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Subject: Breakdown of Fitness Industry market in UK - Personal Trainers, Gyms etc
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Asked by: flguy-ga
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Posted: 15 Dec 2004 06:15 PST
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Question ID: 442913
I would like to know the following stats for the UK Fitness Industry market:

1. Number of Personal Trainers
2. Number of Independant Gyms / Gym owners
3. Number of different Health Club/Gym chains with the number of locations for each

Let me know if you want me to clarify anything.
Cheers
Ben
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Subject: Re: Breakdown of Fitness Industry market in UK - Personal Trainers, Gyms etc
Answered By: belindalevez-ga on 20 Dec 2004 06:37 PST
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<Breakdown of Fitness Industry Market in the UK.

1. Number of personal trainers ? 500
According to the exercise register there are over 4,000 health clubs,
gyms, and Leisure centres in the UK. There are over 500 personal
trainers.
http://www.exerciseregister.com/advice.htm

The National Register of Personal Trainers has 500 members. These are
qualified, insured and experienced personal trainers.
http://www.nrpt.co.uk/

The Register of Exercise Professionals.
22,000 fitness professionals are registered with the Register of
Exercise Professionals.
http://www.exerciseregister.org/welcome.asp

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2. Number of independent gyms ? approximately just over 1,300
Of the 2600 private fitness clubs, just over half are independent
single site operations. The UK has an estimated 26,000 fitness
instructors. (Source: Skills and Competitive Strategy in the UK
Fitness Industry. SKOPE Research Paper No. 43 Autumn 2003. Caroline
Lloyd. SKOPE, University of Warwick.)
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:r81mnHIyDZgJ:www.economics.ox.ac.uk/SKOPE/Working%2520Papers/SKOPEWP43.pdf+%22fitness+instructors%22+uk+estimated&hl=en

According to government figures there are:
2,328 public fitness facilities;
1,943 private health clubs.
5,839,565 public and private health and fitness members;
933 clubs are under development or in planning in the private sector
and 641 sites in the public sector;
3,621 public sport centres.
http://www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Explore_job_sectors/Sport_and_Leisure/As_it_is/p!ebeeed;$E1$C4B$

According to Mintel the health club market was worth over £1.5
billion. In 2001 there were over 6,000 health clubs in the UK.
The UK has over 2.4 million members of private health clubs ? just
5.1% of the population.

Research found that 50% more people would like to use a health club
than use one now. http://www.abouthealthclubs.co.uk/health_club_market.html

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Market report.
Health and Fitness Clubs Market 2004.
This report costs £565.00.
Market leaders include:
David Lloyd Leisure
Esporta Group
Fitness First
Cannons Group
Holmes Place
LA Fitness
Living Well.
The 10 leading operators had 44% of the total market in 2003.
Private sector membership is 4 million. Public sector facilities have
2 million members.
A summary of the report can be found here.
http://www.amaresearch.co.uk/HealthClubMkt04s.html

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Health club chains and number of clubs in each chain.

Fitness First is the largest chain with over 150 health clubs in the UK.
http://www.leisurejobs.com/vacancies/fitness_first/
They operate nearly 400 clubs worldwide with over 1 million members.
http://www.fitnessfirst.co.uk/about/about_companyInformation.asp

DC Leisure operates over 100 leisure centres.
http://www.dcleisure.co.uk/aboutus/history.html

David Lloyd Leisure.
Operates 56 clubs with over 320,000 members.
http://www.davidlloydleisure.co.uk/aboutus/index.php



Cannons Health Club
They operate 52 Cannons Health and Fitenss clubs in the UK, The
Harbour Club, and manage 14 public leisure facilities. They have
165,000 members.
http://www.cannons.co.uk/common/jsp/navd.jsp?PI=company_factsheet

Cannons
Clubs in 57 locations. They have plans to open another 50 clubs in the
next 5 years.
http://www.cannons.co.uk/common/jsp/navd.jsp?PI=cl01

Spirit Health Clubs
Over 50 clubs with 35,000 members.
http://www.spirit-fit.com/

Holmes Place
50 clubs in the UK. 
http://www.holmesplace.co.uk/about/history.aspx

LA Fitness
66 clubs in the UK.
http://www.lafitness.co.uk/

Living Well
85 clubs in the UK and Ireland.
http://www.livingwell.co.uk/About-LivingWell/Overview/


Living Well - Club locations.
http://www.livingwell.co.uk/Find-Your-Club/

Esporta Health Clubs
40 clubs across the UK.
http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/cityliving/health/tm_objectid=14380943&method=full&siteid=50002&headline=shape-up--name_page.html

Crown Sports
21 health clubs with over 50,000 members.
http://www.crownsportsplc.com/

Virgin Active
Clubs in 14 locations.
http://www.virginactive.co.uk/va_web/index.cfm?enter=1

Fitness Exchange
13 clubs
http://www.fitness-exchange.net/clubs.htm

Next Generation
12 clubs.
http://www.nextgenerationclubs.co.uk/pages/company.html

YMCA
Fitness facilities in 120 locations in England.
http://www.bathymca.co.uk/ymcamovement.html


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Industry surveys and associations.
Working in Fitness 2004.
http://www.exerciseregister.org/newsletter/working%20in%20fitness%20survey.pdf

Health and Fitness Omnibus Survey
http://www.exerciseregister.org/news.asp

Fitness Industry Association
http://www.fia.org.uk/about_us.htm

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flguy-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
Excellent work belinda - good job!

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