Who we are

We’re proud to welcome more than 750,000 Club Members, many who think of their Club as their second home. While each of our members is unique, they all have one thing in common. A desire to live well.

From our passion and enthusiasm to serve to our high-quality facilities and welcoming environment, we provide every one of our Members with a premium experience, delivered in spaces that look exclusive and feel inclusive.

We work hard to ensure our Clubs provide the perfect place to relax and socialise. Whether that’s getting to know new people by regularly attending a group exercise class, chatting to fellow members in the spa, or using our Clubrooms to meet as a group for coffee.

While we are a space for everyone, we put modern families at the heart of our organisation. From children to grandparents, whether alone or together, we want the Club to be a place where everyone in the family feels welcome.

Around 25% of our Members are under 16, who join our clubs with their families to enjoy our outstanding sports and leisure facilities. Each week, we teach 25,500 kids to swim and 16,200 to play tennis. We also have children’s swimming pools, indoor and outdoor playframes, crèches and after school and holiday activity clubs where kids can discover a new passion supported by the DL Kids Team, whether that is scooting, archery or even learning to DJ.

We employ over 10,000 Team Members across our 133 Clubs. Each and every one plays a crucial role in delivering excellent member service and the unique ‘clubby’ atmosphere that drives our members to visit more and stay with us longer. That is why we’re selective in who joins our team and committed to helping them thrive at every stage of their career. We offer excellent, on-the-job and structured skills training right from day one, from management and development programmes, such as our hugely successful ‘Step Up’, to our thriving Apprenticeship Programme, Leadership Development Programme and Internal Sales Training.

We give every one of our people a voice through regular engagement surveys, listening sessions and our online platform. We’ve have six dedicated Inclusion Resource Groups to help us become an even more diverse and inclusive place to work. No wonder that in 2023 and 2024 we were voted one of the Sunday Times Top 10 Best Big Companies to Work For.

We operate in an industry that never stands still. We are constantly innovating to meet the ever-evolving needs of our members. And as Europe’s leading premium operator, we always strive to lead the way.

Our leadership position in the industry enables us to partner with best-in-class providers to remain at the forefront of health and wellness. We also have strategic experts at the heart of our business working to create and curate bespoke David Lloyd Clubs experiences, from Spa Retreats to Signature Classes, and from specific women’s health related products to new DL Kids activities.

In the last few years, we have introduced game-changing technologies such as BodyHub and Intuitive Strength Circuit, smart systems that adapt to each user and track their fitness, making it easier for everyone to get the most out of every workout. We’ve also launched the David Lloyd Clubs App, now serving nearly half a million digital users as a central place for Members to manage their accounts, book classes and do more at every visit.

The David Lloyd Group is owned by London-based private equity firm TDR Capital. Since acquisition in 2013, TDR has supported the growth of the business. In the last 10 years we’ve grown from 95 to 133 Clubs through both building new Clubs and acquiring other business. And in 2017 alone we added an additional 16 Clubs in the UK all of which have benefited from a total investment of around £30 million.

We also moved into Europe, and are proud to have Clubs in Belgium, Italy, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Switzerland and Spain. We are now the premium European market leader by revenue, offering a breadth of facilities unrivalled by any other operator in the industry.

Going forward, we will continue to expand our portfolio and elevate our offering with smart investments to make it even more premium . All the while, seeking out new ways to help our Members live their life to the full. Our dedication to delivering a truly premium service is matched only by our ambitions: to become the largest fitness, wellness and lifestyle Club in the world.