Table of Contents
Introduction and Abbreviations
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- Definitions
- Consumer research
- TGI definitions
- Abbreviations
Premier Insight
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- The development of a low-cost/no-frills health and fitness club
- Increased variety leading to improved retention
- New members through GP referrals and recommendations
- Clubs are an effective treatment for stress
- Recruit older staff to appeal to older customers
- Portability of membership a major selling point
- Virtual club membership
Executive Summary
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- Tougher market conditions slow growth rates further…
- …but operators more optimistic for 2005
- Positive economic and demographic trends mitigate effect of decline in consumer confidence
- Number of clubs stabilises as operators shift focus to existing clubs
- Membership fees and secondary spend grow as joining fee revenue falls
- Most clubs have seen membership growth in past year despite tough trading conditions…
- …and growth expected to continue
- Private equity companies take over the industry
- Cinven’s Fitness First is the clear market leader
- Overall penetration static but private club growth continues…
- …while demand is still strong among non-users
- Regular payments grow at expense of pay-as-you-go and annual fees
- More users attending clubs more frequently
- Everybody knows somebody
- Shaping up is tops but losing weight and de-stressing important too
- Negative perceptions of clubs still widely held
- Prospects willing to be tempted by a wide variety of incentives
- Pool is biggest draw and remains popular even among heavy users
- Economic and demographic trends remain positive as consumer confidence picks up
- Demand for weight management services and de-stressing set to grow
- Consolidation likely as competition intensifies
- Clubs need to target lapsed users, work those contacts and promote the good points…
- …while focusing on maximising returns from their existing clubs
Market Factors
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- Economic factors
- Personal disposable income and consumer expenditure trends
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- Figure 1: Trends in real personal disposable income and consumer expenditure, 2000-10
- Consumer confidence trends
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- Figure 2: Trends in levels of UK consumer confidence, 2003 and 2005
- Demographic factors
- Population trends
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- Figure 3: Trends in the population, by gender, by age, 2000-10
- Population trends by socio-economic group
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- Figure 4: Trends in the population, by socio-economic group, 2000-10
- Lifestyle factors
- Obesity levels
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- Figure 5: Trends in body mass index (BMI) of adults in England, by gender, 1997-2003
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- Figure 6: Incidence of being overweight or obese among men and women, by age group, 2003
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- Figure 7: Adults who are trying to slim, by gender, 1980-2004
- Sports participation trends
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- Figure 8: Sports participation trends, 2001-04
- Stress and illness at work
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- Figure 9: Prevalence of self-reported illness at work, by type, 2001/02 and 2003/04
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- Figure 10: Economic impact of self-reported illness at work, 2001/02 and 2003/04
- Government policy
- Food and Health Action Plan
- GP/exercise referral
- Industry promotions
- Other factors
Industry Structure
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- Number of clubs
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- Figure 11: Trends in the total number of private health and fitness clubs* in the UK, 2000-05
- The Mintel Health & Fitness Clubs Survey
- Type of club
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- Figure 12: Health and fitness clubs, by type, February 2005
- Location of club
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- Figure 13: Health and fitness clubs, by location, February 2005
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- Figure 14: Health and fitness clubs by location, by type, February 2005
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- Figure 15: Health and fitness clubs, by staffing, February 2005
- Employment/staffing
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- Figure 16: Health and fitness clubs, by number of full-time employees, February 2005
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- Figure 17: Health and fitness clubs, by number of part-time employees, February 2005
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- Figure 18: Health and fitness clubs, by number of full-time employess, by type of club, February 2005
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- Figure 19: Health and fitness clubs, by number of part-time employees, by type of club, February 2005
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- Figure 20: Health and fitness clubs, by number of full-time employees, by club location, February 2005
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- Figure 21: Health and fitness clubs, by number of part-time employees, by club location, February 2005
- Membership fees
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- Figure 22: Annual membership fees levied by health and fitness clubs, February 2005
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- Figure 23: Annual membership fees levied by health and fitness clubs, by type of club, February 2005
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- Figure 24: Annual membership fees levied by health and fitness clubs, by club location, February 2005
- Joining fees
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- Figure 25: Joining fees levied by health and fitness clubs, February 2005
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- Figure 26: Joining fees currently levied by health and fitness clubs, by type of club, February 2005
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- Figure 27: Joining fees levied by health and fitness clubs, by club location, February 2005
- Membership levels and trends
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- Figure 28: Health and fitness club membership levels, February 2005
