PureGym

PureGym
Company typePrivate company
IndustryHealth clubs
Founded2009
FounderPeter Roberts
HeadquartersLeeds, UK
Number of locations
327 gyms (2022)
Area served
United Kingdom, Switzerland, United States, Denmark, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Key people
Humphrey Cobbold (CEO)
OwnerLeonard Green & Partners
Websitehttps://www.puregym.com
PureGym, New Barnet
A PureGym club in Leeds

PureGym Limited is a British chain of no-frills health clubs, headquartered in Leeds. It is Britain's largest gym chain by membership, with over 1,500,000 members registered to their gyms.[1][2][3][4] PureGym also operate gyms in 8 more countries and have over 500 locations worldwide; the newest territory, the UAE, opened in 2022.

In May 2015, PureGym acquired all gyms from rival UK fitness chain LA Fitness, bringing the total number of gyms across the UK to 141. In 2019 an acquisition of Danish chain Fitness World added another approximately 200 centers to the portfolio.[5] As of October 2022, PureGym has 327 gyms in the UK.[6]

  1. ^ Kemp, Kenny (25 April 2019). "PureGym breaks through the million member barrier". Insider.co.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Overview". PureGym. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. ^ Culot, Caroline (17 October 2019). "Norwich gym to close after being taken over by rival firm". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  4. ^ Reporter, LLB (21 February 2018). "Pure Gym reaches 1 million members and announces opening of 200th gym in the UK". London Loves Business. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  5. ^ "PureGym to acquire European operator Fitness World". Health Club Management. 12 December 2019.
  6. ^ Locations, PureGym