independents & multi-club operators: Number of clubs with pools, 2015–2025
120
2022
2023
2024
2025
1,250
113
113
Multi-clubs
Independent Clubs
111
109
105
1,114
102
101
1,080
99
100
1,026
1,022
1,019
1,000
942
907
885
875
80
68
68
750
67
66
60
58
51
45
500
457
43
451
448
442
442
404
40
402
402
398
33
33
33
33
33
32
31
30
22
22
22
22
22
250
21
19
20
18
18
18
16
15
15
15
15
15
0
0
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2022
2023
2024
2025
Nuffield Health
David Lloyd Clubs
Banntayne Everlast Gyms
Village Gym Virgin Active YouFit
Spindles Health & Leisure
LivingWell
Total Fitness
INDEPENDENTS ■ The independent sector has seen a 1.5% growth in the number of clubs with a pool: up from 398 clubs in 2024 to 404 clubs in 2025. ■ The total number of pools has also risen slightly across this market segment, from 485 in 2024 to 494 in 2025 (+1.9%). ■ The average membership fee across the 404 clubs has increased by 5% (up from £72.40 in 2024 to £76.04 in 2025).
MULTI-CLUB OPERATORS
■ Everlast Gyms and Spindles Health & Leisure are the only other top 10 operators to operate more clubs in 2025 than in 2024. ■ Village Gym, YouFit, LivingWell and Total Fitness operate the same number of clubs with pool(s) as in 2024. ■ Nuffield Health (see page 96), Bannatyne and Virgin Active have fewer clubs with pools in 2025 than in 2024 (-2, -1 and -1 respectively).
■ Between them, the top 10 private sector pool operators opened just one brand new club with a pool in the 12 months to the end of March 2025. It was opened by David Lloyd Clubs in December 2024, in Bury St Edmunds. ■ David Lloyd Clubs has a net gain of +3 clubs with a pool, after rebranding two clubs in the last 12 months (The Shrewsbury Club and Wickwoods Country Club).
■ The multi-club sector has seen a 1.1% drop in the number of clubs with a pool, down from 885 in 2024 to 875 in 2025. ■ The total number of pools has also fallen across this market segment, from 1,128 in 2024 to 1,117 in 2025 (-1%). ■ The average membership fee across the 875 clubs has increased by 5.4% (up from £81.86 in 2024 to £86.24 in 2025).
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