Health and fitness clubs provide their customers with the necessary infrastructure for their respective workout / physical activity. The industry generates more than 70 billion U.S. dollars in annual revenue, of which about 21 billion U.S. dollars is attributable to the U.S. market.

The global market is very fragmented with no worldwide operating chain taking a large share of the market. Market leaders are rather limited to more local (countries, geographical region) ranks. It is estimated that there are more than 133 thousand health & fitness clubs worldwide with almost 130 million members. Nearly 30 thousand of these clubs are located in the U.S. providing their services to more than 50 million customers.

The personal goals of health club members depend in some part on their age. More than 90 percent of health club members that are at least 66 years of age for example say that they train at a fitness center because they “need to stay healthy”, only about 47 percent of 16-to-20-year-olds cite this reason. The price of membership is the main reason why people either don’t join a health club at all (55.8%) or why they quit their membership (52.2%). Photo: sxc.hu / atroszko

• • Fitness & health clubs worldwide
  • Fitness & health clubs in the U.S.
• • Fitness & exercise equipment
  • Fitness & health club customer