{"id":13742,"date":"2007-03-08T11:27:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-08T11:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startups.co.uk\/?p=13742"},"modified":"2022-06-16T15:03:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T15:03:49","slug":"how-to-start-a-gym-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/guides\/how-to-start-a-gym-business\/","title":{"rendered":"How to start a gym business"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Startups.co.uk is reader supported – we may earn a commission from our recommendations, at no extra cost to you and without impacting our editorial impartiality.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The cost of living crisis has hit many UK households hard. With NI increases and rising taxes, consumers are aiming to minimise their expenditure. But not, it seems, when it comes to gym memberships.\n

Figures from the annual State of UK Fitness Industry Report, published by the Leisure Database Company (Leisure DB) show that, in March 2023, the UK fitness sector increased by 11.5% year-on-year. This was due to a rise in average monthly membership fees, despite individuals apparently cutting back on spending.<\/p>\n

The good news is that, if you’re a fitness professional or personal trainer looking to start your own gym business, you will still have a huge share of people interested. But so too will your competitors. New gym owners now need to use smart strategic planning to stand out against rivals and give consumers clever incentives to continue spending money with your firm.<\/p>\n

Luckily, we’ve been helping startups to establish and grow for over two decades, and we’re experts in the challenges ahead. In this article, we’ll take you through the top priorities you need to think about when starting a gym business, in areas like finance, marketing, and health and safety.<\/p>\n

By the end, you’ll know everything you need to write a commercial gym business plan<\/a> that would make even Joe Wicks proud.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\n <\/p>

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There’s a huge amount of planning that needs to go into launching a gym. Thankfully, one area which needn’t cause undue stress is creating a website to promote your business. Thanks to modern templates like the one below<\/a><\/strong>, you can create one of your own in under an hour.<\/p>\n

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At Startups.co.uk, we test and rate website builder tools, and we’ve identified Wix as one of the best you can choose for creating a business site. Wix even has a selection of custom website templates designed specifically for gyms<\/strong><\/a> – you simply drop your own company information, wording and preferred imagery into your chosen template. Better still, it’s completely free to try<\/strong> for yourself.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]

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