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Virgin Active’s first club opened in 1999 in the UK. Since then the group has grown to become the leading international health club operator, with clubs across four continents in eight countries (South Africa, UK, Italy, Australia, Namibia, Botswana, Thailand and Singapore), serving approximately over 963,000 active members worldwide.
Virgin Active’s purpose is to make exercise irresistible by delivering feel good exercise experiences at a time and place convenient for its members. The company’s ambition is to become the world’s most loved exercise brand, with inspiring people, designing and delivering outstanding exercise experiences in clubs, outdoors and digitally. Virgin Active’s unique classes and clubs are built around the four essential dimensions of exercise – strength, stamina, stability and soul – and everyone is welcome.
The company benefits from strong brand awareness in each of its markets, attracting members and employees who value an association with an aspirational global lifestyle brand.
Virgin Active’s purpose is to make exercise irresistible by delivering feel good exercise experiences at a time and place convenient for its members. The company’s ambition is to become the world’s most loved exercise brand, with inspiring people, designing and delivering outstanding exercise experiences in clubs, outdoors and digitally. Virgin Active’s unique classes and clubs are built around the four essential dimensions of exercise – strength, stamina, stability and soul – and everyone is welcome.
The company benefits from strong brand awareness in each of its markets, attracting members and employees who value an association with an aspirational global lifestyle brand.
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United Kingdom, England, London
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| Aug 28, 2026 | Cogya Launches Enterprise AI Platform From 15 Years of Marketing ROI Expertise | a Miami-based AI development and strategy firm, today announced the launch of an enterprise AI platform that translates 15 years of proprietary marketing ROI methodology into a scalable analytics engine. The system was built for ROI MONITOR... |
| Jun 18, 2024 | 'I Enjoy Life Too Much': Sir Richard Branson Has an Adventurous Approach to Business — But He Never Planned on Being an Entrepreneur Following the release of his new audiobook, "Losing and Finding My Virginity," Branson sat down with Entrepreneur to discuss his life's work i... | Sir Richard Branson has to fly to Brazil in an hour. But before flying out on this sunny May afternoon, we are having tea at the swanky, new Virgin Hotels New York in Manhattan's NoMad neighborhood talking about the recent release of t... |
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FAQ about Virgin Active
What has the press written about Virgin Active?
Parsers VC has collected 3 articles mentioning Virgin Active, among them “Cogya Launches Enterprise AI Platform From 15 Years of Marketing ROI Expertise” (Aug 28, 2026) and “'I Enjoy Life Too Much': Sir Richard Branson Has an Adventurous Approach to Business — But He Never Planned on Being an Entrepreneur Following the release of...” (Jun 18, 2024).
Is Virgin Active still active?
Virgin Active is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Nov 9, 2026.