Company Profiles
EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA (EMEA)
Along with participant responses from the Health & Fitness Association Global Report survey, data from key club operators in Europe was provided by the EuropeActive/Deloitte Market Report. Sources for club data on Europe also include Management Around Sports, Portas Consulting, and Portugal Activo.
360 Träningscenter AB
Corporate Headquarters:
Skellefteå, Sweden
Year Founded: 2009
Number of Facilities:
2025: 4 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 4,200
Number of Employees:
2025: 39
Principal: Annie Fältman, Patrik Nygren, Per-Anders Dagborn
CEO: Patrik Nygren
Revenue: 2025: US$1,900,000
Markets Served: Europe
Accura Sport & Wellness
Corporate Headquarters:
Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Year Founded: 2005
Number of Facilities:
2025: 4 (1 owned, 3 managed)
Number of Members:
2025: 7,123
Number of Employees:
2025: 130
Principal: Accura sport & wellness
CEO: Lluís Boada
Revenue: 2025: US$1,100,000
Markets Served: Europe
ACISO
Corporate Headquarters:
Munich, Germany
Number of Facilities:
2025: 147 (mainly franchised)
Number of Members:
2025: 222,000
Markets Served: Europe
Actic Group
Corporate Headquarters:
Solna, Sweden
Year Founded: 1981
Number of Facilities:
2025: 97 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 150,440
Principal: Publicly Traded (STO: ATIC)
CEO: Niklas Johansson
Revenue: 2025: US$71,000,000
Markets Served: Europe
all inclusive Fitness
Corporate Headquarters:
Rosenheim, Germany
Year Founded: 2003
Number of Facilities:
2025: 172 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 653,000
CEO: Stefan Schulan, Rainer Mast
Revenue:
2025: US$203,000,000
Markets Served: Europe
Alterlife
Corporate Headquarters:
Athens, Greece
Year Founded: 1999
Number of Facilities:
2025: 89 (50 owned, 39 franchised)
Number of Members:
2025: 161,000
Markets Served: Europe
Armah Sports Company
Corporate Headquarters:
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Year Founded: 2019
Number of Facilities:
2025: 13 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 37,754
Number of Employees:
2025: 376
Principal: Publicly Traded (Tadawul: 9590)
CEO: Fahad AlHagbani
Markets Served: Middle East
Balance Company
Corporate Headquarters:
Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
Year Founded: 2003
Number of Facilities:
2025: 57 (24 owned, 33 franchised)
Number of Members:
2025: 59,815
Principal & CEO: Pedro Simão
Revenue: 2025: US$24,100,000
Markets Served: Europe
Basic-Fit
Corporate Headquarters:
Hoofddorp, North Holland, Netherlands
Year Founded: 2010
Number of Facilities:
2025: 2,151 (1,716 owned, 435 franchised)
Number of Members:
2025: 5,800,000
Principal: Publicly Traded (AMS: BFIT)
CEO: Rene Moos
Revenue: 2025: US$1,594,000,000
Markets Served: Europe
Benefit Systems Group
Corporate Headquarters:
Warsaw, Poland
Year Founded: 2000
Number of Facilities:
2025: 546 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 715,600*
Principal: Publicly Traded (WSE: BFT)
Management Board: Marcin Fojudzki, Emilia Rogalewicz, and Marek Trepko
Revenue: 2025: US$1,206,000,000
Markets Served: Europe
The number of members listed for Benefit Systems covers B2C passes (individual gym memberships) and excludes corporate benefit sports cards.
