BENGALURU, Karnataka, India, August 10, 2026 - Lyfskills has published additional findings from its April 2026 mapping of India's offline fitness and activity sector, covering 26,582 verified centres across nine cities and 34 activity categories. The analysis combines location data with 2.9 million Google reviews to examine supply density, category mix, ownership structure and the limits of headline ratings.
The study covers Bengaluru, Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai. Delhi has the largest number of mapped centres at 7,591, followed by Bengaluru with 6,471 and Mumbai with 4,649. The five National Capital Region cities together account for 13,541 centres, more than half of the dataset.
The order changes when centre counts are compared with official city area. Bengaluru leads at 8.7 centres per square kilometre, followed by Mumbai at 7.7 and Thane at 7.2. Delhi records 5.1 centres per square kilometre, while Gurugram records 3.2. The differences show why raw listing totals alone do not fully explain how easily residents can access nearby activities.
"The study was designed to understand how this sector operates across urban India," said Sumit Kapoor, Founder of Lyfskills. "What stands out is how strongly it is shaped by independent operators and how sharply supply density changes from one city to another."
Gyms and fitness centres form the largest category with 7,729 listings. Dance follows with 3,201, yoga with 3,032, music with 2,468, cricket with 1,679, and art and craft with 1,660. Newer categories are also visible, including 426 coding and robotics centres, 333 gymnastics academies and 309 chess clubs.
Each metro has a different activity mix. Badminton in Bengaluru indexes at 1.92 times the cross-city baseline, while basketball and skating are also over-represented. Cricket has a stronger presence in Delhi and its satellite cities. In Mumbai, theatre and drama index at 1.86 times the baseline, alongside relatively strong representation for gymnastics and football.
Independent ownership remains the defining feature of the market. Of the centres mapped, 96.4 percent are standalone businesses. Only 954 centres, or 3.6 percent, are associated with a recognised brand or chain across 97 brand names, and just 13 brands operate across all three metro regions.
The review analysis also shows why star ratings need context. Eighty percent of centres have a rating of 4.5 or higher, and 35 percent hold a perfect 5.0. However, 39 percent of the 9,384 centres with perfect scores have 10 or fewer reviews. Only one in five 5.0-rated centres has more than 50 reviews.
Lyfskills built the dataset from verified, non-duplicate listings and analysed digital footprints across business listings, websites and social profiles. The methodology used deterministic rules, category validation, domain clustering and branch-location data. The data is current as of April 2026 and underpins Lyfskills Discover, the company's activity discovery platform. The full study is available online.