2009 founder peter roberts area served united kingdom website www.puregym.com puregym logo launched in 2015 . puregym new barnet . a puregym club in leeds . puregym limited is a chain of no frills fitness clubs in the united kingdom . the chain is based in leeds and has gyms across the uk . it is the britain s largest gym chain by membership with about 450 000 members currently signed up and has plans to open 300 gyms by 2020 . in may 2015 puregym acquired all gyms from rival uk fitness chain la fitness bringing the total number of gyms across the uk to 141 . contents 1 facilities 2 ownership and management 3 references 4 external links facilities edit the gyms are open 24 hours a day 1 and offer cardio equipment fixed and free weights and exercise classes . there are no swimming pools or saunas which are found in more expensive gyms . all puregyms are monitored by real time tv linked directly to security staff and emergency services . ownership and management edit puregym is privately owned by ccmp capital and other investors . 2 in 2014 rival the gym group attempted to take over pure gym but abandoned the takeover after it was referred to the competition and markets authority . 3 in may 2015 puregym said they are close to buying their uk rival la fitness for around 60 million to 80 million . 4 humphrey cobbold took over from peter roberts as the ceo and peter roberts has in turn become the executive chairman with adam bellamy continuing as the cfo . references edit hard at it in the all night gym life and style . the guardian . 2016 08 29 . retrieved 2016 09 08 . private equity takeover lifts pure gym . retrieved 8 september 2016 . the gym group keen to cut pounds in growth market . retrieved 8 september 2016 . pure gym to buy rival la fitness . bbc news . 29 may 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to puregym . puregym retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title puregym & oldid 738276270 categories health clubs in the united kingdomcompanies based in leedshidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 8 september 2016 at 00 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view