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- Figure 29: Health and fitness club membership levels, by type of club, February 2005
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- Figure 30: Health and fitness club membership levels, by club location, February 2005
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- Figure 31: Trends in the number of members at health and fitness clubs in the past 12 months, February 2005
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- Figure 32: Trends in the number of members at health and fitness clubs in the past 12 months, by type of club, February 2005
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- Figure 33: Trends in the number of members at health and fitness clubs in the past 12 months, by club location, February 2005
- Facilities
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- Figure 34: Facilities offered by health and fitness clubs, February 2005
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- Figure 35: Facilities offered by health and fitness clubs, by type of club, February 2005
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- Figure 36: Facilities offered by health and fitness clubs, by club location, February 2005
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- Figure 37: Changes made by health and fitness clubs in the past 12 months, by type of club, February 2005
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- Figure 38: Changes made by health and fitness clubs in the past 12 months, by type of club, February 2005
- Figure 39: Changes made by health and fitness clubs in past 12 months, by club location, February 2005
- Future pricing
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- Figure 40: Anticipated changes in pricing in the next 12 months, February 2005
- Figure 41: Anticipated changes in pricing in the next 12 months, by type of club, February 2005
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- Figure 42: Anticipated changes in pricing in the next 12 months, by club location, February 2005
- Future membership trends
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- Figure 43: Anticipated changes in membership levels in the next 12 months, February 2005
- Figure 44: Anticipated changes in membership levels in the next 12 months, by type of club, February 2005
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- Figure 45: Anticipated changes in membership levels in the next 12 months, by club location, February 2005
Market Size, Segmentation and Trends
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- Market size
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- Figure 46: The market for health and fitness clubs*, 2000-05
- Market segmentation
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- Figure 47: The market for health and fitness clubs*, by sector, 2000-04
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- Figure 48: Trends in expenditure on health and fitness clubs*, by sector, 2000-05
- Member trends
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- Figure 49: Key health and fitness club member statistics, 2000-05
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- Figure 50: Key health and fitness club operational statistics, 2000-05
Corporate Overview
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- Recent corporate activity
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- Figure 51: Major corporate activity in the UK health and fitness clubs sector, 2003-05
- Health and fitness club industry rankings
- Number of clubs operated
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- Figure 52: Leading operators of UK health and fitness clubs, by number of clubs operated, 1 February 2005
- Figure 53: Leading operators of dedicated UK health and fitness clubs, by number of clubs operated, 1 February 2005
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- Figure 54: Leading operators of hotel-based UK health and fitness clubs, by number of clubs operated, 1 February 2005
- Figure 55: Leading operators of managed UK health and fitness clubs, by number of clubs operated, 1 February 2005
- Number of members
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- Figure 56: Leading operators of UK health and fitness clubs, by number of members, 1 February 2005
- Figure 57: Leading operators of dedicated UK health and fitness clubs, by number of members, 1 February 2005
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- Figure 58: Leading operators of hotel-based UK health and fitness clubs, by number of members, 1 February 2005
- Figure 59: Leading operators of managed UK health and fitness clubs, by number of members, 1 February 2005
- Members per club
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- Figure 60: Leading operators of UK health and fitness clubs, by members per club, 1 February 2005
- Figure 61: Leading operators of dedicated UK health and fitness clubs, by members per club, 1 February 2005
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- Figure 62: Leading operators of hotel-based UK health and fitness clubs, by members per club, 1 February 2005
- Figure 63: Leading operators of managed UK health and fitness clubs, by members per club, 1 February 2005
Company Profiles A-Z
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- Bannatyne Fitness Ltd
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- Figure 64: Bannatyne Fitness Ltd, key financial data and ratios, 1999-2003
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- Figure 65: Bannatyne’s, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Cinven Ltd (Fitness First Ltd)
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- Figure 66: Fitness First clubs Ltd, key financial data and ratios, 2002 and 2003
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- Figure 67: Fitness First For Women Ltd, key financial data and ratios, 2002 and 2003
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- Figure 68: Fitness First, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Crown Sports plc
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- Figure 69: Crown Sports plc, key financial data and ratios, 2001-03
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- Figure 70: Crown Sports plc, segmental analysis, 2002 and 2003
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- Figure 71: Crown Sports plc, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- De Vere Group plc
- De Vere Leisure Clubs
