At a glance
- Founded
- 2012, in a garage in Birmingham, with a sewing machine and a screen printer.1 Companies House dates the company to 5 July 2012.4
- Founded by
- Ben Francis and Lewis Morgan, school friends who were still at university.4 Francis was 19, studying by day and working for Pizza Hut at night.12
- Home
- Solihull in the West Midlands, with offices in five regions including New York, and over 900 employees.1
- Owned by
- Ben Francis, alongside General Atlantic, which took a 21 per cent stake in 2020.2 In July 2026 Francis opened talks to buy part of that stake back.3
- What it sells
- Gym clothing sold direct, plus accessories and a training app, to customers in over 200 countries through 14 online stores.14
- Size
- Sales of £646m in the year to 31 July 2025, with pre-tax profit of £7m.7
How it got here
2012
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Ben Francis and Lewis Morgan register the company on 5 July and start by drop-shipping bodybuilding supplements through a website.4
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Sources for what is above
- 1About UsGymshark · gymshark.com
- 2Gymshark secures investment from General Atlantic valuing company at over £1 billionGeneral Atlantic · 14 August 2020 · generalatlantic.com
- 3Gymshark founder in talks to buy back part of stake sold to private equity firmThe Guardian · 3 July 2026 · theguardian.com
- 4GymsharkWikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- 5“We made more money in half an hour than we had done in the entire history of the business…”Gentleman's Journal · thegentlemansjournal.com
- 7Gymshark reports record year of sales growth for FY25TheIndustry.fashion · 12 March 2026 · theindustry.fashion
- 12Gymshark CEO named West Midlands' richest under 40BBC News · 15 May 2026 · bbc.co.uk
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