List of Gyms in the UK

Last updated 2 November 2026

There are 19,857 gyms in the UK, one in every 445 UK companies. Most of them are small: nine in ten have one to four people, and only 142 firms employ 50 people or more. Three in five of all gyms are based in London, South East, North West, East of England and Scotland. Below you find the largest gyms in the UK, the regions where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our UK company database or through the Companies House API.

19,857 companies indexed · Data counted on 2 November 2026

Companies19,8571 in445 UK companiesRegions12Largest regionLondon 3,465Sole traders5%Employees1-4 (90%)Revenue< $100K (62%)Email30%Phone26%Website44%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Pure Gym LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Penraevon Industrial Estate	Town Centre House	Leeds, West Yorkshire	LS2 8LY	*****.com	2008	$613,147,161	4,067	Corporation	587	06690189
2	The Gym LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Battersea	2nd Floor, Arding & Hobbs	London	SW11 1QN	N/A	2005	$323,899,352	1,924	Corporation	14	05659669
3	Gym Midco 2 LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Penraevon Industrial Estate	C/o Pure Gym Limited, Town Centre House	Leeds, West Yorkshire	LS2 8LY	N/A	2013	$228,730,507	676	Corporation	587	08512273
4	The Bannatyne Group LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Darlington	Power House	Darlington	DL1 1ST	*****.uk	2015	$208,926,324	2,789	Corporation	78	09618868
5	Bannatyne Fitness LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Darlington	Power House	Darlington	DL1 1ST	*****.uk	1996	$194,072,451	2,565	Corporation	78	03287770
6	Virgin Active LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Monument-aldgate-fenchurch Street-tower Hill	Ocean House	London	EC4V 2AR	*****.uk	1997	$165,343,763	2,144	Corporation	144	03448441
7	Jd Sports Gyms LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Unsworth	Hollins Brook Way	Manchester, Greater Manchester	BL9 8RR	*****.uk	2013	$151,800,865	1,203	Corporation	3272	08770057
8	Slm Fitness & Health LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Hinckley	2 Watling Drive	Leicestershire	LE10 3EY	*****.com	1988	$148,951,259	865	Corporation	16	03813612
9	Feet2beat Community Interest Company	Unitedkingdom	Scunthorpe	Plot 17 Nostell Road	North Lincolnshire	DN16 1DL	N/A	2024	$102,822,153	265	Corporation	N/A	15911437
10	Champneys Henlow LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Holborn	16 Great Queen Street	London	WC2B 5AH	*****.com	1977	$75,844,189	1,089	Corporation	8	01297142
11	Maddox Holdings LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Wigan	Whelco Place, Enfield Industrial	Manchester, Greater Manchester	WN5 8DB	N/A	2019	$48,599,459	437	Corporation	20	12005947
12	Fitness First Clubs LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Wigan	Whelco Place	Manchester, Greater Manchester	WN5 8DB	*****.uk	1996	$48,599,459	406	Corporation	20	03207791
13	9999 Dw Estates LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Shirebrook	Unit A Brook Park East	Derbyshire	NG20 8RY	N/A	2019	$46,373,883	471	Corporation	1762	12298794
14	Curves International	Unitedkingdom	Catherington	Redshank Road	Hampshire	PO8 9EG	*****.uk	2011	$46,198,104	1,200		N/A	N/A
15	Gower College Swansea Sports Centre	Unitedkingdom	Sketty	Tycoch Road	Swansea	SA2 9EB	*****.uk	2011	$38,498,420	1,000	Proprietorship	N/A	N/A
16	Gravity Fitness LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Castleford	Xscape	Wakefield, West Yorkshire	WF10 4TA	*****.com	2014	$38,235,375	718	Corporation	12	08880970
17	National Football Centre LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Wembley	Wembley Stadium	London	HA9 0WS	*****.com	1990	$37,324,989	252	Corporation	8	02523346
18	Nirvana SPA & Leisure LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Winnersh	Mole Road	Wokingham	RG41 5DJ	*****.uk	1971	$36,042,655	439	Corporation	N/A	01016625
19	Sparring Partners LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Dulwich	Unit 7	London	SE1 6TJ	*****.com	2001	$34,543,449	633	Corporation	86	04204345
20	Utopia Leisure LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Wilmington	Rowhill Grange	Kent	DA2 7QH	*****.uk	1994	$32,142,096	469	Corporation	3	02942989
21	Ymca Robin Hood Group	Unitedkingdom	Nottingham	16 St. James'S Street	Nottingham	NG1 6FG	*****.com	1936	$32,042,216	349	Corporation	4	00310342
22	Fitness 24 Gym & Health Club	Unitedkingdom	Bridgemary	Unit 5 Oakland Office Park	Hampshire	PO13 0GY	*****.uk	2011	$30,581,385	800	Proprietorship	N/A	N/A
23	Gym Bidco LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Penraevon Industrial Estate	C/o Pure Gym Limited, Town Centre House	Leeds, West Yorkshire	LS2 8LY	N/A	2013	$27,137,280	27	Corporation	587	08507812
24	Equinox Fitness Holdings UK LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Monument-aldgate-fenchurch Street-tower Hill	5 New Street Square	London	EC4A 3TW	N/A	2016	$26,332,291	193	Corporation	287	10256500
25	Up Fitness LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Moss Nook	Acresfield	Manchester, Greater Manchester	M2 7HA	*****.uk	2007	$26,211,380	201	Corporation	15	06279529

