Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026

Top 25 Sports facility operators based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 252 sports facility operators headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 7,409 professional contacts across them, including 1,360 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers sports facility operators 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 22, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
252Companies
7,409Contacts tracked
1,360Verified emails
Explore this list → Free signup · no credit card · 500 free credits

The 25 largest sports facility operators based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 252 sports facility operators based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to sports facility operators: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceHinckley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202610001+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, 2026
2Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026501-1,000274 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Powerleague, the UK’s home of small sided football.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3Partial evidenceDarlington, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200228 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Lifestyle Fitness are the market leader in providing the public sector with first class fitness facilities.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4Strong evidenceFarnham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026501-1,000143 contacts →

Strong evidence

“3d is a specialist leisure facility management company offering management services to corporate gyms, hotel leisure clubs & spas, school gyms & sport centres & private health…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5Strong evidenceTimperley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500135 contacts →

Strong 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, 2026
6Strong evidenceGuildford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200129 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Surrey Sports Park is a £36m elite training venue at University of Surrey offering World Class facilities.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7Indirect evidencePerth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500123 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, 2026
8Indirect evidenceBolton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Edu-Lettings are here to support schools and venues in providing the best possible education for its pupils, by managing the full provision of lettings and engaging both the wider…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9Indirect evidenceNewport, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026501-1,00098 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, 2026
10Indirect evidenceStockton-on-tees, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-50096 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, 2026
11Partial evidenceAberdeen, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20095 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Aberdeen Sports Village is Scotland’s premier sports, fitness and lifestyle venue.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12Indirect evidenceGrays, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20086 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, 2026
13Indirect evidenceTipton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-50085 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sandwell Leisure Trust manages nine leisure centres in Sandwell.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14Strong evidenceAylesford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026501-1,00078 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Tonbridge & Malling Leisure Trust (trading as tmactive) is a charitable, not-for-profit organisation responsible for the delivery of sport and leisure facilities on behalf of…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15Partial evidenceColchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20058 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We install, service, repair and maintain sports, play and fitness equipment for schools, leisure centres, councils and businesses across the UK.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16Partial evidenceSwansea, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20053 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Bay Leisure Ltd is a leisure operator and currently works in partnerships with Swansea City Council in running the LC Swansea.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17Partial evidenceRossendale, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20043 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Rossendale Leisure Trust runs a variety of different facilities across Rossendale including Adrenaline and Marl Pits.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5042 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Rocks Lane Multi Sports & Padel Centre is a sports company based out of 60 Chiswick Common Road, London, United Kingdom.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19Strong evidenceEngland, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5038 contacts →

Strong evidence

“PlayFootball partner with sports pitch owners and operators across the leisure, education and sports club sectors.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20Partial evidenceBarkingside, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20032 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Redbridge Sports Centre Trust Ltd, operating as Redbridge Sports & Leisure, is an Independent charitable trust founded in 1972.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21Indirect evidenceLuton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20030 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A warm welcome and a professional, friendly approach.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22Partial evidenceBolton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20023 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Bolton Arena it’s our belief that sport and leisure activities contribute to a happy and healthy lifestyle.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23Indirect evidenceFolkestone, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24Partial evidenceColchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-1017 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are a specialist Sports Equipment repair, servicing and maintenance company offering a nationwide service.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25Partial evidenceLancaster, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5016 contacts →

Partial evidence

“An outstanding fitness and leisure facility with first class equipment and revolutionary X-Force Strength Training Equipment.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

Showing 25 of 252 sports facility operators based in the United Kingdom

See the full list, filter by size, metro and specialty, and get verified emails and direct dials for all 1,360 reachable decision-makers.

Free signup · no credit card

View the full list →

Sports facility operators based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026
18.4%Verified-email coverage
29.4Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
5.2%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
129
11-50
49
51-200
44
201-500
12
501-1,000
4
1,001-5,000
4
10001+
2

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 252 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 facility operators, 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 facility operators”. 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 facility operators), 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 facility operators, 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, 1,360 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.

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 facility operators, 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 facility operators are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 252 sports facility operators 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 facility operators?

London leads with 13 headquartered companies, followed by Birmingham (4) and Bolton (4).

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 1,360 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 252 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.

Ready to reach these companies? Verified emails and direct dials for all 252 sports facility operators based in the United Kingdom. Start with a free account, no credit card.

Download this list →

Related lists

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.