Qualitrain

What Qualitrain does

Qualitrain GmbH is a Munich-headquartered corporate fitness and wellness benefit provider founded in 2016 and operating under the EGYM Wellpass brand since its 2021 acquisition by EGYM. The company delivers an enterprise B2B platform that gives subscribing employers' employees unlimited access to a partner network of fitness and wellness facilities, paired with a mobile application for QR-based check-ins, activity tracking, corporate wellness challenges, and on-demand content. Post-acquisition, the EGYM Wellpass operation scaled to 3,800+ gym and studio partners across 60 major US markets, with the broader EGYM group operating 20,000+ facilities globally and serving over 3 million employees at more than 14,000 companies.

The core product is built around three components: (1) a partner network aggregation layer granting unlimited access to thousands of fitness and wellness locations; (2) the Wellpass mobile application, which handles QR check-in, fitness visit history, and integration with company-level challenges; and (3) a content layer offering 20+ fitness categories, 40 daily live-streamed classes, plus meditation, nutrition, and prevention courses for holistic wellbeing. The technical architecture is mobile-first with QR-code-based access control and live-streaming distribution.

The business model is a B2B subscription sold exclusively through a direct enterprise sales motion that partners with HR departments for enrollment, onboarding, and ongoing administration. Pricing is user-based: employers pay only for employees who actively use the benefit, combining employer contribution with employee cost-sharing. This aligns incentives for the buyer (no waste on unused seats) and supports broad distribution across corporate customers focused on retention, productivity, employer brand, and absenteeism reduction. The product is positioned strictly as a corporate benefit, not available to consumers.

Name

Qualitrain

Legal name

Qualitrain GmbH

Website

https://qualitrain.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Qualitrain GmbH, operating as EGYM Wellpass after its 2021 acquisition by EGYM, is a German-headquartered corporate wellness platform providing subscribing employers' employees unlimited access to a multi-thousand-partner network of gyms and wellness facilities, plus a mobile app for check-ins, live classes, and challenges.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Wellness Benefits

NAICS

Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (713940)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Fitness & Wellness Operations Support (On-site Gyms/Wellness Rooms) (IMAIALAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Online/Remote Personal Training & Programming (HSADAAAM), Mind-Body Wellness Coaching (Holistic/Integrative) (HSADAGAG)

Keywords

• Corporate fitness benefits
• Employee wellness platform
• Corporate fitness network
• Employee benefits subscription
• Wellness program access

Headquarters

HQ city

Munich

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Corporate Membership Subscriptions: User-based pricing model where employers pay only for employees who actively choose to participate in the program. Combines employee contributions with employer support for a cost-effective and sustainable wellness program.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Qualitrain, operating as EGYM Wellpass, sells a corporate fitness and wellness benefit subscription that grants employees unlimited access to a nationwide network of partner gyms, studios, and wellness facilities. The benefit is delivered through a mobile application enabling QR-code check-ins at partner locations, live-streamed classes, wellness challenges, and nutrition and mindfulness content, with employers paying only a per-active-user monthly fee on flexible month-to-month contracts.

Product overview

Wellpass is a unified corporate wellness platform that provides unlimited access to a network of over 3,800 fitness and wellness partner locations across the U.S. The platform comprises the core Wellpass corporate fitness benefit (offering 20+ fitness categories, 40 daily live streams, and holistic wellness content including meditation, nutrition, and prevention courses) paired with the Wellpass App (a mobile companion for check-ins via QR code, fitness progress tracking, live class participation, and wellness challenges). The offering operates on a user-based pricing model where employers pay only for actively participating employees.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• EGYM Wellpass Corporate Fitness & Wellness Benefit A corporate fitness and wellness benefit subscription providing unlimited access to 3,800+ partner gyms, studios, swimming pools, climbing gyms, and functional training centers across 60 major US markets, plus 20+ fitness categories, 40 daily live-streamed classes, meditation, nutrition, and prevention courses, sold exclusively to companies for inclusion in their employee benefits package.
• Wellpass Mobile App A mobile application for employees that enables QR-code check-in at partner fitness locations, tracks fitness visits, joins live-streamed classes, participates in company wellness challenges, and accesses nutrition, mindfulness, and prevention content as part of the EGYM Wellpass corporate wellness benefit.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduces employee absenteeism
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Gym and Studio Partners (3,800+ locations)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorWellpass partner network includes over 3,800 fitness and wellness facilities across the U.S., including yoga studios, swimming pools, climbing gyms, full-service gyms, and functional training centers. Partners benefit from new active members and word-of-mouth referrals, while Wellpass manages all administrative tasks, sales, and marketing efforts.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Gympass: Gympass is the global category leader in corporate wellness network aggregation, offering employers a multi-gym, multi-discipline benefit with a partner network spanning thousands of facilities. It is the most direct competitor to Qualitrain/EGYM Wellpass in business model, customer base (corporate HR), and value proposition (unlimited multi-facility access).
• Urban Sports Club: Urban Sports Club is a Germany-based corporate and consumer sports network aggregator with extensive DACH facility partnerships. It competes head-to-head with Qualitrain in the German market on the same multi-sport, multi-facility access model targeting both individuals and corporate employers.
• OneFit: OneFit operates a European corporate and consumer fitness network aggregator similar to Qualitrain/Wellpass, with a multi-city, multi-discipline access model. It is highly comparable in business model and target customer (corporate wellness benefits) across continental Europe.
• ClassPass: ClassPass pioneered multi-studio fitness class access subscriptions and has increasingly expanded into corporate wellness offerings. It overlaps with Qualitrain/Wellpass on the multi-facility discovery-and-access experience and increasingly on the B2B enterprise channel.
• Wellable: Wellable provides a corporate wellness platform combining fitness, mindfulness, nutrition, and challenges into employer-offered benefits. It overlaps with Qualitrain/Wellpass on the holistic corporate-wellness subscription model, though without an equivalent multi-facility partner network.
• Headspace for Work: Headspace for Work sells a corporate subscription covering meditation, mindfulness, and sleep content as an employee benefit. It is comparable to Qualitrain/Wellpass on the B2B distribution motion and the holistic mind-and-body framing, though narrower on the in-person fitness access component.
• Calm Business: Calm Business offers corporate subscriptions for mindfulness, meditation, and sleep content to HR and benefits buyers. It overlaps with the meditation and holistic-wellness portion of Qualitrain/Wellpass and competes for the same corporate benefits budget.

Broad incumbents

• Virgin Pulse: Virgin Pulse is a broad incumbent in the corporate well-being space, offering an enterprise platform spanning activity tracking, challenges, health risk assessments, and content across multiple wellness verticals. It overlaps with Qualitrain/Wellpass on the B2B wellness benefits motion but operates as a broader HR-adjacent platform rather than a network aggregator.
• LifeFit Group: LifeFit Group is a German multi-brand fitness studio and gym operator with a portfolio of brands across premium, boutique, and budget segments. It overlaps with Qualitrain's partner-network economics on the facility side and increasingly partners with — or competes against — corporate wellness aggregators in the DACH market.

Others

• EGYM: EGYM is the parent company of Qualitrain/Wellpass and a global provider of connected strength-training equipment and corporate wellness software. It is relevant as the strategic acquirer and ecosystem partner, and increasingly relevant as a peer because EGYM-branded enterprise offerings compete against independent corporate wellness platforms in the same HR buying motion.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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