Trends · data through July 2026

Gyms in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 1,165 stores from 914 gyms chains in the United Kingdom. Gold's Gym grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Bannatyne Health Club and Crossfit.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
914
Tracked stores
1,165
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked gyms chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Gold's Gym and Bannatyne Health Club sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 G Gold's Gym logo Gold's Gym ▲3 +3.9%
2 B Bannatyne Health Club ▲1 -2.1%
3 C Crossfit logo Crossfit ▲2 -2.5%
4 D David Lloyd Clubs - -6.1%
5 D David Lloyd ▼1 -9.4%
6 T Third Space - -9.8%
7 V Virgin Active - -13.1%
8 N Nuffield Health - -13.8%
9 B Brio Leisure - -15.1%
10 T The Gym Group - -16.3%
11 B Bounce ▲1 -22.9%
12 T The Zone ▲1 -24.2%
13 F Fitness First ▼1 -26.4%
14 T The Box ▼1 -37.1%
15 A Ab Salute Gym ▼1 -46.9%
  • David Lloyd Clubs
  • Crow Wood Leisure
  • Third Space
  • Nuffield Health
  • Bannatyne Health Club
  • David Lloyd
  • Village Gym
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,165 tracked store locations in the United Kingdom. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • David Lloyd Clubs (30)
  • Crow Wood Leisure (1)
  • Third Space (6)
  • Nuffield Health (56)
  • Bannatyne Health Club (46)
  • David Lloyd (24)
  • Village Gym (8)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 N Nuffield Health 56
  • 2 B Bannatyne Health Club 46
  • 3 D David Lloyd Clubs 30
  • 4 D David Lloyd 24
  • 5 F Fitness First 8
  • 6 V Village Gym 8
  • 7 T The Gym Group 7
  • 8 T Third Space 6
  • 9 T The Box 6
  • 10 A Ab Salute Gym 5
  • 11 J JD Gyms 5
  • 12 L Life Leisure 4
  • 13 B Bounce 4
  • 14 G Gold's Gym logo Gold's Gym 4
  • 15 B Brio Leisure 3
  • 16 U University of East London 3
  • 17 C Crunch 3
  • 18 V Virgin Active 3
  • 19 C Crossfit logo Crossfit 3
  • 20 W Winners 2000 Fitness 3
  • 21 T The Zone 3
  • 22 Y YMCA logo YMCA 2
  • 23 K Kings Gym 2
  • 24 D Depot Climbing 2
  • 25 T The Studio 2
  • 26 D David Lloyd Northwood 2
  • 27 T The Triangle 2
  • 28 S Spitfire Taekwondo Academy 2
  • 29 B Bannatyne Health Club & Spa 2
  • 30 D David Lloyd Sunderland 2
  • 31 S Studio 11 2
  • 32 B Barry's Northern California logo Barry's Northern California 2
  • 33 M Metro Gym 2
  • 34 P Premier Gym 2
  • 35 T The Pound 2
  • 36 O OneGym 2
  • 37 G Gymbox 2
  • 38 C Coking Farm Fishery 1
  • 39 H Holmer Park Spa & Health Club 1
  • 40 F Fitness Quarter Cardiff 1
  • 41 F Fulham Pier 1
  • 42 K Kirklees Active Leisure 1
  • 43 D David Lloyd Acton Park 1
  • 44 G Grand Central Square 1
  • 45 F Firehouse Fitness 1
  • 46 D Devenish Health and Fitness 1
  • 47 D David Lloyd Worthing 1
  • 48 T Transform Hub Bromborough 1
  • 49 T The Colosseum 1
  • 50 B Blok 1

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