Health/fitness club membership termination reasons 2014 | Statista

The statistic shows the results of a survey concerned with the reasons why people quit their health club membership. 40 percent of respondents said that the membership was too expensive and they could not afford it.

Why did you leave / quit your former health club?*

Characteristic	Percentage of respondents
It was too expensive / I could not afford it	40%
I wasn't using my membership / wasn't going	30%
I moved / the location was no longer convenient	20%
I could exercise somewhere else for free	19%
It was too crowded	17%
I developed an injury / surgery / other condition	11%
I felt out of place	9%
I lost my job	8%
I did not like to exercise	7%
I didn't reach my fitness goals	5%
It was too intimidating	4%
There was no one there to guide me	4%
I didn't know what to do there	4%
I wanted to participate in another type of exercise	3%
I met my fitness goals	2%
Nobody I knew went to my former health club	2%
Other	1%

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Release date

May 2015

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2014

Number of respondents

1,000 respondents

Age group

16 years and older

Method of interview

Online interview

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* Multiple answers were allowed.

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