Where low-cost gym is growing in the UK
704 low-cost gym outlets across 3 brands are in the h3hex Data Store in the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables Leeds has the most, with 15, or 0.2 per 10,000 residents; the top 25 local areas together hold 175 (25% of outlets with a mapped local area). The largest like-for-like net gain since the previous release is in ONS area E06000065 (+2).
Outlet and brand counts are the Data Store's: every brand on sale, with every outlet in its file. The local-area and growth tables count the trading outlets in h3hex's master dataset that map to a local area, so their totals can be lower.
Which local areas have the most low-cost gym outlets?
| # | Local area | Outlets | Brands present | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leeds | 15 | 3: PureGym, JD Gyms, Snap Fitness | 0.2 |
| 2 | Birmingham | 9 | 2: PureGym, JD Gyms | 0.1 |
| 3 | Greenwich | 9 | 3: PureGym, Snap Fitness, JD Gyms | 0.3 |
| 4 | Manchester | 9 | 2: PureGym, JD Gyms | 0.2 |
| 5 | City of Edinburgh | 8 | 2: PureGym, JD Gyms | - |
| 6 | ONS area E06000066 | 8 | 2: PureGym, Snap Fitness | 0.1 |
| 7 | Sheffield | 8 | 3: PureGym, JD Gyms, Snap Fitness | 0.1 |
| 8 | Wiltshire | 8 | 2: Snap Fitness, PureGym | 0.2 |
| 9 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 7 | 3: PureGym, Snap Fitness, JD Gyms | 0.2 |
| 10 | Bristol, City of | 7 | 3: PureGym, Snap Fitness, JD Gyms | 0.1 |
| 11 | Camden | 7 | 2: PureGym, Snap Fitness | 0.3 |
| 12 | Glasgow City | 7 | 2: PureGym, JD Gyms | - |
| 13 | Liverpool | 7 | 2: JD Gyms, PureGym | 0.1 |
| 14 | ONS area E06000065 | 7 | 1: PureGym | 0.1 |
| 15 | Tower Hamlets | 7 | 1: PureGym | 0.2 |
| 16 | Cardiff | 6 | 2: PureGym, JD Gyms | 0.2 |
| 17 | Lambeth | 6 | 2: PureGym, Snap Fitness | 0.2 |
| 18 | Aberdeen City | 5 | 2: PureGym, Snap Fitness | - |
| 19 | Barnet | 5 | 1: PureGym | 0.1 |
| 20 | Cheshire West and Chester | 5 | 3: PureGym, JD Gyms, Snap Fitness | 0.1 |
| 21 | City of London | 5 | 1: PureGym | 3.3 |
| 22 | County Durham | 5 | 1: PureGym | 0.1 |
| 23 | Coventry | 5 | 2: PureGym, JD Gyms | 0.1 |
| 24 | Hillingdon | 5 | 2: PureGym, JD Gyms | 0.2 |
| 25 | Milton Keynes | 5 | 3: PureGym, JD Gyms, Snap Fitness | 0.2 |
Local areas are local authority districts. Brands present shows how many brands have an outlet there and the five with the most.
Which local areas added the most low-cost gym outlets?
| # | Local area | Net change | Previous release | This release | All outlets now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONS area E06000065 | +2 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Sheffield | +1 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| 3 | County Durham | +1 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | Cheshire West and Chester | +1 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Coventry | +1 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Leeds | 0 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| 7 | Manchester | 0 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | Birmingham | 0 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 9 | Greenwich | 0 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Wiltshire | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 11 | ONS area E06000066 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 12 | City of Edinburgh | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 13 | Bristol, City of | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 14 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 15 | Liverpool | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Net change in outlets for brands present in both releases, for local areas with at least 5 outlets in the sector. No brand in this sector is new to this release.
How these figures are made
Counts are h3hex's own store-by-store record of each brand's published UK locations for the brands listed in the Low-cost gym sector of the h3hex data store, November 2026 release (scrape window 30 Oct - 3 Nov 2026), page built 2026-11-12. Closed, pre-opening and head-office records are left out. 4 outlets with no mappable postcode are counted in the totals but not in the local-area tables. 4 districts created in 2023 are shown by their ONS code because the postcode lookup used here carries no name for them. Net change compares this release with the 29 October 2026 edition of the same dataset and reflects openings and closures as well as improved coverage of each brand's own locator. Resident population is Census 2021 usual-resident population by output area, summed to local authority district through the ONS postcode-to-output-area lookup (May 2024). The population table does not join to the lookup for districts in Northern Ireland and Scotland, so outlets per 10,000 residents is shown as - for them.
Use the data
Prospect site reports assess a single address against these brands, and the data store sells the low-cost gym store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle.
More fitness sectors
- All Fitness1,268 outlets · 11 brands
- Mid-market gym400 outlets · 4 brands
How many low-cost gym outlets are there in the UK?
h3hex tracks 704 branded low-cost gym outlets from 3 brands in the UK as at the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables, Leeds has the most, with 15.
Which low-cost gym brands are growing?
Between the previous release and the November 2026 release, the brands adding the most outlets were PureGym (+19) and Snap Fitness (+2).
Which low-cost gym brands have the most UK outlets?
PureGym (488), Snap Fitness (110) and JD Gyms (106), as at the November 2026 release.