Pure Gym and GLL have strengthened their positions as the UK’s leading private and public operators (by number of gyms and members). Pure Gym have become the first operator to reach 200 clubs and impressively passed the 1 million member mark earlier this year. GLL, with 194 gyms, are also likely to break the 200 milestone in the next year.
Read More2018 STATE OF THE UK FITNESS INDUSTRY REPORT - OUT NOW
The 2018 State of the UK Fitness Industry Report reveals that the UK health and fitness industry is continuing to strengthen. It has more gyms, more members and a greater market value than ever before. There are over 7,000 gyms in the UK for the first time, total membership is approaching 10 million and market value is just under £5 billion. The penetration rate remains at 14.9%, so 1 in every 7 people in the UK is a member of a gym.
Read MoreIs your fitness obsession driving you into debt?
If you want to work out in a walnut-floored boutique studio with an exclusive handful of classmates dripping in Lululemon finery, you must be prepared to pay for the privilege. And it seems that we are. Our fitness expenditure is spiralling, not just in terms of the amount paid for bespoke classes and personal trainers, but on the high-end clothing we wear to them, the £200 running shoes and the entry fees for ever more glamorous endurance challenges.
Read MoreHealth Club Management Handbook 2018
Dawn of a Golden Age
The Fitness Industry is thriving in the UK and with a golden age on the horizon, David Minton summarises the latest statistics from LeisureDB for the Health Club Management Handbook.
Read MoreCOMING SOON
The 2018 State of the UK Fitness Industry Report is due to be published in May!
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Read MoreProject Fitness UK 2018
The UK Fitness club market powers ahead as consumers embrace health and wellness.
Find out more in Project Fitness UK 2018, the definitive new report from Allegra Strategies.
Read More2017 STATE OF THE UK FITNESS INDUSTRY REPORT - OUT TODAY
The 2017 State of the UK Fitness Industry Report reveals that the UK health and fitness industry is continuing to grow. This growth is being primarily driven from the private sector, which has more clubs, more members and a greater market value than ever before.
There are now over 9.7 million fitness members in the UK which has boosted the penetration rate to an all-time high of 14.9%. 1 in every 7 people in the UK is a member of a gym.
Read MorePress Release: 2016 State of the UK Fitness Industry Report
The 2016 State of the UK Fitness Industry Report reveals that the UK health and fitness industry is continuing to grow. It has more clubs, more members and a greater market value than ever before.
Read More2015 State of the UK Fitness Industry Report Published Yesterday
The 2015 State of the UK Fitness Industry Report reveals that the UK health and fitness industry is in good health, it has more clubs, more members and a greater market value than ever before. 1 in every 8 people in the UK are members of a gym, an all-time penetration rate high of 13.7%.
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