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- Figure 72: De Vere Leisure Clubs, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Village Leisure Clubs
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- Figure 73: Village Leisure Club, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Greens
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- Figure 74: Greens, key financial data and ratios, 2002-04
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- Figure 75: Greens, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Duke Street Capital (Esporta)
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- Figure 76: Esporta Group Ltd, key financial data and ratios, 1999-2003
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- Figure 77: Esporta Group Ltd, financial performance, by geographical area, 2001 and 2003
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- Figure 78: Esporta, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Electra Partners Europe Ltd
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- Figure 79: Leisure Connection, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Health Club Holdings Ltd
- Holmes Place Health Clubs Ltd
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- Figure 80: Holmes Place Health Clubs Ltd, key financial data and ratios, 2002 and 2003
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- Figure 81: Holmes Place Health Clubs, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Holmes Place Management Ltd
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- Figure 82: Holmes Place Management Ltd, key financial data and ratios, 2002 and 2003
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- Figure 83: Holmes Place Management Ltd, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Health Club Investments Group Ltd
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- Figure 84: Cannons Health & Fitness Ltd, key financial data and ratios, 1999-2003
- Cannons Health Clubs
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- Figure 85: Cannons Health Clubs, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Courtneys
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- Figure 86: Courtneys, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Hilton Group plc
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- Figure 87: LivingWell Health and Leisure Ltd, key financial data and ratios, 1999-2003
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- Figure 88: Viva! Health & Leisure Ltd, key financial data and ratios, 2002 and 2003
- LivingWell Premier clubs
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- Figure 89: LivingWell Premier, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- LivingWell hotel-based clubs
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- Figure 90: LivingWell Health Club, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- InterContinental Hotels Group plc
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- Figure 91: Spirit Health & Fitness Ltd, key financial data and ratios, 1999-2003
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- Figure 92: Spirit Health Clubs, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- JJB Sports plc
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- Figure 93: JJB Sports Leisure Division*, key financial data and ratios, 2003 and 2004
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- Figure 94: JJB Fitness Club, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Jarvis Hotels Ltd
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- Figure 95: Jarvis Hotels Ltd, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- LA Fitness plc
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- Figure 96: LA Fitness plc, key financial data and ratios, 2000-04
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- Figure 97: Financial performance of LA Fitness plc, by geographical region, 2003 and 2004
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- Figure 98: LA Fitness, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Legal & General Ventures Ltd
- The Club Company
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- Figure 99: The Club Company (UK) Ltd*, key financial data and ratios, 2002-04
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- Figure 100: The Club Company, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Total Fitness
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- Figure 101: Langstone Leisure Ltd*, key financial data and ratios, 2000-03
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- Figure 102: Total Fitness, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Macdonald Hotels Ltd
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- Figure 103: Macdonald Hotels Ltd, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Mike Corby Holdings Ltd
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- Figure 104: Mike Corby Holdings Ltd, key financial data and ratios, 2000-04
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- Figure 105: Fitness Exchange, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Next Generation Clubs (Holdings) Ltd
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- Figure 106: Next Generation Clubs Ltd, key financial data and ratios, 2000-03
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- Figure 107: Next Generation Clubs, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Parkwood Holdings plc
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- Figure 108: Parkwood leisure, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Pulse Fitness Ltd
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- Figure 109: Pulse Fitness, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Queens Moat Houses Ltd
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- Figure 110: Queens Moat Houses, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Serco Group plc
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- Figure 111: Serco Leisure, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Sovereign Capital Partners LLC
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- Figure 112: DC Leisure Management, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Sports and Leisure Management Ltd
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- Figure 113: Sports and Leisure Management, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Studio Fitness Enterprises Ltd
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- Figure 114: Fitness Express, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- 3d Leisure Ltd
- Virgin Active Ltd
