Match your facility to the right insurance package
UK Gyms & Fitness Studios
A gym is premises risk, equipment risk and member risk in one building. Six questions to find who should insure yours.
Answer the questions below; each option points toward the providers whose cover fits that answer. Your closest matches are the providers your answers point to most often.
Question 1: What kind of facility do you run?
- Boutique studio or box (classes-led)
- Points to: Insure4Sport (+2), Simply Business (+2)
- Full-service gym
- Points to: Salon Gold (Fitness Gold) (+2), AXA (+2)
- Multi-site or large facility
- Points to: Specialist leisure broker (+3)
Question 2: Any of these features?
These change the risk class significantly
- Pool, sauna or steam room
- Points to: Specialist leisure broker (+3)
- 24-hour / unstaffed access
- Points to: Specialist leisure broker (+3)
- Combat sports programme
- Points to: Specialist leisure broker (+2), Insure4Sport (+1)
- None of these
- Points to: Simply Business (+1), Insure4Sport (+1)
Question 3: Who trains members?
- Employed staff
- Points to: AXA (+2), Salon Gold (Fitness Gold) (+1)
- Freelance PTs renting floor space — Verify their own cover and reflect the arrangement in yours
- Points to: Simply Business (+1), Insure4Sport (+1), AXA (+1)
- Both
- Points to: AXA (+1), Salon Gold (Fitness Gold) (+1), Specialist leisure broker (+1)
Question 4: How much is your equipment and fit-out worth?
- Under £25k
- Points to: Simply Business (+2), Insure4Sport (+1)
- £25k–£100k
- Points to: Salon Gold (Fitness Gold) (+2), AXA (+1)
- Over £100k
- Points to: Specialist leisure broker (+2), Salon Gold (Fitness Gold) (+1)
Question 5: If the building closed for 3 months?
- Revenue stops — I need business interruption cover
- Points to: Salon Gold (Fitness Gold) (+2), AXA (+1), Specialist leisure broker (+1)
- We could operate elsewhere
- Points to: Insure4Sport (+1), Simply Business (+1)
Question 6: How do you want to buy?
- Online, quickly
- Points to: Simply Business (+2), Insure4Sport (+1)
- From a fitness-sector specialist
- Points to: Insure4Sport (+2), Salon Gold (Fitness Gold) (+2)
- Through an advising broker
- Points to: Specialist leisure broker (+3)
Providers in this tool
Insure4Sport
Gym and fitness studio packages from a sports specialist — a natural fit for boxes and boutique studios, Aviva-backed.
https://www.insure4sport.co.uk/
Salon Gold (Fitness Gold)
Markets some of the widest gym packages available — buildings, contents, business interruption, glass and money cover.
https://www.salongold.co.uk/health-and-fitness-insurance
Simply Business
Multi-insurer premises packages — the quick benchmark for small studios.
https://www.simplybusiness.co.uk/
AXA
Household-name liability, employers’ liability and contents cover for straightforward facilities.
https://www.axa.co.uk/business-insurance/
Specialist leisure broker
For pools, saunas, combat sports, 24-hour unstaffed access or multiple sites — features that sit outside standard online wordings and need broker-placed cover. Find one via BIBA.
https://www.biba.org.uk/find-insurance/
This tool gives a guide match based on typical product features, not financial advice. Cover details, prices and review scores change — always read the policy wording and compare at least two quotes before buying. Information last checked June 2026.