VIRGIN ACTIVE ESPAÑA Y PORTUGAL

What VIRGIN ACTIVE ESPAÑA Y PORTUGAL does

Virgin Active España y Portugal is the Iberian operating entity of the Virgin Active health-and-fitness brand, founded in 1999 and operating across Spain and Portugal in Southern Europe. Based on the firmographic data provided, the company operates an active website (virginactive.es) serving customers in both markets, indicating an ongoing consumer-facing fitness and wellness business. The source material available for this analysis is limited to a login page on the company's website and a sparse set of firmographic attributes; no product catalog, pricing schedule, technology stack, management team, funding history, or financial disclosures are included in the input.

The listed employee headcount of 11 is almost certainly a corporate or head-office figure rather than total operational staff; a multi-country physical fitness operator of this brand typically maintains a much larger frontline workforce (gym floor staff, trainers, cleaning, reception, club management) that is not captured here. No parent company, subsidiaries, investors, awards, patents, partnerships, M&A activity, leadership changes, or strategic moves are disclosed in the provided data. The doing-business-as record confirms the name "Virgin Active España y Portugal," and the operating-geographies record confirms active service in Spain and Portugal.

The absence of revenue, pricing, customer segment, channel, and product data means the business model cannot be fully characterized from this source. By reference to the brand category, the implied model is a subscription-based consumer health-club service, but pricing tiers, member volumes, club counts, ancillary services (personal training, classes, digital/app offerings), and go-to-market strategy are not stated in the input and have therefore been omitted from characterization.

Name

VIRGIN ACTIVE ESPAÑA Y PORTUGAL

Website

https://virginactive.es

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Virgin Active España y Portugal is the Iberian (Spain and Portugal) operating entity of the Virgin Active health-and-fitness brand, founded in 1999, serving consumer members through its physical fitness club network across the two Southern European markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Health and Fitness Clubs

NAICS

Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (713940)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Destination Spa Resorts (THAGAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sports, Golf & Activity-Based All-Inclusive Resorts (THAGAKAK)

Keywords

• Premium fitness clubs
• Health club memberships
• Group exercise classes
• Wellness centers
• Personal training services

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Core offering

VIRGIN ACTIVE ESPAÑA Y PORTUGAL operates premium health and fitness clubs in Spain and Portugal, selling access to gym facilities, group exercise classes, personal training, swimming pools, and wellness amenities through paid consumer memberships. Members access services in person at club locations and manage their accounts digitally through the virginactive.es member portal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Virgin Active health club membership (Spain and Portugal) Recurring paid membership that grants individual and family consumers in Spain and Portugal access to Virgin Active's premium fitness club facilities, group exercise classes, swimming, and wellness amenities, with online account management via the virginactive.es member portal.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• McFIT: Pan-European fitness club operator with presence in Spain. Competes with Virgin Active in the membership gym segment with a value-to-premium positioning.
• Basic-Fit: Europe's largest low-cost fitness chain with a significant footprint in Spain and Portugal. Direct competitor to Virgin Active Iberia for membership-based gym consumers across overlapping geographies and price tiers.
• Metropolitan Fitness: Spanish premium fitness club chain with multiple urban locations. Direct overlap with Virgin Active in Iberia for premium-segment membership seekers.
• David Lloyd Leisure: Premium health and racquets club operator in Europe. Comparable to Virgin Active in target customer (families, affluent professionals), premium pricing, and broad wellness amenity mix.
• GO fit: Spanish-based premium-mid fitness operator with large-format clubs across Spain and Portugal. Closely comparable to Virgin Active in terms of membership model, class programming, and Iberian geographic focus.
• Holmes Place: Premium health club and spa operator with historical presence in Iberia. Highly comparable to Virgin Active in positioning, wellness offering, and target demographic.
• Reebok Sports Club: Premium boutique fitness club concept under the Reebok brand in Spain. Comparable to Virgin Active in premium positioning and class-led fitness experience.
• Fitness First: International premium fitness chain operating in Iberia and other European markets. Comparable membership model, premium branding, and class-based programming to Virgin Active.

Broad incumbents

• Equinox: Global ultra-premium fitness and lifestyle brand. Comparable to Virgin Active in target high-end demographic and wellness positioning, although primarily U.S.-focused and a broader incumbent in luxury fitness.

Regional players

• O2 Centro Wellness: Spanish-based wellness, spa, and fitness operator. Comparable to Virgin Active in blending spa and fitness within a single member-based offering, although more regionally concentrated in Spain.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/virgin-active-espa%C3%B1a

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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