The UK Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools Market Report identifies consumers’ attitudes towards public leisure centres and swimming pools, a general shift in fitness activity participation, and the impact of the cost of living crisis on the leisure centres market. This report covers the public leisure centre market size, market forecast, market segmentation and industry trends in the UK leisure centre market.
COVID-19 left the public leisure centre market in a vulnerable position after almost two years of enforced closures and restrictions saw 120 leisure centres and swimming pools close.
Inflationary pressures also add to the difficulties experienced by the public swimming pool and leisure centres market. These spiralling energy prices are also accompanied by the threat to consumer visiting habits posed by rising living costs.
The leisure facility market is further threatened in the longer term by a local government funding crisis that could halve facility numbers by 2030.
However, leisure centres and swimming pool operators are continuing to move their strategic focus towards health promotion and strengthening their links with healthcare services. This is primarily a response to growing consumer interest in wellbeing that has emerged from the pandemic, but it also presents an opportunity to access some potential new sources of capital funding.
Mintel’s leisure centres and swimming pool market research identifies that these facilities are well placed to benefit from consumers’ increasing focus on looking after their health. However, facility provision and maintenance will remain challenged by continuing pressure on local authority finances and rapidly-rising energy costs, which could see an increase in membership at private health and fitness clubs.
To discover more about our UK Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools Market Report 2022, read our UK Leisure Outlook Winter Market Report 2022, or take a look at our other Health and Wellbeing Market Research.
Products: Leisure centres and swimming pools are defined as those owned by local authorities.
Brands: GLL, Sport and Leisure Management (SLM/ Everyone Active), Places Leisure, Parkwood Leisure, Freedom Leisure, Fusion.
This report, written by David Walmsley, a leading analyst in the Leisure industry, delivers in-depth commentary and analysis to highlight current trends in the leisure facility market and add expert context to the numbers.
“The large majority of leisure centres and swimming pools survived the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic but inflationary pressures and the cost-of-living crisis are now adding to the threat that long-running investment issues pose to the most vulnerable.”
David Walmsley
Senior Leisure Analyst
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