Gym franchise opportunities

The UK’s devotion to health and fitness is illustrated by the fact that one in every seven people are now gym members. That amounts to over 9.7 million fitness members in the UK. In the 12 months leading up to March 2017, a total of 272 new public and private fitness facilities opened their doors in the UK. For many people there is nothing that quite compares with a smaller private gym, offering friendly and specialist services. This means that the private sector is enjoying strong growth.

Strong growth in the gym franchise

Private gym operators are finding new niches in the fitness market, including offering boutique venues and lower cost access to equipment and advice. There are now around 500 budget clubs in the UK, holding strong with a 15% share and around 35% of private members. One of the most successful low cost club chains is Golds Gym, which is seeking new franchise partners for sites throughout the UK. Anytime Fitness also launched a campaign at the start of 2017 to find 70 new gym franchisees in the UK. Other gym franchisers currently recruiting include Energie Group, another leader in the low cost sector, and one of the newest companies to offer its successful business model to ambitious entrepreneurs, TruGym.

Choosing gym franchise instead of going alone

If you are thinking of launching your own private gym, why not simply “go it alone”? The answers to that are many and various, not least the marketing kudos that comes with an established brand name. Independents can struggle to compete - building a loyal clientele takes time. Having the business management support and industry insights from a parent company can bring customers through the door much faster, and helps with issues such as insurance and compliance to legislation. Franchisers can also offer discounted equipment – due to their buying power – and help tackle finding the right venue and meeting planning requirements. For a gym franchise business that gives you sufficient weight in the health and fitness market, contact us today to find out more.

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9Round franchise

9Round

The ultimate 30-minute, total body, kickboxing circuit training! Low investment: open 3 gyms for the price of one traditional gym & enjoy [...]

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£80,000
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énergie Fitness Ireland franchise

énergie Fitness Ireland

Whether you're a gym pro, a complete beginner, or somewhere in-between, at énergie Fitness we're proud to offer an unrivalled fitness experience [...]

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£140,000
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Fitness Rush Gym & Mobile franchise

Fitness Rush Gym & Mobile

Fitness Rush integrates wellbeing solutions, whether it is personal training, physiotherapy or counselling, all within one facility, we are not [...]

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£25,000
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Golds Gym franchise

Golds Gym

At Gold’s Gym is the most recognised name in fitness and the largest co-ed gym chain in the world.

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£852,382
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HITIO Gyms franchise

HITIO Gyms

HITIO Gym is one of Europe’s most exciting health and fitness franchises, with sites available across the UK, Norway, Spain and Portugal

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Hybrid Fitness franchise

Hybrid Fitness

Combine the best fitness equipment with leading classes and great facilities all packaged into an affordable and flexible business and you have [...]

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£60,000
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Iron BodyFit franchise

Iron BodyFit

A leading franchise on the well-being market through electrostimulation, IRON BODYFIT offers 25-minute sessions equivalent to 4 hours of intense [...]

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£30,000
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Little Gym franchise

Little Gym

Little Gym is the world’s premier enrichment and physical development centre for children ages 4 months to 12 years.

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£222,000
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Love Fitness franchise

Love Fitness

Substantial income obtainable from multiple revenue streams. Incentives available for new franchisees in 2021

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£60,000
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Snap Fitness 24/7 franchise

Snap Fitness 24/7

As fitness industry innovators, Snap Fitness is is pushing boundaries of what we expect a fitness company to do. As a Franchisor we offer [...]

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£160,000
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Solan Fitness franchise

Solan Fitness

Solan Fitness is a multi-award winning gym brand developed to be the one-stop solution to its members' fitness and health needs in a motivating [...]

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Sweaty Mama franchise

Sweaty Mama

Sweaty Mama is a mum and baby exercise class operating classes and franchises throughout the UK.

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£2,500
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The Shredquarters franchise

The Shredquarters

Gyms that are proud to be different: weekly subscription income, structured & varied classes, low setup costs.

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£50,000
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truGym franchise

truGym

truGym UK is a fitness centre designed to transform strength with its affordability with premium quality experience and high class security.

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£100,000
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Your Zone 45 franchise

Your Zone 45

YourZone45 is a fitness franchise that focuses on carefully-designed interval training programmes to help people look and feel great

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£15,995
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Bodystreet franchise

Bodystreet

Bodystreet offers an opportunity for those with little or no time to get fit and stay fit. Our proven once-a-week 20-minute workout programme [...]

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£10,000
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Bootcamp Pilates franchise

Bootcamp Pilates

Bootcamp Pilates is a revolutionary fitness programme that is both challenging and engaging, and delivers inspiring results. 

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£35,000
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Fitness Space franchise

Fitness Space

Network of gyms that offers an experience unlike any traditional gym

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£75,000
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Kung Fu Schools franchise

Kung Fu Schools

Kung Fu schools is a brand that aims to teach children aged 4-12 the martial art kung fu.

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£10,995
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Milagro CBD franchise

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Milagro CBD Oil is a full spectrum, distilled CBD oil, created from the best organically grown hemp in Europe. It is distilled, winterised, and [...]

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£2,000
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My Gym Children's Fitness Center franchise

My Gym Children's Fitness Center

An international fitness and sport center for children aged between 6 weeks to 13 years. Offering birthday parties, classes and camps for kids.

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£28,000
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One Element franchise

One Element

One Element provides bespoke group HiiT fitness training in local parks, combined with an active social programme creating local community hubs.

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£4,000
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Progressive Sports franchise

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Progressive Sports is one of the primary provider of sport and physical education to children ages 3 to 13 year olds. We live by our mission to [...]

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£9,950
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Sport Works franchise

Sport Works

Sports Works is one of the leading primary sports academies in the UK We offer innovative programmes that helps Primary Schools attain and [...]

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£12,950
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Strollercise franchise

Strollercise

Strollercise is a unique style of fitness and offers franchisees a social and flexible business opportunity. Hours are can be fitted around [...]

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£1,995 +VAT
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Train Learn Go franchise

Train Learn Go

1-1 Mobile Personal Training & Nutrition.

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£4,000 +VAT
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TRIB3 franchise

TRIB3

Join an industry valued £95bn with TRIB3, by choosing TRIB3 you’re choosing a proven model with over 300+ year’s combined management experience.

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£137,000
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