Body20 Global (Pty) Ltd
Corporate Headquarters:
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Year Founded: 2013
Number of Facilities:
2024: 129 (franchised)
Number of Members:
2024: 15,480
Number of Employees:
2024: 11
Principal: Philip Hughes, Bertus Albertse
CEO: Philip Hughes
Markets Served: Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America
Bodystreet GmbH
Corporate Headquarters:
Karlsfeld, Germany
Year Founded: 2007
Number of Facilities:
2025: 280 (2 owned, 278 franchised)
Number of Members:
2025: 42,900
Number of Employees:
2025: 758
Principal: Emma Lehner & Matthias H. Lehner
CEO: Matthias H. Lehner
Revenue: 2025: US$53,000,000
Markets Served: Asia-Pacific, North America, Europe, Africa
Breathe Barre
Corporate Headquarters:
Johannesburg, South Africa
Year Founded: 2016
Number of Facilities:
2025: 2 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 100
Number of Employees:
2025: 10
Principals: Fiona Barford & Laura Barford
CEO: Laura Barford
Markets Served: Africa
Brooklyn Fitboxing
Corporate Headquarters:
Madrid, Spain
Year Founded: 2014
Number of Facilities:
2025: 280+ (mainly franchised)
Markets Served: Europe, Latin America, North America
David Lloyd Leisure
Corporate Headquarters:
Hatfield, United Kingdom
Year Founded: 1983
Number of Facilities:
2025: 137 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 822,000
Principal: TDR Capital
CEO: Russel Barnes
Revenue: 2025: US$1,254,000,000
Markets Served: Europe
DLR Leisure
Corporate Headquarters:
Dublin, Ireland
Year Founded: 2009
Number of Facilities:
2025: 3 (managed)
Number of Members:
2025: 5,500
Number of Employees:
2025: 125
Principal: Local authority
CEO: Niall Cull
Revenue: 2025: US$6,600,000
Markets Served: Europe
EASYFITNESS
easyfitness.club
Corporate Headquarters:
Hanover, Germany
Year Founded: 2008
Number of Facilities:
2025: 190
Number of Members:
2025: 450,000
CEO: Cristina Burzako
Markets Served: Europe
ENERGIE FITNESS IBERIA
Corporate Headquarters:
Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
Year Founded: 2021
Number of Facilities:
2025: 11 (2 owned, 9 franchised)
Number of Members:
2025: 12,219
Number of Employees:
2025: 115
CEO: George Houtenbos and Rod Hill
Revenue: 2025: US$7,400,000
Markets Served: Europe
FitActive
Corporate Headquarters:
Milan, Italy
Year Founded: 2015
Number of Facilities:
2025: 194
Number of Members:
2025: 530,000
CEO: Eduardo Montefuso
Revenue:
2025: US$147,000,000
Markets Served: Europe
FITCITY d.o.o (Fitcity Fitness)
Corporate Headquarters:
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Year Founded: 2017
Number of Facilities:
2025: 1 (owned)
Number of Employees:
2025: 31
Principal & CEO: Polona Gosar
Markets Served: Europe
Fitness24Seven AB
Corporate Headquarters:
Lund, Sweden
Year Founded: 2003
Number of Facilities:
2025: 286 (owned)
Number of Employees:
2025: 680
CEO: Christian Ask
Revenue: 2025: US$148,200,000
Markets Served: Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Europe
Fitness Group Nordic AS
Corporate Headquarters:
Oslo, Norway
Year Founded: 2010
Number of Facilities:
2025: 83 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 74,100
Number of Employees:
2025: 22
Principal: Karbon Invest AS
CEO: Morten Hellevang
Revenue: 2025: US$33,400,000
Markets Served: Europe
Fitness Park Group
Corporate Headquarters:
Paris, France
Year Founded: 1985
Number of Facilities:
2025: 403 (101 owned, 302 franchised)
Number of Members:
2025: 1,380,000
Principal: Philippe Herbette
CEO: Gaëtan Dubuisson
Revenue: 2025: US$520,000,000
Markets Served: Europe
FitX
Corporate Headquarters:
Essen, Germany
Year Founded: 2009
Number of Facilities:
2025: 112 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 1,000,000
CEO: Markus Vancraeyenest & Burkhard Revers
Revenue: 2025: US$271,000,000
Markets Served: Europe
Form Gotland
Corporate Headquarters:
Visby, Sweden
Year Founded: 2010
Number of Facilities:
2025: 3 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 3,000
Number of Employees:
2025: 12
Principal: Timothy Skinner
CEO: Joanna Järf
Markets Served: Europe
Forus
Corporate Headquarters:
Madrid, Spain
Year Founded: 2011
Number of Facilities:
2025: 62 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 311,000
Number of Employees:
2025: 2,700
Principal: JPM AS
CEO: Paloma Pérez
Markets Served: Europe
Friskis&Svettis Riks
