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Top 25 Sports clubs and recreation centers based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 630 sports clubs and recreation centers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 13,629 professional contacts across them, including 2,656 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers sports clubs and recreation centers headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest sports clubs and recreation centers based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3,521 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our track record in leisure operations demonstrates our devotion to the task of delivering high quality services together with our local authority partners.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,403 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Places Leisure is a social enterprise specialising in the development & management of leisure facilities on behalf of local authorities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 575 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Fusion Lifestyle is a leading Sports, Leisure and Fitness operator.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 293 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Everybody is an independent non-profit distributing organisation (NPDO) with charitable status (Registered Charity No.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 274 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Powerleague, the UK’s home of small sided football.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 226 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Sheffield City Trust, we believe in the benefit of being active and enjoying life.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 206 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Sport Aberdeen is a registered charity, which delivers sport and physical activity on behalf of Aberdeen City Council.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 205 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Our collection of country clubs offers beautiful locations with a variety of facilities including gyms, group fitness studios, swimming pools, wet spa, crèche, health and beauty…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 153 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “InspireAll (formerly Hertsmere Leisure) is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee established to provide and promote community sport, recreational and arts…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 135 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are the largest operator of sport and leisure facilities in Trafford, with an annual turnover of £8 million and over 300 employees.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 133 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Active Tameside is a registered charity, which means our fundamental purpose is to deliver public benefit and address inequalities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 123 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Live Active Leisure (LAL) is an independent ‘not for profit’ company limited by guarantee with charitable status.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 120 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Roehampton Club is a unique private members' sports club, in south-west London and situated in magnificent parkland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 98 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Inspiring people to be happier and healthier, Newport Live runs The Riverfront Theatre and Arts Centre, Active Living Centre, Station a wellbeing and activity centre, the Newport…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 97 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We manage all leisure facilities and specialist services on behalf of Northumberland County Council, including Fitness Centres, Community Sites, School Sport and Sports…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 96 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Tees Active is one of the new breed of charitable leisure management organisations operating in North East England.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 95 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Aberdeen Sports Village is Scotland’s premier sports, fitness and lifestyle venue.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 86 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Thurrock Community Leisure (TCL), operating as Impulse Leisure, is a registered charitable trust dedicated to creating active and healthy communities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 85 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Horizon Leisure Centres are a not-for-profit organisation that operates both Havant and Waterlooville Leisure Centres.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 85 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sandwell Leisure Trust manages nine leisure centres in Sandwell.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 83 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “South Downs Leisure is a charity and a Community Leisure Trust, responsible for the delivery of sport and leisure facilities on behalf of Adur and Worthing Councils.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 75 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Milton Keynes Sports & Education Trust (MK Dons SET) is a dynamic and progressive organisation that is committed to promoting a healthy and active lifestyle in MK and beyond.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 71 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Pendle Leisure Trust is the leading provider of community leisure facilities in East Lancashire.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 69 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Doncaster Culture and Leisure Trust is a registered charity delivering leisure provision across eleven venues in Doncaster, offering a diverse range of health, fitness, leisure…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 68 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “From the first team that play in the Enterprise National League through to the youth team, Solihull Moors FC are a proud, inclusive, community football club for everyone.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: sports clubs and recreation centers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names sports clubs and recreation centers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of sports clubs and recreation centers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name sports clubs and recreation centers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Sports clubs and recreation centers based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 22, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 630 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among sports clubs and recreation centers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “sports clubs and recreation centers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names sports clubs and recreation centers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among sports clubs and recreation centers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 2,656 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Sports clubs and recreation centers by metro
- Sports clubs and recreation centers in London56
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names sports clubs and recreation centers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many sports clubs and recreation centers are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 630 sports clubs and recreation centers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Everyone Active - SLM, headquartered in Hinckley, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most sports clubs and recreation centers?
London leads with 56 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (12) and Birmingham (8).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 2,656 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 630 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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