Professional sports clubs & academies in United Kingdom
As of 5 November 2026, 3,469 professional sports clubs & academies companies are based in United Kingdom; 17 are hiring right now and London has the most.
As of 5 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 3,469
- Hiring now
- 17 · 1 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Sports coaching academies camps · 1,769
- Top city
- London · 56
- Parent market
- Consumer services & leisure · 283,647
Professional sports clubs & academies in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Sports coaching academies camps | 1,769 | 51% |
| Football academies | 1,259 | 36% |
| Golf coaching & teaching pros | 221 | 6% |
| Tennis & padel coaching | 211 | 6% |
| Endurance & triathlon coaching | 86 | 2% |
| Sports coaching & sports science training | 76 | 2% |
| Personal training services | 64 | 2% |
| Combat sport gyms | 62 | 2% |
| After school & holiday clubs | 31 | 1% |
| Coach certification programmes | 25 | 1% |
| Gymnastics & cheerleading studios | 23 | 1% |
| Summer camps | 21 | 1% |
| Other fitness dance & martial arts studios | 18 | 1% |
| Other life & career coaching | 18 | 1% |
| Swimming schools | 16 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 2,074 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 1,163 · 9 |
| 11-50 employees | 193 · 4 |
| 51-200 employees | 33 · 2 |
| 201-500 employees | 3 · 1 |
| 501-1000 employees | 1 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 2 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| London | 56 | 2% |
| Birmingham | 15 | 0% |
| Bristol | 13 | 0% |
| Liverpool | 12 | 0% |
| Manchester | 11 | 0% |
| Glasgow | 10 | 0% |
| Cambridge | 7 | 0% |
| Rode | 7 | 0% |
| Bath | 6 | 0% |
| Bedford | 6 | 0% |
| Leeds | 6 | 0% |
| Sheffield | 6 | 0% |
The biggest professional sports clubs & academies companies in United Kingdom
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The stack of professional sports clubs & academies in United Kingdom
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3,469 professional sports clubs & academies companies are based in United Kingdom; 17 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 5 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/consumer_services_leisure/united-kingdom/professional_sports_clubs_and_academies)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Professional sports clubs & academies in United Kingdom: questions
How many professional sports clubs & academies companies are there in United Kingdom?
3,469 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Consumer services & leisure → Professional sports clubs & academies → leaf niches such as sports coaching academies camps, football academies, golf coaching & teaching pros. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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