Corporate Headquarters:
Stockholm, Sweden
Year Founded: 1978
Number of Facilities:
2025: 160 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 532,000
Number of Employees:
2025: 550
Principal: Non-profit organization
CEO: Janna Hellerup
Markets Served: Europe
Go Go Express Oy
Corporate Headquarters:
Tampere, Finland
Year Founded: 2010
Number of Facilities:
2025: 21 (owned)
Number of Employees:
2025: 80
Principal: Vuokko Kronqvist, Varpu Jänisniemi, Vilja Bezek
CEO: Hannu Vähtalo
Revenue: 2025: US$10,300,000
Markets Served: Europe
The Gym Group
thegymgroup.com tggplc.com
Corporate Headquarters:
London, UK
Year Founded: 2008
Number of Facilities:
2025: 260 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 923,000
Number of Employees:
2025: 2,003
Principal: Publicly Traded (LON: GYM)
CEO: Will Orr
Revenue: 2025: US$322,700,000
Markets Served: Europe
Holmes Place Group
Corporate Headquarters:
Or Akiva, Israel
Year Founded: 1980
Number of Facilities:
2025: 81 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 214,468
Principal: Publicly Traded (TASE: HLMS)
Revenue: 2025: US$171,000,000
Markets Served: Middle East
Iconic Health Clubs
Corporate Headquarters:
Dublin, Ireland
Year Founded: 2008
Number of Facilities:
2024: 4 (owned)
Number of Members:
2024: 5,612
Number of Employees:
2024: 65
Principal & CEO: Barry Walsh
Revenue:
2024: US$8,200,000
Markets Served: Europe
Idrottskliniken
Corporate Headquarters:
Växjö, Sweden
Year Founded: 1990
Number of Facilities:
2025: 8 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 7,700
Number of Employees:
2025: 139
Principal & CEO: Patrik Mattsson
Revenue: 2025: US$4,400,000
Markets Served: Europe
Impulse Treningssenter AS
Corporate Headquarters:
Trondheim, Norway
Year Founded: 2003
Number of Facilities:
2025: 13 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 14,819
Number of Employees:
2025: 40
Principal: Invest42 AS
CEO: Øivind Gundersen
Markets Served: Europe
Inner Flow Studio S.L.
Corporate Headquarters:
Barcelona, Spain
Year Founded: 2024
Number of Facilities:
2025: 1 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 772
Number of Employees:
2025: 42
Principal: Thomas Meyer
CEO: Emilio Hernandez Rovira
Revenue: 2025: US$1,400,000
Markets Served: Europe
Istanbul Fitness A
Corporate Headquarters:
Istanbul, Türkiye
Year Founded: 2016
Number of Facilities:
2025: 3 (owned)
Number of Employees:
2025: 60
Principal: Necdet Toprak - Engin Toprak
CEO: OZAN ARDA KOÇ
Revenue: 2025: US$1,100,000
Markets Served: Europe
John Harris Fitness
Corporate Headquarters:
Vienna, Austria
Year Founded: 1983
Number of Facilities:
2025: 11 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 29,000
Number of Employees:
2025: 280
Principal & CEO: Ernst Minar
Markets Served: Europe
Keepcool
Corporate Headquarters:
Aix en Provence/Paris, France
Year Founded: 2002
Number of Facilities:
2025: 288 (partly franchised)
Number of Members:
2025: 514,000
President: Charles-Edouard Marquet
Revenue:
2025: US$181,000,000
Markets Served: Europe
Kieser
Corporate Headquarters:
Zurich, Switzerland
Year Founded: 1967
Number of Facilities:
2025: 175 (38 owned, 137 franchised)
Number of Members:
2025: 299,356
Number of Employees:
2025: 1,690
Principal: Michael Antonopoulos, Nils Planzer
CEO: Michael Antonopoulos
Revenue: 2025: US$199,800,000
Markets Served: Asia-Pacific, Europe
L'Orange Bleue
Corporate Headquarters:
Rennes, France
Year Founded: 1996
Number of Facilities:
2025: 410 (mainly franchised)
Number of Members:
2025: 400,000
Principal: Thierry Marquer
CEO: José Nercellas
Revenue: 2025: US$217,000,000
Markets Served: Europe
Leejam Sports Company
Corporate Headquarters:
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Year Founded: 2005
Number of Facilities:
2025: 219 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 468,000
Principal: Publicly Traded (Tadawul: 1830)
CEO: Abdulelah Al-Nemr
Revenue: 2025: US$430,000,000
Markets Served: Middle East
LifeFit Group
Corporate Headquarters:
Frankfurt, Germany
Year Founded: 2019
Number of Facilities:
2025: 214
Number of Members:
2025: 754,800
Number of Employees:
2025: 3,513
Principal: Waterland Private Equity
CEO: Martin Seibold
Revenue: 2025: US$413,000,000
Markets Served: Europe
LifeFit Group’s revenue covers TTM ending in January 2026. Member figures are as of January 2026.
