Life Time Fitness

Life Time is a U.S. fitness and wellness company whose consumer-facing brand is commonly presented as “Life Time.” The company describes its clubs as Athletic Country Clubs and positions its offering as broader than a conventional gym. Its website says it operates more than 190 locations across the nation, with club markets highlighted in states including New York, Florida, California, Texas, Illinois, and Minnesota. The company also describes an ecosystem of programs and services intended to support health beyond exercise, including how people feel, move, work, sleep, and play. The membership proposition brings together opportunities to move, play, recover, and participate in club communities. Life Time also offers digital membership options and corporate wellness partnerships, which can include in-club or digital access for employees. Its website describes 15 integrated healthy co-working locations and promotes residences connected with a healthy way of life, indicating that the brand extends into settings beyond fitness clubs. The company was founded by Bahram Akradi in 1992 and is headquartered in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Life Time Group Holdings, Inc., the parent company, is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker LTH. Life Time presents itself as a wellness leader with more than 30 years of experience and publishes environmental, social, and governance information, including a 2024 ESG report. Its current public-facing message emphasizes making a healthy way of life accessible through club experiences, memberships, and related services.

Life Time was founded in 1992 by Bahram Akradi and grew into a U.S. fitness and wellness company built around club-based experiences. The company is headquartered in Chanhassen, Minnesota, the state it identifies on its website as where Life Time began. Its current brand language calls its locations Athletic Country Clubs and distinguishes the experience from that of a conventional gym. The business has broadened its proposition beyond access to workout facilities. Life Time describes membership experiences around movement, play, recovery, and community, and presents a wider wellness ecosystem addressing how people feel, move, work, sleep, and play. Its website identifies more than 190 Athletic Country Club locations nationwide and highlights markets including New York, Florida, California, Texas, Illinois, and Minnesota. Alongside club memberships, Life Time offers digital membership options and corporate wellness partnerships. Corporate solutions are presented as a way for employers to give staff in-club or digital access. The company has also extended its healthy-living concept into adjacent environments: its homepage describes 15 integrated healthy co-working locations and promotes residences associated with a healthy way of life. Life Time Group Holdings, Inc. is the publicly traded parent company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange as LTH. The company’s corporate messaging links wellness with environmental and social responsibility. Its ESG page describes a commitment to transparency and accountability and makes a 2024 ESG report available. The brand’s current emphasis is on a connected healthy-living experience delivered through clubs, programs, memberships, and related services.

• 2024

  2024 ESG report made available

• 2021

  Life Time Group Holdings becomes publicly traded

• 1992

  Life Time is founded

A premium, community-oriented wellness and fitness destination that presents itself as going beyond a traditional gym, integrating movement, play, recovery, and broader healthy-living services.

• Athletic Country Clubs

  Club locations that Life Time presents as a broader experience than a conventional gym.

• Digital membership offerings

  Digital membership options, including those offered through corporate wellness partnerships.

• Corporate Wellness Solutions

  Employer partnerships offering in-club or digital membership options for employees.

• Healthy co-working locations and residences

  Adjacent offerings that the company associates with a healthy way of life.

1. 1Life Time Healthy Way of Life | Join Life Timelifetime.life
2. 2ESG - Life Time's Commitment to Environmental Social Governance | Life Timelifetime.life
3. 3Corporate Wellness Partnerships | Life Timelifetime.life