Forza e Costanza

What Forza e Costanza does

Forza e Costanza, legally Società Ginnastica Bresciana FORZA e COSTANZA, is a nonprofit sports society founded on November 16, 1886 in Brescia, Italy, and is one of the six oldest continuously operating sports societies in Italy with more than 130 years of continuous activity. The club delivers a multi-sport program across 14 disciplines including Judo, Karate, Dance, Artistic Gymnastics (men's and women's), Rhythmic Gymnastics, Parkour/Extreme Gym, Postural Training, Dynamic Training, Gentle Gymnastics, and Psychomotor development, serving children from age 3 through seniors in the Brescia and Provaglio D'Iseo catchment. Its reputation is anchored on a documented lineage of Olympic, world, and European championship athletes, including Paris 2024 Paralympian Simone Cannizzaro, Gabriele Pezzotti (World #1 WKF U21 -84kg), and Giacomo Gamba (Paris 2024 Olympian), and on the Stella d'oro al merito sportivo award.

The business model relies on recurring membership/subscription fees charged per course or season, distributed via direct in-person enrollment at the headquarters (Centro San Filippo, Brescia) and two satellite training venues (Palestrina Sotto Piazza in Provaglio D'Iseo for Karate, and Scuola Primaria Don Milani in Brescia for Rhythmic Gymnastics). The organization is governed by a volunteer board led by President Majorana Giorgio, with a safeguarding officer appointed under Italian D.Lgs. 36/2021. The society has publicly committed to holding membership fees flat despite rising operational costs, and supplements income through the Italian 5x1000 tax-donation program funding youth-athlete scholarships. Go-to-market is community-led: word-of-mouth among Brescia families, an annual Saggio showcase, the Sport Camp estivo, the Ezio Gamba Judo Camp, and an active social media presence on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok.

Technology, AI, and digital platforms are not part of the operating model — the club is a traditional in-person service provider with 7 employees and a network of contracted instructors. The underlying product is coaching and athletic development, not technology; the website functions as a marketing and schedule-publishing channel rather than an enrollment or engagement platform. Strategic positioning is built on heritage, multi-discipline breadth under one organization, and a clear developmental pathway from preschool through competitive athletics.

Name

Forza e Costanza

Legal name

Società Ginnastica Bresciana FORZA e COSTANZA

Website

https://forzaecostanzabrescia.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1886

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Forza e Costanza is a 138-year-old nonprofit sports society in Brescia, Italy, offering 14 multi-sport programs — including Judo, Karate, Gymnastics, Dance, and Parkour — to children, adults, and seniors through annual membership fees, with a heritage track record of producing Olympic and world-class athletes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sports Club Services

NAICS

Sports and Recreation Instruction (611620), Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (71394)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Club Sports Programs (EDALAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Grappling & Submission Arts Training (Judo, BJJ, Wrestling) (HSADADAC), Recreational & Intramural Sports Programs (MPAKACAG)

Keywords

• Sports club services
• Martial arts training
• Gymnastics instruction
• Youth athletics programs
• Dance education

Headquarters

HQ city

Brescia

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Sports Membership Fees: The club generates revenue through annual and seasonal membership/subscription fees charged to members for participation in its sports programs including Judo, Karate, Dance, Artistic Gymnastics, Rhythmic Gymnastics, Parkour, Dynamic Training, and Postural gymnastics. Fees are charged per course/season. The club explicitly notes it has not raised membership fees despite increasing operational costs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Forza e Costanza is a historic Italian nonprofit sports society (Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica) founded in 1886 in Brescia that delivers instructor-led, in-person coaching across judo, karate, dance, men's and women's artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, parkour, dynamic and postural training, gentle gymnastics, psychomotor skills, early-years programs for 3–4 year olds, a summer Sport Camp Estivo, and the Ezio Gamba Judo Camp. Membership is open to children, youth, and adults via annual enrollment, with stable pricing, social/family categories, and no binding commitments.

Product overview

Forza e Costanza is a multi-sport club offering a comprehensive portfolio of sports programs across 14 distinct disciplines. The organization operates as a unified club with programs ranging from early childhood development (ages 3-4) through competitive athletics and senior fitness. Core programs include Judo, Karate, Dance, Artistic Gymnastics (both women's and men's), Rhythmic Gymnastics, Parkour, Dynamic Training, Postural Training, Gentle Gymnastics, and Psychomotor Skills development. The club also runs seasonal offerings including a Summer Sport Camp and the Ezio Gamba Judo Camp. Programs are structured by age and skill level, with pathways from recreational participation to competitive athletics, including athletes representing Italy in international competitions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Judo Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Gymnasts competing at Libertas Provincial Championship 2025 across multiple levels (C2, B1, B2, P2) with dozens of named athletes representing the club
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Centro Ortopedico LombardominorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2023Starting December 2023, Forza e Costanza's Postural section and Centro Ortopedico Lombardo (COL) began a monthly collaboration. COL technicians attend Forza e Costanza monthly to perform the first orthotic brace imprint on-site, saving families from traveling to Milan. Contact: 334 7517758.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Decathlon Italia: Global sports retailer with a rapidly expanding Italian footprint of in-store sports classes, rental, and community programming — a broad incumbent in the recreational sports space, though operating commercially rather than as a heritage nonprofit club.

Others

• FIJLKAM (Federazione Italiana Judo Lotta Karate Arti Marziali): Italian federation governing judo, karate, and martial arts — Forza e Costanza's karate program is affiliated with FIJLKAM, making the federation an ecosystem participant governing competition pathways and athlete development relevant to the club.
• Panathlon International: The international sports ethics organization that awarded Forza e Costanza its 2025 Youth Award — comparable as an Italy-based institutional stakeholder in the amateur sports society ecosystem, though operating as an association rather than a club.
• CONI (Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano): The Italian National Olympic Committee — Forza e Costanza operates within the CONI-recognized sports society system, making CONI the institutional umbrella and Stella d'oro al merito sportivo grantor relevant to the club's positioning and funding eligibility.

Direct peers

• Società Ginnastica Concordia: Founded in 1891 in Milan, Concordia is another historic Italian gymnastics society offering multi-discipline youth and adult sports programs — directly comparable in mission, structure, and heritage positioning to Forza e Costanza.
• Ginnastica Roma: Historic Roman gymnastics and sports society offering multi-discipline programs from youth to competitive level — operates in the same historic Italian sports society tradition as Forza e Costanza, focused on gymnastics and martial arts in a major regional market.
• ASSI Giglio Rosso Firenze: One of Italy's oldest sports societies based in Florence, offering gymnastics, martial arts, and multi-sport programming in a similar nonprofit heritage-club model — a direct comparable in the Italian "società ginnastica" tradition.
• Società Ginnastica Pro Patria et Libertate: Founded in 1883 in Milan, Pro Patria is one of Italy's six oldest continuously operating sports societies and the most direct structural peer to Forza e Costanza — a multi-discipline gymnastics and sports society offering similar martial arts, gymnastics, and youth programs in Lombardy.
• Virtus Atletica Bologna: Historic multi-sport society in Bologna offering athletics, gymnastics, and martial arts programs — comparable as a long-standing Italian heritage sports club with similar scope of disciplines and community-based membership model.

Emerging players

• Urban Sports Club Italia: Subscription sports access platform operating across Europe and recently expanding in Italy — competes for adult recreational members via flexible, multi-discipline access without long-term commitment, threatening traditional club memberships like those of Forza e Costanza.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/forzaecostanza
• Instagraminstagram.com/forzaecostanzabs/?hl=it
• TikToktiktok.com/@forzaecostanzabrescia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/forza-e-costanza

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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