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Where in the UK?

London has the most gyms in the UK (3,465), ahead of South East (2,855), North West (2,383), East of England (1,930) and Scotland (1,629). Together the five hold three in five of them. Relative to their size, Northern Ireland, North East and Scotland have the most: 1.2 to 1.3 times the national share.

Regions by number of firms

12 UK regions have at least one gym; 12 have ten or more; 0 have exactly one. Click a region to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Gyms per 100 companies, in regions with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.22. Northern Ireland has 1.3 times the national share.

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Dashed line: the national share. A filled dot is twice the national share or more.

Largest gyms in the UK

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in London, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Pure Gym is the largest gym in the UK by headcount. 142 firms employ 50 people or more; 60 employ 100 or more.

1Leeds4,067 staff
2London2,144 staff
3London1,924 staff
4London1,719 staff
5Manchester1,203 staff
6Hampshire1,200 staff
7Swansea1,000 staff
8Leicestershire865 staff
9Hampshire800 staff
10Wakefield718 staff

By employee size · 19,161 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	17,171	90%
5-9	1,213	6%
10-19	439	2%
20-49	196	1%
50-99	82	0.4%
100-199	29	0.2%
200-499	22	0.1%
500-999	2	<0.1%
1,000+	7	<0.1%

90% have 1 to 4 people; 196 have 20 to 49; 142 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	11,850	62%
$100K-$500K	6,536	34%
$500K-$1M	380	2%
$1M-$5M	250	1%
$5M-$10M	38	0.2%
$10M-$50M	37	0.2%
$50M-$100M	1	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	8	<0.1%
$500M+	1	<0.1%

62% under $100,000; 250 between $1M and $5M; 85 above $5M.

Firm sizes in the UK

Of the 19,161 UK gyms with a known headcount, 17,171 (90%) have one to four people, 1,213 have five to nine, 635 have ten to 49 and 142 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (11,850, 62%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all UK companies

Micro under 1018,384 96%
Small 10 to 49635 3%
Medium 50 to 249133 0.7%
Large 250+9 <0.1%

Grey line: the share among all UK companies (93% have under ten staff).

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 47 more than $10 million.

1,943

firms were entered in 2026.

