POOL LOCATIONS
TOP 30 POOL OPERATORS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR
of the total UK population live within two miles of a private club with a swimming pool 54.2 %
Number of clubs with a pool
Clubs with a pool
Regional breakdown
Rank Operator
109
1 Nuffield Health
77
East Midlands
105
2 David Lloyd Clubs
118
Eastern
66
3 Bannatyne
150
London
45
4 Everlast Gyms
42
North East
33
5 Village Gym
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30
6 Virgin Active
146
North West
22
7 YouFit
15
Northern Ireland
22
8 Spindles Health & Leisure
119
Scotland
18
9 LivingWell
15
10 Total Fitness
223
South East
14
11 Vital Health & Wellbeing
147
South West
13
12 Delta
55
Wales
13
13 Spirit
103
West Midlands
12
14 Fitness First
10
15 Third Space
84
Yorkshire & Humber
10
16 HarSpa
8
17 Juvenate Health & Leisure
■ In almost all parts of the UK, the number of private sector clubs with a pool was lower in 2025 than in 2024. ■ Only in London and Yorkshire & the Humber were there more private clubs with pools at the end of March 2025 than at the same point in 2024. ■ The number held steady in the North East, Northern Ireland, South West and Wales.
8
18 Spa Naturel Fitness
7
19 The Club
6
20 Gymetc.
6
21 Champneys
■ Nuffield Health remains the UK’s #1 private sector swimming pool operator by number of clubs with pools. (See interview, page 96.) ■ David Lloyd Clubs, operating 105 clubs with a swimming pool, maintains second place. The premium chain has added three clubs with pools in the last 12 months. ■ Bannatyne completes the top three, operating 66 clubs with a swimming pool – one fewer than in 2024. Between them, the top 30 operators represent 48% of all UK private sector clubs with a swimming pool..
Regional clubs with a pool: 2024 / 2025
6
22 Rena Health & Leisure
300
2024
2025
5
23 Pace Health Club
5
24 Marriott
224
223
200
4
25 Golds Gym
150
147
147
147
147
146
4
26 De Vere
122
119
119
118
105
103
4
27 Feel Good
100
84
82
78
77
55
55
3
28 TruGym
42
42
15
15
3
29 Choices Health Club
0
E. Mids Eastern London North East North West N. Ireland Scotland South East South West Wales
W. Mids Yorks & Humber
3
30 Reynolds Fitness
Counts refer to operational sites (temporarily closed sites are not included).
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