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- Figure 115: Virgin Active Ltd, key financial data and ratios, 1999-2003
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- Figure 116: Virgin Active, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Whitbread plc
- David Lloyd Leisure Ltd
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- Figure 117: Whitbread plc, Sports, Health & Fitness division, key financial data and ratios, 2000-04
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- Figure 118: David Lloyd Leisure, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Marriott Leisure Clubs
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- Figure 119: Marriott leisure club, UK health and fitness club locations, February 2005
- Other operators
Attitudes towards Healthy Eating and Weight
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- Attitudes towards healthy eating and exercise
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- Figure 120: Agreement with statements about healthy eating and exercise, 1995-2005
- The Fit (38% of the sample or 18.7 million adults)
- The Healthy in Mind (30% of the sample or 14.8 million adults)
- The Panickers (7% of the sample or 3.4 million adults)
- The Healthy in Theory (19% of the sample or 9.4 million adults)
- The Slobs (4% of the sample or 2 million adults)
- Consumer assessments of their own weight
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- Figure 121: Consumer assessments of their own weight, January 2005
- The Quite Overweight (17% of the sample or 8.4 million adults)
- The Slightly Overweight (37% of the sample or 18.2 million adults)
- The Right Weight (37% of the sample or 18.2 million adults)
- The Slightly Underweight (7% of the sample or 3.4 million adults)
- The Quite Underweight (2% of the sample or 1 million adults)
- Consumer assessments of their own weight by agreement with statements about healthy eating and exercise
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- Figure 122: Weight, by agreement with statements about healthy eating and exercise, January 2005
- Health club/gym user lifestyles
- Agreement with selected lifestyle statements
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- Figure 123: Agreement with selected lifestyle statements among health club/gym users, 2004
- Health club user drinking habits
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- Figure 124: Consumption of alcoholic drinks, by usage of health club or gym, 2004
- Health club user eating habits
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- Figure 125: Consumption of selected food and drinks items, by usage of health clubs/gyms, 2004
- Health club user pub visiting habits
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- Figure 126: Pub visiting habits, by usage of health clubs/gyms, 2004
- Health club users and takeaway/fast foods
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- Figure 127: Consumption of takeaway and fast foods, by usage of health clubs/gyms, 2004
- Health club users and cigarettes
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- Figure 128: Cigarette usage, by usage of health clubs/gyms, 2004
- Health club users and sports participation/interest levels
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- Figure 129: Regular participation in sport, by type of sport, 2004
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- Figure 130: Any occasional participation in sport, by type of sport, 2004
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- Figure 131: Any interest in sport, by type of sport, 2004
Usage of Health and Fitness Clubs
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- Figure 132: Whether consumers use a health and fitness club, 1999-2005
- Users
- Non-users
- Usage of health and fitness clubs by health typologies
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- Figure 133: Usage of health and fitness clubs, by health typologies, January 2005
- Prospects and non prospects
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- Figure 134: How non-users feel about health and fitness clubs, 2002 and 2005
- Prospects
- Non-prospects
- How non-users feel about health and fitness clubs by health typologies
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- Figure 135: How non-users feel about health and fitness clubs, by health typologies, January 2005
- Type of club used
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- Figure 136: Type of health and fitness club used, 2002 and 2005
- Private health and fitness club users
- Public health and fitness club users
- Other health and fitness club users
- Methods of payment
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- Figure 137: Methods of payment used by health and fitness club users, 2001-05
- Regular payments
- Pay-as-you-go
- Annual payments
- Method of payment by type of club used
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- Figure 138: Method of payment, by type of club used, January 2005
- Frequency of visiting
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- Figure 139: Frequency of visiting health and fitness clubs, 2001-05
- Three times a week or more
- Twice a week
- Once a week
- Less than once a week
- Frequency of visiting by type of club
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- Figure 140: Frequency of visiting health and fitness clubs, by type of club, January 2005
- Frequency of visiting by payment frequency
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- Figure 141: Frequency of visiting health and fitness clubs, by payment frequency, January 2005
- Attitudes towards health and fitness clubs
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- Figure 142: Attitudes towards health and fitness clubs, January 2005
- Attitudes by number of negative statements agreed with
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- Figure 143: Agreement with negative statements about health and fitness clubs, January 2005
- Figure 144: Agreement with negative statements about health and fitness clubs, by statement, January 2005
- Attitudes by Prospects and Non-prospects
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- Figure 145: Attitudes towards health and fitness clubs, by prospects and non-prospects, January 2005
- Attitudes by type of club used
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- Figure 146: Attitudes towards health and fitness clubs, by type of club used, January 2005
- Attitudes towards health and fitness clubs by frequency of visiting
