mid-market news

The revival of a classic UK health and fitness brand will see Topnotch Health Clubs relaunching back into the mid-market fitness sector as Topnotch Gyms. ... More

Total Fitness says its membership numbers are back to pre-COVID-19 levels. With fifteen clubs in the north of England, the company said eight sites – ... More

The Gym Group’s (TGG) plans and profit forecasts were presented to analysts and investors during the company’s recent Capital Markets Day. The event was led ... More

The first énergie Fitness club has opened in Spain as part of a push for global expansion. énergie Barcelona St Cugat will be operated by ... More

Holmes Place has confirmed to HCM that it has disposed of 10 clubs from its Spanish portfolio to focus investment on the growth of TRIB3. ... More

Stuart Perrin, a former Xercise4Less COO, has launched a new affordable boutique studio concept with the aim of opening 50 sites across metropolitan areas outside ... More

Mid-market health club operator Total Fitness has acquired Pro-Fit Personal Training. The deal follows a five-year partnership between the two companies and will result in ... More

Low-cost operator Basic-Fit is set to speed up its expansion plans across the European market. Citing "current developments and a strong pipeline", the Dutch company ... More

Basic-Fit, one of the biggest fitness operators in Europe, has confirmed the completion of its acquisition of Fitland, the Netherlands' third-largest fitness operator. Details of ... More

Online fitness marketplace PayAsUGym is to undergo a rebrand as the service shifts its focus on supporting mid-market and premium health club operators reach a ... More

As reported in HCM earlier this month, the European health and fitness market continued to grow strongly in 2018, as the total number of health ... More

Twenty-four-hour gym franchise Snap Fitness has continued its UK expansion by securing its first club in Norfolk. The US-based mid-market brand has signed a deal ... More

A focus on ‘affordable luxury’ has seen health club operator The Bannatyne Group achieve its highest ever turnover – resulting in the group setting its ... More

Reiver Fitness has appointed Jim Graham, former chief operating officer of The Gym Group, as its new chair. Graham will invest alongside founder and director, ... More

Twenty-four-hour gym franchise Snap Fitness UK has announced plans for 34 more clubs in 2018, after opening six new sites in the first week of ... More

Budget operators are shaping the fitness landscape in Germany, with six of the top 10 for membership numbers targeting the low-cost market. Analysis released by ... More

The DW Group has appointed Martin Long as its chief executive officer. Long led the acquisition of Fitness First UK for the DW Group in ... More

Martin Seibold, the managing director of Fitness First UK, has left the company eight months after it was acquired by DW Sports, Health Club Management ... More

TDR Capital, the owner of the David Lloyd gyms, is gearing up to sell the chain in a £1.3bn (US$1.6bn, €1.5bn) deal following its acquisition ... More

The "annihilation" of mid-market fitness operators has been the biggest major change in the industry during the last few years, the Gym Group's former chief ... More

Budget gym operators with premises in Central London are paying 19 per cent more rent than mid-market rivals, according to a Colliers International report. Dan ... More

Virgin Active has launched its latest full-service Collection club in the re-generated Silo District in Cape Town, South Africa. Located on the city’s V&A Waterfront ... More

Leisure facility management group 3d Leisure has continued the roll-out of its in-house brand, which it launched earlier this year to target clients who want ... More

Health club operator Holmes Place has acquired Israel’s second largest fitness chain, Future Wave Fitness, in a deal worth €23m (US$26m, £20m). Future Wave Fitness ... More

The long-running saga of the sale of Fitness First’s UK clubs looks to be in its final act, as up to five operators are understood ... More