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Gym and personal training companies in the Sheffield area

238 gym and personal training companies have a registered office in the Sheffield area (S postcodes), and 85 of them were formed in 2025 or 2026. In their latest accounts, the typical one held £6,368 in cash and owed £13,163 at year end.

Companies House register, 1 September 2026, and accounts filed in the last twelve months. Compared with the official category “Fitness facilities” (SIC 93130), which also covers personal trainer. Covers companies with a registered office in S postcodes, including Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Chesterfield.

The numbers

Gym and personal training companies in the Sheffield area (S postcodes) compared with the same category across the UK. Typical figures are medians.
MeasureSheffieldUK
Registered companies23814,497
Formed in 2025 or 202685 (36%)30%
Being struck off or in liquidation19 (8%)9.2%
Typical cash at year end£6,36831 accounts£6,688
Typical amount owed at year end£13,163121 accounts£18,251
Typical number of employees1123 accounts1

What this means if you’re starting one

Most of your competition will be other newcomers

36% of the 238 gym and personal training companies in the Sheffield area (S postcodes) were formed in 2025–26, against 22% of all companies in the Sheffield area (S postcodes). Nationally, that share of new companies is higher than 88% of UK industries.

New rivals are arriving faster than in most trades, so your customers already have fresh options. Being new is not a difference on its own.

Cash is tight in this trade

At year end the typical gym and personal training company in the Sheffield area (S postcodes) holds £6,368 in cash and owes £13,163; that cash figure is lower than 93% of UK industries.

Typical operators end the year holding less cash than they owe, so there is little slack if takings dip or a big bill lands early.

Most of these businesses are run by one or two people

The typical gym and personal training company in the Sheffield area (S postcodes) reports 1 employee; the top quarter has 2 or more (123 filings).

You are mostly up against owner-operators. Your own hours are likely to be your biggest cost, and the easiest one to undercount.

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What these figures can’t tell you

Companies are counted where their registered office is, which may be an accountant or a home address rather than a shop. Sole traders and partnerships are not on the register, and electronically filed accounts cover roughly 60–75% of accounts filed each year. The figures describe companies that exist; they cannot prove demand for your idea or predict whether it will work. How the figures are built.

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