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BY PATRICIA AMEND


t’s inevitable. If one thing is certain in life and in the business world, it’s change. Fortunately, when it comes to the


fitness industry, change often equals growth. Consider that, according to The IHRSA Global Report: The State of the Health Club Industry, in 2015, glob- al industry revenue totaled $81 billion, as 151 million members visited 187,000 clubs. Just a year later, in 2016, those numbers had jumped to $83.1 billion in revenue, 201,000 clubs, and 162.1 mil- lion members. And, while last year we used the


word “stability” to describe the Global 25 list of the most successful and re- spected companies in the industry, this year, while there’s a great deal of con- sistency, we’re also seeing some new names appear in the top rankings in several categories. In terms of “Number of Facilities


Owned,” the same four companies topped the list, as they did a year ear- lier. However, Bio Ritmo moved up sev- eral places, from eighth place to fifth place; McFit retained its seventh place position; and ClubCorp rose from tenth to eighth. For 2016, the top seven are:


1. LA Fitness International, LLC, up 39 units, to 689


2. 24 Hour Fitness USA, Inc., down 17 units, to 424 3. Basic-Fit/HealthCity, up 30 units, to 419 4. GoodLife Fitness and Énergie Cardio, up 5 units, to 365 5. Bio Ritmo/Smart Fit, with 305 units 6. Virgin Active, with 246 units 7. McFit, with 241 units


When it comes to the companies


with the fastest-growing membership totals (for both franchises and compa- ny-owned units), once again, things have shift- ed a bit. Some of the top seven companies gained members, some lost, and others stayed the same:


1. Planet Fitness, with 8.9 million members, up from 7.3 million 2. 24 Hour Fitness USA, Inc., with 3.8 million, unchanged 3. Gold’s Gym International, with 3 million, unchanged 4. Anytime Fitness, with 2.85 million, up from 2.6 million 5. McFit, with 1.4 million, up from about 1.37 million 6. GoodLife Fitness and Énergie Cardio, with 1.3 million, up from 1.26 million 7. Powerhouse Gym, with 1.2 million


NUMBER OF FACILITIES OWNED–2016 Looking back to 2015, the first five


were all ranked identically. However, GoodLife Fitness and Énergie Cardio moved up from seventh place to sixth this year, and Bio Ritmo/Smart Fit moved up one notch to eighth in 2016.


What about revenues? Once again, there were some chang-


es in positions. For 2016, the top seven were: Planet


Fitness ($1.9 billion); Life Time Fitness, Inc. ($1.475 billion); Anytime Fitness, LLC ($1.25 billion); ClubCorp


($1.088 billion); Fizek Fitness ($587 million); Snap Fitness ($563 mil-


lion); and Central Sports Co., Ltd. ($457 million). For 2015, the top seven


were: Planet Fitness ($1.5 billion); Anytime Fitness ($1.1 billion); ClubCorp


($1.05 billion); Fitness First Finance, Ltd. ($677 million);


Snap Fitness ($555 million); and David Lloyd Leisure ($510 million). Clearly, in the revenue category,


franchised operations have been beat- ing company-owned clubs. There’s been changes with franchis-


es, too. For 2016, numbers one through three are the same as in 2015. They are: Anytime Fitness (up 388, to a total of 3,443 units); Snap Fitness (up 521 to 1,968); and Planet Fitness (up 192, to 1,313). Moving down the list, Mrs.Sporty


added 27 units for a total of 578, plac- ing the company in 4th place, up from 5th in 2016. Orangetheory Fitness, which add-


ed an impressive 245 stores, took fifth place with 570. Gold’s Gym International, which stayed the same with 700-plus locations, dropped from fourth place in 2015, to sixth in 2016. Finally, 9Round rose from 456 to 497, to win seventh place for 2016.


Patricia Amend is the executive editor of Club Business International, IHRSA’s monthly maga- zine. She has more than 15 years of experience as a content editor, feature writer, columnist, managing editor, blogger and author.


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