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- Figure 147: Attitudes towards health and fitness clubs, by frequency of visiting, January 2005
- Factors which might encourage consumers to join a health and fitness club or change clubs
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- Figure 148: Factors that might encourage consumers to join a health and fitness club or change clubs, 2001-05
- Factors which might encourage consumers to join a health and fitness club or change clubs by number of factors cited
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- Figure 149: Factors that might encourage consumers to join a health and fitness club or change clubs, by number of factors agreed with, January 2005
- Figure 150: Factors that might encourage consumers to join a health and fitness club or change clubs, by number of factors and specific factors agreed with, January 2005
- Factors which might encourage consumers to join a health and fitness club or change clubs by whether or not a health club is used
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- Figure 151: Factors which might encourage consumers to join a health and fitness club or change clubs, by whether or not a health club is used, January 2005
- Users
- Non-users
- Factors which might encourage consumers to join a health and fitness club or change clubs by Prospects and Non-prospects
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- Figure 152: Factors that might encourage consumers to join a health and fitness club or change clubs, by Prospects and Non-prospects, January 2005
- Factors which might encourage consumers to join a health and fitness club or change clubs by type of club used
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- Figure 153: Factors that might encourage consumers to join a health and fitness club or change clubs, by type of club used, January 2005
- Private club users
- Public club users
- Facilities consumers use or would like to use
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- Figure 154: Facilities consumers use or would like to use, 2001-05
- Facilities consumers use or would like to use by whether health and fitness clubs are used
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- Figure 155: Facilities consumers use or would like to use, by whether health and fitness club used, January 2005
- Facilities consumers would like to use by Prospects and Non-prospects
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- Figure 156: Facilities consumers use or would like to use, by Prospects and Non-prospects, January 2005
- Facilities consumers use by type of club used
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- Figure 157: Facilities consumers use or would like to use, by type of club used, January 2005
- Facilities consumers use by frequency of visiting
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- Figure 158: Facilities consumers use, by frequency of visit, January 2005
- Health and fitness club consumer target groups
- Fitness Focused (17% of respondents or 8.4 million adults)
- Gym Buddies (15% of respondents or 7.4 million adults)
- Price Conscious (35% of respondents or 17.2 million adults)
- Fed-up With Fitness (33% of respondents or 16.2 million adults)
- Consumer assessments of their own weight by consumer target group
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- Figure 159: Consumer assessments of their own weight, by consumer target group, January 2005
- Usage of health and fitness clubs by consumer target groups
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- Figure 160: Usage of health and fitness clubs, by consumer target groups, January 2005
- Frequency of visiting health and fitness club by consumer target group
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- Figure 161: Frequency of visiting health and fitness club, by consumer target group, January 2005
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The Consumer – Detailed Demographics
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- Attitudes towards healthy eating and exercise
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- Figure 162: Agreement with statements about healthy eating and exercise, by gender, age, socio-economic group, region and working status, January 2005
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- Figure 163: Agreement with statements about healthy eating and exercise, by marital status, media usage, ACORN categories, household size, tenure and car ownership, January 2005
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- Figure 164: Agreement with statements about healthy eating and exercise, by daily and Sunday newspaper usage, area, adults in household, Internet usage and TV reception, January 2005
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- Figure 165: Agreement with statements about healthy eating and exercise, by detailed lifestage groups, supermarkets used and commercial TV viewing, January 2005
- Assessment of Consumers’ Current Weight
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- Figure 166: Consumers’ assessments of their current weight, by gender, age, socio-economic group, region and working status, January 2005
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- Figure 167: Consumers’ assessments of their current weight, by marital status, media usage, ACORN categories, household size, tenure and car ownership, January 2005
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- Figure 168: Consumers’ assessments of their current weight, by daily and Sunday newspaper usage, area, adults in household, Internet usage and TV reception, January 2005
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- Figure 169: Consumers’ assessments of their current weight, by detailed lifestage groups, supermarkets used and commercial TV viewing, January 2005
- Users and Non-Users
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- Figure 170: Whether consumers use a health and fitness club or not, by gender, age, socio-economic group, region and working status, January 2005
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- Figure 171: Whether consumers use a health and fitness club or not, by marital status, media usage, ACORN categories, household size, tenure and car ownership, January 2005
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- Figure 172: Whether consumers use a health and fitness club or not, by daily and Sunday newspaper usage, area, adults in household, Internet usage and TV reception, January 2005