Movemi AG (Part of Migros Group)
Corporate Headquarters:
Zurich, Switzerland
Year Founded: 1977
Number of Facilities:
2025: 144 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 290,000
Principal: Migros Cooperative Zurich
CEO: René Kalt
Revenue: 2025: US$288,000,000
Markets Served: Europe
Mrs. Sporty
Corporate Headquarters:
Berlin, Germany
Year Founded: 2004
Number of Facilities:
2025: 150 (mainly franchised)
CEO: Niclas Bönström
Markets Served: Europe
My Fitness AS
Corporate Headquarters:
Tallinn, Estonia
Year Founded: 2008
Number of Facilities:
2025: 89 (owned)
Number of Employees:
2025: 227
Principal:
CEO: Erkki Torn
Revenue: 2025: US$81,400,000
Markets Served: Europe
My Gym Verwaltungs GmbH
Corporate Headquarters:
Salzburg, Austria
Year Founded: 1988
Number of Facilities:
2025: 21 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 36,726
Principal: Siegfried Manz, Conny Hoerl, Christian Hoerl
CEO: Christian Hoerl
Revenue: 2025: US$20,900,000
Markets Served: Europe
Nordic Wellness
Corporate Headquarters:
Gothenburg, Sweden
Year Founded: 1997
Number of Facilities:
2025: 377 (375 owned, 2 licensed)
Number of Members:
2025: 535,000
Number of Employees:
2025: 5,049
Principal: Nordic Wellness Group AB
CEO: Magnus Wilhelmsson
Revenue: 2025: US$234,900,000
Markets Served: Europe
NRG GYM Ltd
Corporate Headquarters:
London, UK
Year Founded: 2013
Number of Facilities:
2025: 13 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 61,500
Number of Employees:
2025: 137
Principal & CEO: Shafiq Ahmed
Revenue: 2025: US$12,900,000
Markets Served: Europe
Nuffield Health
Corporate Headquarters:
Epsom, United Kingdom
Year Founded: 1957
Number of Facilities:
2025: 110 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 370,000
Principal: Healthcare Charity
CEO: Alex Perry
Revenue: 2025: US$456,000,000
Markets Served: Europe
OrangeFitness, CityFitness, FitSpace
Corporate Headquarters:
Moscow, Russia
Year Founded: 2000
Number of Facilities:
2024: 25 (1 owned, 1 managed, 23 franchised)
Number of Members:
2024: 25
Number of Employees:
2024: 500
Principal: Anastasia Yusina, Alexey Kashirn
CEO: Anastasia Yusina
Revenue:
2024: US$19,400,000
Markets Served: Europe, North America
Park Holiday a.s.
Corporate Headquarters:
Prague, Czech Republic
Year Founded: 2007
Number of Facilities:
2025: 1 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 407
Number of Employees:
2025: 28
Principal: Tomáš and Irena Linhart
CEO: Ivo Košař
Markets Served: Europe
Planet Fitness (South Africa)
Corporate Headquarters:
Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa
Year Founded: 1993
Number of Facilities:
2024: 49 (owned)
Managing Director: Mannee De Wet
Markets Served: Africa
Pure Gym
Corporate Headquarters:
Leeds, UK
Year Founded: 2009
Number of Facilities:
2025: 714 (691 owned, 23 franchised)
Number of Members:
2025: 2,329,000
Principal: Leonard Green & Partners LP
CEO: Alex Wood
Revenue: 2025: US$978,200,000
Markets Served: Europe, Middle East, North America
RSG Group
Corporate Headquarters:
Berlin/Schlüsselfeld, Germany
Year Founded: 1997
Number of Facilities:
2025: 818 (327 owned, 491 franchised)
Number of Members:
2025: 1,785,000
Principal: Dr. Gerd Schaller
CEO: Hagen Wingertszahn & Dr. Gerd Schaller
Revenue: 2025: US$518,000,000
Markets Served: Europe
RSG Group’s revenue and membership figures include European operations only.