Gyms in London

London has 3,465 gyms, 0.2% of all 1,945,804 London companies and 21% below the national share. Nine in ten London firms have fewer than five people; 39 have 50 or more. 375 new firms were entered in 2026, 34 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 2,949 · 89%
5-9: 183 · 6%
10-19: 85 · 3%
20-49: 48 · 1%
50+: 39 · 1%

Legal form

Sole traders: 118 · 3%
Partnerships: 17 · 0.5%
Ltd and PLC: 2,586 · 75%
Other or none: 744 · 21%

Of the UK total: 17.4%
Of all London companies: 0.2%
Against the national share: 0.8×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 375
Entered 2025: 548
Of UK's 2026 entries: 19.3%

Old

Before 1990: 34 · 1.0%
1990 or later: 3,431 · 99%
Of UK's pre-1990 firms: 22.1%

Reachable

Email: 966 · 28%
Phone: 933 · 27%
Website: 1,431 · 41%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 1,951 · 59%
$100K-$500K: 1,147 · 35%
$500K-$1M: 93 · 3%
$1M and more: 105 · 3%

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Gyms in the UK

19,857

2 November 2026

There are 19,857 gyms in the UK in our data (2 November 2026). That is one in every 445 UK companies. About 9 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (1,943 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 18,831 95%
Head offices: 272
Branch offices: 754

Classification

Our platform filter is the national code 93130.

14,360 of the 19,857 are Ltd and PLC (72%); 1,090 are sole traders. They come from Companies House and our UK register data, through the Companies House API.

Newcomers in the UK in 2026

1,943 gyms were entered in the UK register so far in 2026, about 9 a working day, after 3,064 in 2025. The UK as a whole saw 534,395 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.4% of the inflow.

1,1452022
1,6602023
1,9962024
3,0642025
1,9432026 so far

1,685 of this year's 1,943 are Ltd and PLC.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Oxfordshire4 staff
2Manchester4 staff
3Somerset4 staff
4Derbyshire4 staff
5City of Edinburgh3 staff

Sole traders or Ltd: how they are organised

One in eighteen UK gyms work as sole traders, against 7% of all UK companies. Seven in ten are Ltd and PLC.

Sole traders1,0905%
Partnerships (partnerships and LLPs)1620.8%
Ltd and PLC14,36072%
No form on record or other4,24521%

Single-site: 95%
Head offices: 272
Branches: 754

All UK companies: 7% sole traders, 3% partnerships, 62% Ltd and PLC.

How reachable are they?

Gyms are easier to reach than the average UK company: 26% list a phone number and 44% a website.

Email5,986 30%
Phone5,255 26%
Website8,831 44%

Grey line: all UK companies (email 15%, phone 30%, website 30%).

The full list with these fields is in our UK company database.

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 26 gyms for every one of the bowling alleys in the UK.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Theaters	24,709	25%	94%
Gyms	19,857	44%	86%
Dance Studios	13,657	46%	92%
Casinos	9,249	83%	20%
Amusement Parks	2,747	56%	69%
Bowling Alleys	768	95%	63%

In other countries

The UK has more gyms than Sweden or Belgium, and more per company than either.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The UK	19,857	2.2
Sweden	2,391	1.3
Belgium	1,985	0.8

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The oldest firms in the UK

Our data holds 5 UK gyms from before 1900, 22 from before 1950 and 154 from before 1990.

1872
1. Glasgow City
1876
1. Glasgow City
1878
1. Devon
1881
1. London
1898
1. Sandwell

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Frequently asked questions

How many gyms are there in the UK?

There are 19,857 gyms in the UK in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. That is one in every 445 UK companies.

Which is the largest gym in the UK?

Pure Gym in Leeds, with 4,067 staff.

Which UK region has the most gyms?

London, with 3,465, ahead of South East (2,855), North West (2,383), East of England (1,930) and Scotland (1,629). Relative to its size, Northern Ireland has the most: 1.3 times the national share.

How many gyms are there in London?

3,465, which is 0.2% of all 1,945,804 London companies and 21% below the national share.

How big is a typical gym?

Small. 90% of the 19,161 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 142 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are UK gyms sole traders or companies?

One in eighteen (1,090) are sole traders, 0.8% are partnerships and 72% (14,360) are Ltd and PLC.

How many gyms started in 2026?

1,943 were entered in the UK register so far in 2026, after 3,064 in 2025. 1,685 of them are Ltd and PLC.

What is the oldest gym in the UK?

The Arlington Baths Club in Glasgow City, 1872, followed by The Western Baths Club in Glasgow City (1876) and Cranford Sports Club in Devon (1878). 5 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers gyms?

Our platform filters them on the national code 93130.

Can I download the full list?

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