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- Figure 173: Whether consumers use a health and fitness club or not, by detailed lifestage groups, supermarkets used and commercial TV viewing, January 2005
- Prospects and Non-prospects
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- Figure 174: Non-users of health and fitness clubs broken down between Prospects and Non-prospects, by gender, age, socio-economic group, region and working status, January 2005
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- Figure 175: Non-users of health and fitness clubs broken down between Prospects and Non-prospects, by marital status, media usage, ACORN categories, household size, tenure and car ownership, January 2005
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- Figure 176: Non-users of health and fitness clubs broken down between Prospects and Non-prospects, by daily and Sunday newspaper usage, area, adults in household, Internet usage and TV reception, January 2005
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- Figure 177: Non-users of health and fitness clubs broken down between Prospects and Non-prospects, by detailed lifestage groups, supermarkets used and commercial TV viewing, January 2005
- Type of clubs used
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- Figure 178: Type of health and fitness club used, by gender, age, socio-economic group, region and working status, January 2005
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- Figure 179: Type of health and fitness club used, by marital status, media usage, ACORN categories, household size, tenure and car ownership, January 2005
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- Figure 180: Type of health and fitness club used, by daily and Sunday newspaper usage, area, adults in household, Internet usage, andTV reception, January 2005
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- Figure 181: Type of health and fitness club used, by detailed lifestage groups, supermarkets used and commercial TV viewing, January 2005
- Methods of payment
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- Figure 182: Methods of payment used by health and fitness club users, by gender, age, socio-economic group, region, working status and marital status, January 2005
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- Figure 183: Methods of payment used by health and fitness club users, by media usage, ACORN categories, household size, tenure and car ownership, January 2005
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- Figure 184: Methods of payment used by health and fitness club users, by daily and Sunday newspaper usage, area, adults in household, Internet usage and TV reception, January 2005
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- Figure 185: Methods of payment used by health and fitness club users, by detailed lifestage groups, supermarkets used and commercial TV viewing, January 2005
- Frequency of visiting
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- Figure 186: Frequency of visiting health and fitness clubs, by gender, age, socio-economic group, region and working status, January 2005
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- Figure 187: Frequency of visiting health and fitness clubs, by marital status, media usage, ACORN categories, household size, tenure and car ownership, January 2005
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- Figure 188: Frequency of visiting health and fitness clubs, by daily and Sunday newspaper usage, area, adults in household, Internet usage and TV reception, January 2005
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- Figure 189: Frequency of visiting health and fitness clubs, by detailed lifestage groups, supermarkets used and commercial TV viewing, January 2005
- Attitudes towards health and fitness clubs
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- Figure 190: Most popular attitudes towards health and fitness clubs, by gender, age, socio-economic group, region and working status, January 2005
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- Figure 191: Most popular attitudes towards health and fitness clubs, by marital status, media usage, ACORN categories, household size, tenure and car ownership, January 2005
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- Figure 192: Most popular attitudes towards health and fitness clubs, by daily and Sunday newspaper usage, area, adults in household, Internet usage and TV reception, January 2005
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- Figure 193: Most popular attitudes towards health and fitness clubs, by detailed lifestage groups, supermarkets used and commercial TV viewing, January 2005
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- Figure 194: Attitudes towards health and fitness clubs, by gender, age, socio-economic group, region and working status, January 2005
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- Figure 195: Attitudes towards health and fitness clubs, by marital status, media usage, ACORN categories, household size, tenure and car ownership, January 2005
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- Figure 196: Attitudes towards health and fitness clubs, by daily and Sunday newspaper usage, area, adults in household, Internet usage and TV reception, January 2005
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- Figure 197: Attitudes towards health and fitness clubs, by detailed lifestage groups, supermarkets used and commercial TV viewing, January 2005
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- Figure 198: Other attitudes towards health and fitness clubs, by gender, age, socio-economic group, region and working status, January 2005
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- Figure 199: Other attitudes towards health and fitness clubs, by marital status, media usage, ACORN categories, household size, tenure and car ownership, January 2005
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- Figure 200: Other attitudes towards health and fitness clubs, by daily and Sunday newspaper usage, area, adults in household, Internet usage and TV reception, January 2005
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- Figure 201: Other attitudes towards health and fitness clubs, by detailed lifestage groups, supermarkets used and commercial TV viewing, January 2005
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- Figure 202: Least popular attitudes towards health and fitness clubs, by gender, age, socio-economic group, region and working status, January 2005