SATS Group
Corporate Headquarters:
Oslo, Norway
Year Founded: 1995
Number of Facilities:
2025: 273 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 755,000
Number of Employees:
2025: 10,291
Principal: Publicly Traded (OSL: SATS)
CEO: Sondre Gravir
Revenue: 2025: US$530,100,000
Markets Served: Europe
SC Fitness
Corporate Headquarters:
Maia, Portugal
Year Founded: 1995
Number of Facilities:
2025: 93 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 206,740
Number of Employees:
2025: 1,254
Principal: Holding Efanor
CEO: Bernardo Novo
Revenue: 2025: US$6,500,000
Markets Served: Europe
Sport Clubs Company
Corporate Headquarters:
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Year Founded: 1994
Number of Facilities:
2025: 59 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 133,357
Principal: Publicly Traded (Tadawul: 1830)
CEO: Wael El Merhabi
Revenue: 2025: US$100,000,000
Markets Served: Middle East
Sports and Leisure Group
slg.nl
Corporate Headquarters:
Amersfoort, Netherlands
Year Founded: 1994
Number of Facilities:
2025: 10 (1 owned, 8 managed, 1 licensed)
Number of Members:
2025: 1,300
Number of Employees:
2025: 80
Principal: Theo Hendriks, Founder
CEO: Sports and Leisure Group
Revenue: 2025: US$2,800,000
Markets Served: Europe
STC (Scandinavian Training Center)
Corporate Headquarters:
Kungälv, Sweden
Year Founded: 1998
Number of Facilities:
2025: 278 (owned)
Number of Employees:
2025: 2,000
Principal: Scandinavian Training Center
CEO: Anders Carlbark
Revenue: 2025: US$100,000,000
Markets Served: Europe
Swan Leisure
Corporate Headquarters:
Dublin, Ireland
Year Founded: 2010
Number of Facilities:
2025: 3 (managed)
Number of Members:
2025: 4,265
Principal: Dublin City Sports and Leisure Services CLG
CEO: Clodagh Kilmurray
Revenue: 2025: US$3,400,000
Markets Served: Europe
Thermaesports Merchtem
Corporate Headquarters:
Merchtem, Belgium
Year Founded: 2014
Number of Facilities:
2025: 1 (owned)
Number of Employees:
2025: 19
Principal: Etienne van der Zypen
CEO: Tille Scheerlinck
Revenue: 2025: US$2,800,000
Markets Served: Europe
Third Space
Corporate Headquarters:
London, UK
Year Founded: 2001
Number of Facilities:
2025: 14 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 43,000
Principal: KSL
CEO: Colin Waggett
Revenue: 2025: US$176,500,000
Markets Served: Europe
TriFit
Corporate Headquarters:
Karachi, Pakistan
Year Founded: 2023
Number of Facilities:
2025: 8 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 7,000
Number of Employees:
2025: 160
Principal & CEO: Ahmar Azam
Revenue: 2025: US$3,000,000
Markets Served: Middle East
UAB Exercise Investment (Impuls & Lemon Gym)
impuls.lt lemongym.lt lemongym.lv lemongym.ee
Corporate Headquarters:
Vilnius, Lithuania
Year Founded: 2011
Number of Facilities:
2025: 32 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 80,804
Number of Employees:
2025: 154
Principal: Aggressive Capital
CEO: Greta Radzevičienė
Revenue: 2025: US$30,400,000
Markets Served: Europe
Virgin Active
Corporate Headquarters:
London, United Kingdom
Year Founded: 1998
Number of Facilities:
2025: 72 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 332,000
Principal: Brait (80% stake)
CEO: Dean Kowarski
Revenue: 2025: US$396,000,000
Markets Served: Europe, Africa
Virgin Active’s facility, member, and revenue figures include European operations only.
VivaGym
Corporate Headquarters:
Malaga, Spain
Year Founded: 2011
Number of Facilities:
2025: 280 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 649,000
Number of Employees:
2025: 2,441
Principal: Providence Equity Partnership
CEO: Cristina Burzako
Revenue: 2025: US$228,600,000
Markets Served: Europe
Westpark Fitness
Corporate Headquarters:
Dublin, Ireland
Year Founded: 1991
Number of Facilities:
2025: 1 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 6,389
Number of Employees:
2025: 44
Principal: Maggi Mooney
CEO: Kevin Doyle
Revenue: 2025: US$3,900,000
Markets Served: Europe
West Wood Club
Corporate Headquarters:
Dublin, Ireland
Year Founded: 1988
Number of Facilities:
2025: 6 (owned)
CEO: Alan Leach
Markets Served: Europe
World Class Romania
Corporate Headquarters:
Bucharest, Romania
Year Founded: 2000
Number of Facilities:
2025: 46 (owned)
Number of Members:
2025: 71,000
CEO: Matei Filipidescu
Revenue:
2025: US$54,200,000
Markets Served: Europe
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