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■Market Scale

Unit:100 million yen, %

  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Sales 4,019 4,272 4,220 4,157 4,087
Increase 5.9 6.3 ▲1.2 ▲1.5 ▲1.7

*Fitness Business Editorial Desk estimate based on data from Selected Service
Industries Dynamics Statistics Monthly (and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry).
*Swimming only facilities (approx. 60 billion yen) are not included in the above sales
figures. Includes school members (adults / children) within clubs. Although they are
few, some boxing gyms are included in the sales figures.
*Includes Other Revenue pertaining to the fitness business.



■Newly Opened Facility Numbers

Unit: No. of facilities

  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
No. of FacilitiesIncrease 106 245 512 245 152

*Excludes rebranded facilities and facilities that have moved to new premises.
Breakdown of 152 facilities in 2009: small-scale circuit gym: 98, gym studio / single item facility: 22, general fitness club: 32.
Breakdown of 245 facilities in 2008: small-scale circuit gym: 156, gym studio / single item facility: 35, general fitness club: 54.
Breakdown of 512 facilities in 2007: small-scale circuit gym: 391, gym studio / single item facility: 48, general fitness club: 73.
Breakdown of 499 facilities in 2006: small-scale circuit training gym: 383, gym studio / single item facility: 61, general fitness club: 55.
Breakdown of 106 facilities in 2005: small-scale circuit gym: 34, gym studio / single item facility: 18, general fitness club: 54
*Research by Fitness Business Editorial Desk



■Facility Numbers

Unit:100 million yen, %

  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
No. of Facilities 2,049 2,541 3,040 3,269 3,388
Increase 5.0 24.0 19.6 7.5 3.6

*Research by Fitness Business Editorial Desk
*Swimming only facilities are not included
*Small circuit trainining facilities (approx.1,000) are included.



■No. of Members / No. of Users

  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

No. of Members (people)

3,970,519
4178690
4,103,462
4,009,082
3,952,970
Participation Rate (%) 3.10 3.27 3.21 3.14 3.10
No. of Users (10,000 people) 23,823 26,911 27,945 28,665 27,631
Per Facility (people) 116,267 105,906 91,923 87,687 81,556
Yearly Average Times of Use (times) 60.0 64.4 68.1 71.5 69.9

*Fitness Business Editorial Desk estimate based on data from Selected Service
Industries Dynamics Statistics Monthly (and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry).
Total no. of people used in participation rate calculations is estimated no. of
people in Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Statistics Bureau
publication each October.
*Member numbers include members of schools belonging to fitness clubs.



■Annual Expenditure per Member

Unit: Yen

  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Annual Expenditure 101,221 102,233 102,839 103,690 103,690
Increase 0.7 1.0 0.5 0.8 ▲0.3


■Facility Numbers

(Nikkei MJ 27th Service Industry Comprehensive Survey Sports Facility Division・Leisure White Paper 2009 documents reorganized by Fitness Business Editorial Desk)

Unit:100 million yen, %

Comprehensive Sports
Facility / Year
2005 2006 2007 2008
Sales Rank Sales Rank Sales Rank Sales Rank
1 Konami Sports & Life Central 78,026 1 81,209 1 88,459 1 89,865 1
2 Sports 38,723 2 41,732 2 43,615 2 46,422 2
3 Renaissance 26,164 3 28,782 3 31,344 3*2 35,562 3
4 Tipness OG 21,560 4 25,148 4 30,619 4 31,842 4
5 Sports (Cospa) 7,686 8 9,391 6 12,050 6 13,889 5
6 Megalos Tokyu 9,674 6 1,193 5 12,689 5 13,593 6
7 Sports Oasis 8,971 7 9,106 8 10,107 7 13,500 7
8 Nippon Athletic Service (NAS) 10,455 5 10,279 7 10,632 8 10,707 8
9 Tosho Holiday Sports Club 2,755 19 4,369 11 6,341 10 8,153 9
10 Axtos Total 5,527 10 6,552 9 7,067 9 8,133 10
  Sales for above 213,471   230,877   253,400   271,786  
  Share 58.18%   57.45%   59.34%   65.38%  
11 JSS 6,685 9 6,685 10 6,818 11 7,091 11
12 THINK Fitness (Gold Gym) 2,846 18 3,607 17 4,415 13 6,198 12
13 The Big Sports 4,995 11 4,728 12 5,619 12 5,692 13
14 JR East Sports (Jexer) 2,607 20 3,840 16 4,870 14 5,615 14
15 Meiji Sports Plaza 3,280*1 14 3,586 18 4,006 16 5,353 15
16 Kitz Wellness 3,780 13 4,000 15 4,300 17 5,160 16
17 Gunze Sports 3,159 17 3,565 19 4,189 18 4,575 17
18 Curves Japan     2,052   2,305 15 3,996 18
19 Bunkyo Centre (Athlie) 3,266 15 4,206 14 4,086 19 3,833 19
20 Copin     2,204   2,689 20 3,394 20
  Total Sales(All clubs) 380,000   401,900   427,000   415,700  

*1 Meiji Aqua made a subsidiary *2 Merged with Liv Sports


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