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- Figure 203: Least popular attitudes towards health and fitness clubs, by marital status, media usage, ACORN categories, household size, tenure and car ownership, January 2005
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- Figure 204: Least popular attitudes towards health and fitness clubs, by daily and Sunday newspaper usage, area, adults in household, Internet usage and TV reception, January 2005
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- Figure 205: Least popular attitudes towards health and fitness clubs, by detailed lifestage groups, supermarkets used and commercial TV viewing, January 2005
- Factors which might encourage consumers to join a club
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- Figure 206: Most popular enticements to join a club, by gender, age, socio-economic group, region and working status, January 2005
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- Figure 207: Most popular enticements to join a club, by marital status, media usage, ACORN categories, household size, tenure and car ownership, January 2005
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- Figure 208: Most popular enticements to join a club, by daily and Sunday newspaper usage, area, adults in household, Internet usage and TV reception, January 2005
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- Figure 209: Most popular enticements to join a club, by detailed lifestage groups, supermarkets used and commercial TV viewing, January 2005
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- Figure 210: Other enticements to join a club, by gender, age, socio-economic group, region and working status, January 2005
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- Figure 211: Other enticements to join a club, by marital status, media usage, ACORN categories, household size, tenure and car ownership, January 2005
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- Figure 212: Other enticements to join a club, by daily and Sunday newspaper usage, area, adults in household, Internet usage and TV reception, January 2005
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- Figure 213: Other enticements to join a club, by detailed lifestage groups, supermarkets used and commercial TV viewing, January 2005
- Facilities consumers use or would like to use
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- Figure 214: Most popular facilities used/would like to use, by gender, age, socio-economic group, region and working status, January 2005
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- Figure 215: Most popular facilities used/would like to use, by marital status, media usage, ACORN categories, household size, tenure and car ownership, January 2005
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- Figure 216: Most popular facilities used/would like to use, by daily and Sunday newspaper usage, area, adults in household, Internet usage and TV reception, January 2005
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- Figure 217: Most popular facilities used/would like to use, by, detailed lifestage groups, supermarkets used and commercial TV viewing, January 2005
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- Figure 218: Other facilities used/would like to use, by gender, age, socio-economic group, region and working status, January 2005
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- Figure 219: Other facilities used/would like to use, by marital status, media usage, ACORN categories, household size, tenure and car ownership, January 2005
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- Figure 220: Other facilities used/would like to use, by daily and Sunday newspaper usage, area, adults in household, Internet usage and TV reception, January 2005
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- Figure 221: Other facilities used/would like to use, by detailed lifestage groups, supermarkets used and commercial TV viewing, January 2005
- Health and fitness clubs consumer target groups
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- Figure 222: Health and fitness club consumer target groups, by gender, age, socio-economic group, region and working status, January 2005
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- Figure 223: Health and fitness club consumer target groups, by marital status, presence of children, lifestage and detailed lifestage, January 2005
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- Figure 224: Health and fitness club consumer target groups, by Mintel’s Special Groups, ACORN categories, supermarket usage, commercial TV viewing, adults in household, tenure and car ownership, January 2005
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- Figure 225: Health and fitness club consumer target groups, by daily and Sunday newspaper usage, area, Internet usage and TV reception, January 2005
The Future
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- Economic conditions in place for further growth
- Consumer confidence higher than for some time
- Demographic trends will continue to benefit market
- More members in future will be obese or overweight
- Stress and other work-related illnesses will continue to be a factor
- More cohesive government policy on diet and exercise in prospect
- Increased pressure on hotel-based clubs
- Independents – is franchising the way forward?
- Consolidation in prospect, particularly in crowded mid-market
- Polarisation likely between cheaper clubs and premium sites
- Demand still there among non-members
- Payment flexibility is key but annual deals have role to play in retention
- Work those contacts!
- ‘Big up’ the benefits!
- Room at the bottom?
- Joining fees – a worthy tool but a barrier to membership for some?
- Public members: hot prospects
- Prospects are open to offers and promotions of all kinds
- Shift in classes to continue
- Non-active facilities remain vitally important
- Secondary spend: could still do better
- Clubs may have to work harder but the business is there for the taking
Forecast
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- Figure 226: Forecast of the health and fitness clubs market, by sector, 2005-10
- Figure 227: Index growth of the health and fitness clubs market, by sector, 2005-10
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- Figure 228: Forecast of key health and fitness club operational statistics, 2005-10
- Figure 229: Forecast of key health and fitness club member statistics, 2005-10
- Factors incorporated in the forecast
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